First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church at 1245 W Stephenson St in Freeport, IL 61032-4868. It is one of 63 churches in Freeport, and one of 4 United Methodist congregations in the city.
We aim "to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world."
Welcome! We are FIrst United Methodist Church of Elgin, IL, or First UMC Elgin for short. As United Methodists, we are committed to a John Wesleyan theology of grace based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
1245 W Stephenson St, Freeport, IL, 61032-4868Service times
- Sunday 10am · mornings
Phone: (815) 232-6660 · Website: https://www.fumcelgin.org/
First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,033 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Illinois — 25,985 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
- Monday Morning Quilters
- Prayer Ministry
- Therapy Dog Ministry
- Prayer Shawl Ministry
- Guys Stuff Men's Group
- Reflections Women's Bible Study
- Monday Night Soup Kettle
- Northern IL Food Bank Volunteer Team
- Good Samaritan Fund
- Quilting Group
- Caring Ministries
- Women's Bible Study
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The community around First United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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.
- Obesity: 43.2%
- Social Isolation: 33.9%
- Child Poverty: 30.9% (16.5–45.4%)
- Diabetes: 15.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.5%
- Depression: 23.1%
- Poverty Rate: 20.3% (13.5–27.0%)
- Food Insecurity: 19.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Grace Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- St. John United Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Abundant Life Christian Center — 0.6 mi away
- Freeport Church of the Brethren — 0.6 mi away
- Bethany United Church of Christ — 0.7 mi away
- Inspired Word Church — 0.8 mi away
- Laurel Street Community Church — 0.8 mi away
- True Vine Worship Center — 0.9 mi away
- Park Hills Evangelical Free church — 0.9 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.9 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- First United Methodist Church — 1 mi away
- Harmony United Methodist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Embury United Methodist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Faith United Methodist Church — 1.3 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 1.7 mi away