Lake Arthur First United Methodist Church

Ministries at Lake Arthur First United Methodist Church

• Meal Service
• Food Pantry
• Christmas Food Boxes
• Bonnie’s Blessing Box
• Mission Team to Honduras

The community around Lake Arthur First United Methodist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 45.3% (27.3–63.2%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.5%
• Poverty Rate: 30.2% (22.3–38.2%)
• Food Insecurity: 26.8%
• Obesity: 44.8%
• Social Isolation: 37.4%
• Depression: 31.0%
• Diabetes: 17.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 17.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Lake Arthur First United Methodist Church

• Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Antioch Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Saint Theresa Church — 1.6 mi away
• Immanuel Worship Center — 4.4 mi away in Jennings, LA
• Saint Gertrude Church — 4.7 mi away
• The Holy Ghost Chapel — 7.1 mi away in Morse, LA
• Our Savior's Church Jennings — 8.7 mi away in Jennings, LA
• In Jesus Name Ministries — 8.7 mi away in Jennings, LA
• Saint Paul Baptist Church — 9 mi away in Jennings, LA