First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church at 501 E Capitol Ave in Springfield, IL 62701-1823. It is one of 164 churches in Springfield, and one of 3 United Methodist congregations in the city.
Our Mission: To See All Generations Experience True Life Change with Jesus.
Springfield First is a spiritually active, multi-generational community devoted to transforming the world through Jesus Christ.
Serving since 1821
501 E Capitol Ave, Springfield, IL, 62701-1823Service times
- Sunday 9am · mornings during
- Sunday 10:30am · mornings during
Phone: (217) 528-5683 · Website: https://springfieldfirst.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
- KidLife
- Student Life
- Group Life
- Men's Ministry
- Senior Ministries
- Support Groups
- Prayer Ministry
- EarlyLife
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Upcoming events at First United Methodist Church
- Sun, Sep 20 · 5 PM: StudentLife Sunday Night
- Sun, Sep 27 · 11:30 AM: Foundations
- Wed, Oct 7 · 6 PM: StudentLife Homework Hour / Crochet Club
- Thu, Oct 8 · 9:30 AM: Senior Fellowship and Lunch
- Thu, Oct 8 · 1 PM: Church History Class
From First United Methodist Church's public calendar (https://springfieldfirst.org/). Times are the church's local time.
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The community around First United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 45.5%
- Poverty Rate: 32.0% (19.8–44.2%)
- Food Insecurity: 26.1%
- Social Isolation: 36.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.8%
- Child Poverty: 24.8% (11.3–38.3%)
- Transportation Barriers: 13.7%
- Diabetes: 13.3%
- Unemployment: 7.6% (0.9–14.3%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Christ Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Central/Southern Illinois Synod — 0.1 mi away
- Central Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- American Baptist Churches of the Great Rivers Region — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception — 0.3 mi away
- Cathedral Church of St Paul — 0.4 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- Kumler United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Asbury United Methodist Church — 1 mi away
- Laurel United Methodist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Douglas Avenue United Methodist — 1.2 mi away
- Knox Knolls Free Methodist Church — 2.3 mi away
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