First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 302 South 6th Street in Escanaba, MI 49829. It is one of 34 churches in Escanaba, and one of 2 Methodist congregations in the city.
Our Mission Statement"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Love the Lord your God with all your hea
As individuals and as a church family, we believe that the Christian faith calls us to high commitment to Jesus Christ as the Son, the Savior, and the Lord, according to the scriptures.
302 South 6th Street, Escanaba, MI, 49829Website: http://www.escanabafirstumc.org/
First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults here carry depression. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Depression: 32.2%
- Obesity: 44.1%
- Social Isolation: 34.0%
- Poverty Rate: 28.6% (18.9–38.3%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.4%
- Food Insecurity: 23.5%
- Unemployment: 9.4% (3.6–15.3%)
- Housing Insecurity: 15.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.1% (7.7–20.5%)
- Diabetes: 13.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Escanaba city is served by 29 churches — about one congregation for every 443 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Harbor Lights Church of God — 0 mi away
- Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Joseph and Saint Patrick Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bethany Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Escanaba Free Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- Silver Winds Church — 0.5 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.8 mi away
- Family Life Center — 1.1 mi away
- Escanaba New Life Assembly of God — 1.1 mi away