About Us

The United Parish of Celebration is located in Disney's Town of Celebration, Florida just a short distance from Walt Disney World. The church gathers for worship each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. in the Cafeteria of the Celebration K-8 School. The first service was held on August 11, 2002.

Our Name

“United” indicates the interdenominational nature of our congregation. We were members of several denominations who united to form a church in Celebration: American Baptist, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Lutheran Church, Methodist Church, and The United Church of Christ (Congregational Church). Other denominations are welcome to join us.

We are united in proclaiming God's love through:

• Traditional Worship
• Singing Familiar Hymns of Faith
• Relevant Sermons
• Support of Missions
• Friendly, Caring Congregation
• Celebrating the Lord's Supper / Communion Every Sunday
• Participation by Children, Youth, and Adults

Our Mission

Drawing on our diverse religious backgrounds, we balance traditional worship with progressive theology and through our unity serve God always.

Our Church Covenant

We will walk together in Christian love; strive for the welfare of the church; attend its services of worship; contribute to the expense of the church for the relief of the needy and for the spread of the Gospel.

We will advance the religious education of our children and our own enlightenment; walk uprightly; be just in our dealings and faithful in our engagements.

We will cultivate courtesy and Christian sympathy, be slow to take offense and eager for reconciliation, remember each other in prayer, comfort and aid one another in sickness and distress.

We will, when we move from this place, as soon as possible, unite with a church in our new community.

Our Doctrine

United Parish of Celebration recognizes the Bible as the guiding rule of our faith and practice and Jesus Christ as God incarnate, our Savior and our Lord. Relying on the guidance of the Holy Spirit, each member has the personal right and responsibility to read and interpret the scriptures in the light given unto him or her. Therefore, the church’s statement of faith is not a test, but an expression of our commitment nurtured by the scriptures.

Our Statement of Faith

We are not alone, we live in God’s world.
We believe in God:
who has created and is creating,
who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh, to reconcile and make new,
who works in us and others by the Spirit.
We trust in God.
We are called to be the church:
to celebrate God’s presence,
to love and serve others,
to seek justice and resist evil,
to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope.
In life, in death, in life beyond death,
God is with us.
We are not alone.
Thanks be to God. Amen

(United Church of Canada Statement of Faith)

Our Ministers

Two ministers serve as volunteer worship leaders and ministers for the congregation: Dr. James H. “Jim” Davis and Rev. Gail Davidson. They have served in pastoral and other church related positions.

Dr. Davis is a graduate of Samford University and earned Master of Theology and Doctor of Ministry degrees from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

Rev. Gail Davidson is a Texan who graduated from the University of Central Florida and the Vanderbilt Divinity School. She also did a year of residency in Clinical Pastoral Education at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Nashville. She has served churches in Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Florida. She currently ministers in the chaplaincy program of the Orlando Regional Medical Centers.