First United Church of Christ
First United Church of Christ is a United Church Of Christ church at 204 S 4th Ave in Marshalltown, IA 50158-2920. It is one of 56 churches in Marshalltown.
Serving since 1957 · Services in Spanish
204 S 4th Ave, Marshalltown, IA, 50158-2920Phone: +16417538538 · Website: http://www.ucc.org
First United Church of Christ is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 106 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Iowa — 2,948 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Congregational churches planted the first colleges in America — Harvard and Yale began as their ministers' training grounds — and launched the modern foreign-mission movement from a New England haystack. Their conviction that a gathered congregation can govern itself under Christ is now shared by most churches in the country.
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Upcoming events at First United Church of Christ
- Thu, Aug 6 · 3:30 PM: Fostering Vitality: Liturgical Resources for a Faithful & Vital Church — Zoom
- Tue, Aug 11 · 4 PM: Be Prophetic, Not Partisan: Election Engagement 101 for Congregations — Zoom
- Wed, Aug 12 · 1 PM: Can Advocacy with Congress Still Accomplish Anything? — Zoom
- Thu, Aug 13 · 3:30 PM: Economic Justice: Love Our Laborers as Yourself — Zoom
- Wed, Aug 19 · 3 PM: Money, Ministry, and Meaning: Financial Wellness as an Act of Pastoral Self-care — Zoom
From First United Church of Christ's public calendar (http://www.ucc.org). Times are the church's local time.
The community around First United Church of Christ
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 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.
- Obesity: 48.3%
- Food Insecurity: 25.4%
- Social Isolation: 34.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.5%
- Child Poverty: 22.5% (6.5–38.4%)
- Poverty Rate: 19.0% (9.9–28.1%)
- Housing Insecurity: 18.6%
- Diabetes: 14.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.8%
- Unemployment: 6.5% (2.2–10.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First United Church of Christ
- Marshalltown Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Paul's Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Grace United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Restore Church — 0.3 mi away
- Powerhouse: Ministry — 0.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- St. Francis of Assisi Marshalltown — 0.5 mi away
- Salvation Army Citadel — 0.6 mi away
More Congregational churches nearby
- First United Church of Christ — 1.2 mi away
- United Church of Christ — 5.9 mi away in Garwin, IA
- Saint John United Church of Christ — 12.3 mi away in Melbourne, IA
- Clemons United Church of Christ — 13.7 mi away in Clemons, IA
- Peace United Church of Christ — 13.8 mi away in Gladbrook, IA