First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church at 100 West Jefferson Street in Ottawa, IL 61350. It is one of 42 churches in Ottawa, and one of 2 United Methodist congregations in the city.
Wheelchair accessible
100 West Jefferson Street, Ottawa, IL, 61350Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9am
Phone: (815) 433-1060 · Website: http://www.ottawafirstumc.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.
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Latest from Ottawa First United Methodist Church's YouTube channel: Ottawa First UMC Service September 13, 2026 (all videos).
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 nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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: 41.1%
- Social Isolation: 34.2%
- Depression: 23.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.8%
- Food Insecurity: 18.9%
- Poverty Rate: 16.1% (9.0–23.3%)
- Diabetes: 13.6%
- Unemployment: 7.5% (2.9–12.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Ottawa city is served by 26 churches — about one congregation for every 569 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- First Presbyterian Church — 0 mi away
- Christ Community Church — 0.1 mi away
- Open Table United Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- First Congregational Church — 0.1 mi away
- Christ Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Walking with Jesus — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Columba Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Zion Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bethel Lutheran Brethern Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- Evangelical United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Epworth United Methodist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Wedron United Methodist Church — 7 mi away
- Grand Ridge United Methodist Church — 7.8 mi away in Grand Ridge, IL
- Serena United Methodist Church — 10.9 mi away in Serena, IL