First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Wood River, IL 62095. It is one of 18 churches in Wood River.
our work to create disciples for Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world is our focus.
Our worshiping congregation is a group of people who are diverse in age, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, economic situation, and religious background.
Wheelchair accessible
Wood River, IL, 62095Service times
- Sunday 11am
- Sunday 10am
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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The community around First United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 34.6%
- Obesity: 39.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.1%
- Depression: 23.3%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Wood River city is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 882 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Saint John United Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Wood River United Pentecostal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Angels Parish — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Bernard Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Faith Family Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Assembly of God Church — 0.7 mi away
- firstagonline — 0.7 mi away
- St Pauls Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- East Alton First United Methodist Church — 1.3 mi away in East Alton, IL
- St Paul United Methodist Church — 1.8 mi away in East Alton, IL
- Wanda United Methodist Church — 3.2 mi away in Roxana, IL
- Free Methodist Church — 3.9 mi away in Alton, IL
- Bethalto United Methodist Church — 4.2 mi away in Bethalto, IL
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