First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Delano, CA 93215. It is one of 43 churches in Delano.
Delano, CA, 93215First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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Latest from First UMC Bakersfield's YouTube channel: 8/2/2026 Communion Sunday: Wrestling with God (all videos).
The community around First United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 33.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 24.3%
- Unemployment: 14.0% (5.3–22.7%)
- Social Isolation: 39.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.4%
- Obesity: 36.3%
- Poverty Rate: 18.5% (7.0–30.0%)
- Transportation Barriers: 16.2%
- Diabetes: 13.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.7% (4.8–18.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Delano city is served by 21 churches — about one congregation for every 1,961 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.1 mi away
- World Harvest International Church — 0.1 mi away
- St. Mary of the Miraculous Medal — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Marys Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- North Kern Christian Center — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Universal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bible Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Delano Baptist Temple — 0.4 mi away