Shady Grove UMC

The community around Shady Grove UMC

It takes 6.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Food Insecurity: 26.8%
• Diabetes: 18.8%
• Obesity: 44.7%
• Social Isolation: 36.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.7%
• Depression: 27.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.1%
• Unemployment: 10.1% (2.2–18.0%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.4%
• Poverty Rate: 21.2% (12.3–30.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 18.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Shady Grove UMC

• Union Spring Church — 2.2 mi away
• Beulah Church — 2.3 mi away
• Old Union Church — 2.8 mi away
• Saint Josephs Church — 4 mi away
• Henrietta Church — 5 mi away
• Shady Grove United Methodist Church — 5.7 mi away
• Magnolia Baptist Church — 5.8 mi away
• Mansfield Pleasant Valley UMC — 6.3 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 7.5 mi away in Converse, LA
• Rayborn Church — 7.9 mi away in Shelbyville, TX