First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church at 3029 Wilbarger Street in Vernon, TX 76384. It is one of 37 churches in Vernon.
3029 Wilbarger Street, Vernon, TX, 76384First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,558 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Texas — 25,370 across the United States on The Church Map.
Methodism gave the church the class meeting, the circuit rider, and the Sunday school, and gave America the conviction that grace is genuinely for everyone — carried into prisons, mines, and mill towns by preachers who owned almost nothing. Charles Wesley's hymns are still sung in nearly every tradition, most of them by people who have no idea whose they are.
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Latest from First United Methodist Church Mt Vernon, Texas's YouTube channel: FUMC Mt Vernon Worship Service 08/02/2026 (all videos).
The community around First United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. About 1 in 5 working-age adults live without health insurance, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.7%
- Diabetes: 16.3%
- Unemployment: 10.5% (4.2–16.9%)
- Obesity: 38.7%
- Depression: 23.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Vernon city is served by 17 churches — about one congregation for every 334 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Journey Church PCG — 0.4 mi away
- Prince of Peace — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- Holy Family of Nazareth Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Full Gospel Fellowship — 0.5 mi away
- Wood Saint Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Vernon Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Wood Street Church of Christ — 0.7 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- First United Methodist Church — 14.3 mi away in Chillicothe, TX
- Saint Paul AME Church — 22.6 mi away in Frederick, OK
- First United Methodist Church — 23.1 mi away in Frederick, OK
- First United Methodist Church — 23.3 mi away in Electra, TX