Where is First United Methodist Church located?

First United Methodist Church is at 707 Sassafras Street, Erie, PA, 16501.

What time are services at First United Methodist Church?

First United Methodist Church meets Tuesday at 1pm. Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First United Methodist Church?

First United Methodist Church in Erie, PA is a United Methodist church. It is one of 3 United Methodist congregations in Erie.

First United Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church at 707 Sassafras Street in Erie, PA 16501. It is one of 205 churches in Erie, and one of 3 United Methodist congregations in the city.

First United Methodist Church of Downtown Erie, founded in 1826, has a long, proud history of serving the diverse community of Erie and its surrounding areas.

Serving since 1826

707 Sassafras Street, Erie, PA, 16501

Service times

Tuesday 1pm

Phone: (814) 452-3300 · Website: http://www.fumcerie.org/

First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,331 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Pennsylvania — 25,985 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 United Methodist Church in Downtown Erie's YouTube channel: FUMC Erie Sanctuary Worship Service (all videos).

The community around First United Methodist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

Poverty Rate: 46.9% (33.3–60.5%)
Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.0%
Obesity: 42.0%
Depression: 28.6%
Unemployment: 9.9% (1.6–18.7%)
Diabetes: 13.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Erie city is served by 103 churches — about one congregation for every 920 residents.

Churches near First United Methodist Church

Cathedral of Saint Paul — 0.1 mi away
Episcopal Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania — 0.1 mi away
First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant — 0.1 mi away
Mary Seat of Wisdom Chapel — 0.2 mi away
Saint Peter Cathedral Church — 0.2 mi away
Grace Fellowship International Church — 0.2 mi away
Luther Memorial Church — 0.3 mi away
First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
The Cross — 0.3 mi away
Saint Patrick Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away

More Methodist churches nearby

First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
Simpson United Methodist Church — 0.9 mi away
A United Methodist Community — 1 mi away
Glenwood United Methodist Church — 1.5 mi away

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