First Friends Church
First Friends Church is a Friends (quaker) church at 13205 Philadelphia Street in Whittier, CA 90601. It is one of 120 churches in Whittier, and one of 2 Friends (quaker) congregations in the city.
A Christian people called to listen, gathered to seek peace, and sent forth to serve.
13205 Philadelphia Street, Whittier, CA, 90601Service times
- Sunday 11am
- Sunday 9:30am
Phone: (562) 698-9805 · Website: https://www.firstfriendswhittier.org/
First Friends Church is part of the Friends (Quaker) family of churches in The American Church Story. 42 congregations of the Friends (Quaker) family gather across California — 536 across the United States on The Church Map.
Friends were ahead of the whole church on abolition, on prison reform, and on the ministry of women, and they were ahead at real cost. Their practice of waiting on God together in silence is what the rest of the body borrows when words have run out.
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The community around First Friends Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,500 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.
- Social Isolation: 40.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.6%
- Food Insecurity: 29.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 23.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.0%
- Diabetes: 15.6%
- Poverty Rate: 18.9% (10.5–27.4%)
- Transportation Barriers: 13.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.9%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Whittier city is served by 39 churches — about one congregation for every 2,078 residents.
Churches near First Friends Church
- Disciple Church — 0.1 mi away
- Cornerstone Celebration Center International — 0.1 mi away
- Good Shepherd Bible Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Immanuel Church Of Southern California — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia Primer Amor — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Matthias Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Good Shepherd Church — 0.2 mi away
More Friends churches nearby
- East Whittier Friends Church — 3.6 mi away
- Pico Rivera Friends Church — 3.6 mi away in Pico Rivera, CA
- Granada Heights Friends Church — 4.1 mi away in La Mirada, CA
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