First United Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 422 Chestnut St. in Leavenworth, KS 66048. It is one of 65 churches in Leavenworth.

First United Methodist Church of Leavenworth is the oldest Methodist congregation in Kansas. We have ministered with the people of Leavenworth since October 8, 1854. We have long roots and deep traditions–we are a church of the ages.

422 Chestnut St., Leavenworth, KS, 66048

Service times

  • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9am

Phone: (913) 682-5374 · Website: http://www.fumclvks.org/

First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 349 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Kansas — 25,370 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

  • Samaritan’s Buffet Ministry
  • Outreach Ministry
  • Children Ministries
  • Fusion 56
  • Youth Group
  • Young Adult
  • Itch’n to Stitch Ministry

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Latest from First United Methodist Church of Leavenworth's YouTube channel: "Saying Yes to God's Children" 02AUG2026 Contemporary (all videos).

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 adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,200 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: 43.4%
  • Social Isolation: 30.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 17.8% (8.8–26.8%)
  • Food Insecurity: 15.7%
  • Diabetes: 13.3%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.9% (6.0–17.8%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.8%
  • Unemployment: 7.3% (1.1–13.6%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Leavenworth city is served by 33 churches — about one congregation for every 1,089 residents.

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