First United Methodist Church of Sanford
First United Methodist Church of Sanford is a United Methodist church at 419 S Park Ave in Sanford, FL 32771-1933. It is one of 131 churches in Sanford, and one of 3 United Methodist congregations in the city.
Our mission is to change the world by living the love, hope, belonging, liberation, and perseverance we have come to know through Jesus.
To share hope, belonging, and liberation with the world by living out Jesus’s extravagant love.
Serving since 2017
419 S Park Ave, Sanford, FL, 32771-1933Service times
- Sunday 8:45am · School Bible Discussion
Phone: +14073224371 · Website: https://fumcsanford.org/
Shares a ministry location with First Baptist Church-Sanford.
First United Methodist Church of Sanford is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 932 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Florida — 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.
Ministries at First United Methodist Church of Sanford
- Neighborhood Co-Op
- Food Distribution
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Upcoming events at First United Methodist Church of Sanford
- Thu, Aug 6 · 7:30 AM: Men's Prayer Breakfast — Church-1-Off Campus (1000), Church-1-Public Events Calendar (100)
- Thu, Aug 6 · 2 PM: Kairos Worship — Church-1-Sanctuary (350), Church-1-Public Events Calendar (100)
- Fri, Aug 7 · 10 AM: Food Distribution — Co-Op-F-Fellowship Hall (125), Church-1-Public Events Calendar (100)
- Sun, Aug 9 · 10 AM: Traditional Worship Service — Church-1-Sanctuary (350), Church-1-Public Events Calendar (100)
- Sun, Aug 9 · 7 PM: Pints & Parables — Church-1-Off Campus (1000), Church-1-Public Events Calendar (100)
From First United Methodist Church of Sanford's public calendar (https://fumcsanford.org/). Times are the church's local time.
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The community around First United Methodist Church of Sanford
Within about a mile of this church, nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. About 1 in 7 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: 22.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%
- Diabetes: 13.9%
- Unemployment: 7.3% (1.7–13.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
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- Miracle House Of Healing Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- Connect — 0.2 mi away
- Sanford Mardi Gras Call Location - Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Tribes Mission Headquarters — 0.2 mi away
- Freeway Sanford — 0.2 mi away
- Shower Down Of Blessings Church — 0.2 mi away
- Freedom Assembly of God — 0.3 mi away
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