The Rev. Bill Friederich

Your wedding day is one of the most important decisions you will ever make. As a minister with over 30 years of experience, I can assure you that whatever your needs are regarding the service, pre-marital counseling or other sacraments (baptism and holy communion) can be professionally provided as needed. As you prepare to choose a wedding venue for this blessed event we hope that you consider the Longboat Island Chapel. While there are many beautiful opportunities, we would like you to consider our Garden, the Prayer Chapel or our Main Sanctuary for your wedding ceremony. These options secure you against any environmental challenges. The aforementioned selections plus other options including our on-site reception area provide a full-service opportunity for this important moment. The Chapel’s experienced wedding coordinator will be able to fully explain all of the wonderful choices available to you. I hope that you consider visiting our beautiful campus and choose one from the many options that we can provide.

Background

The Rev. Bill Friederich has been an ordained, professional Christian minister for over 30 years. He holds Masters Degrees from Wheaton Graduate School in Chicago and Bangor Theological Seminary in Bangor, Maine. He has served churches in Illinois, Maine, Germany, and now Florida.

Growing up as a child in Illinois in the Evangelical and Reformed tradition of the United Church of Christ, has given Bill a deep respect for the liturgies, theologies, and the sacraments of baptism and communion.

As a UCC minister and now credentialed with the ICCC, the Chapel’s affiliation, his strengths as a minister are shaped by a profound experience for compassion and empathy, open-heartedness, embracing diversity and inclusivity, with a mission towards collaborative ministry. Bill’s style is to work in the community on projects and to dream our missions together.

Music and the Arts are an important passion he shares. He hopes to plan worship experiences with individuals who share similar passions for expressing our faith and the Gospel through creative styles while simultaneously honoring traditional worship.

Rev. Bill is a person who concurs with the Chapel’s Affirmation of Faith, the “Service is our Prayer”. We believe we can be the people God intended for us to be by reaching out to those who are marginalized, rejected, powerless, hurting, and without a voice. His ministry is focused on being agents of change and transformation as well as healing and loving those who have been excluded.

Bill’s deepest desire is to work towards creating a welcoming sacred space where there will always be room at the table for those who have no place.