First United Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 961 Valley Street in Manchester, NH 03103. It is one of 115 churches in Manchester, and one of 2 Methodist congregations in the city.

961 Valley Street, Manchester, NH, 03103

Website: https://fumcmanchester.org/

First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 72 congregations of the Methodist family gather across New Hampshire — 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.

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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. Nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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: 37.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.3%
  • Depression: 23.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 17.3%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.9% (5.6–22.1%)
  • Unemployment: 6.7% (1.9–11.8%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Manchester city is served by 61 churches — about one congregation for every 1,885 residents.

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