First United Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 66 Chestnut St. in Oneonta, NY 13820. It is one of 30 churches in Oneonta, and one of 2 Methodist congregations in the city.

First United Methodist Church (FUMC) of Oneonta, NY is a congregation of faith and doubt. We commit ourselves to pursue justice, and pledge to stand with all our neighbors who are marginalized and oppressed, as Jesus did.

At First United Methodist Church, we beleive God's love is for everyone without exception. We affirm the sacred worth of all people and celebrate the diversity of all of God's creation. No matter your age, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, abiliites, or background, you are embraced here as a beloved child of God.

Part of Reconciling Ministries Network

66 Chestnut St., Oneonta, NY, 13820

Phone: (607) 432-4102 · Website: http://www.firstumc-oneonta.org/

Shares a ministry location with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 943 congregations of the Methodist family gather across New York — 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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Latest from First UMC Oneonta's YouTube channel: First UMC Oneonta N.Y. Livestream 8/2/26 10:30 am 10th Sunday after Pentecost (all videos).

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. About 1 in 5 the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 7 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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: 36.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 18.7% (9.6–27.9%)
  • Food Insecurity: 15.4% (11.7–19.7%)

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

Oneonta city is served by 12 churches — about one congregation for every 1,174 residents.

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