First United Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 1024 Peach Street in Erie, PA 16501. It is one of 205 churches in Erie, and one of 2 Methodist congregations in the city.

Serving since 1826

1024 Peach Street, Erie, PA, 16501

Shares a ministry location with The Cross.

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 a few blocks of these doors, more than 7 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,200 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: 79.0%
  • Poverty Rate: 48.0% (34.7–61.4%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.4%
  • Obesity: 44.6%
  • Diabetes: 17.5%
  • Unemployment: 9.7% (1.0–19.5%)
  • Depression: 26.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Erie city is served by 103 churches — about one congregation for every 920 residents.

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