First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 301 Bamboo Road in Laplace, LA 70068. It is one of 22 churches in Laplace.
301 Bamboo Road, Laplace, LA, 70068First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About 1 in 5 households fear the power or water being shut off, and about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 31.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.6%
- Unemployment: 15.4% (8.4–22.5%)
- Obesity: 45.0%
- Social Isolation: 38.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.0%
- Diabetes: 17.6%
- Depression: 23.1%
- Child Poverty: 22.3% (4.6–39.9%)
- Poverty Rate: 17.5% (9.9–25.1%)
- Transportation Barriers: 15.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Lutheran Church of the Galilean — 0.1 mi away
- Celebration Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.3 mi away
- Beacon Light Church of Laplace — 0.7 mi away
- Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church — 0.8 mi away in LaPlace, LA
- St John Presbyterian Church — 1 mi away
- River City Church — 1.2 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 1.3 mi away
- St Timothy's Episcopal Church — 1.4 mi away
- Iglesia Pentecostal Providencia Divina — 1.4 mi away