Swarthmore United Methodist Church
Swarthmore United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 129 Park Avenue in Swarthmore, PA 19081. It is one of 6 churches in Swarthmore.
We create & share God's Love-in-Action through Worship & the Arts, Outreach & Nurture, and Spiritual Growth & 'Doing Life' Together. God works with and through each of us on life's spiritual journey, growing us as disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation and healing of our community and the
129 Park Avenue, Swarthmore, PA, 19081Service times
- Sunday 10:30am–11:30am · worship is -
Phone: (610) 543-2110 · Website: http://www.swarthmoreumc.com
Swarthmore 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 Swarthmore United Methodist Church's YouTube channel: Worship Service - July 26, 2026 (all videos).
The community around Swarthmore United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. About 1 in 10 the people here were born in another country. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Unemployment: 8.2% (2.3–14.2%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2019-2023), aggregated across 1 census tracts near this church.
Swarthmore borough is served by 3 churches — about one congregation for every 2,169 residents.
Churches near Swarthmore United Methodist Church
- Swarthmore Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Swarthmore Friends Meetinghouse — 0.5 mi away
- Notre Dame De Lourdes Church — 0.9 mi away
- Victoria Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away in Springfield Township, PA
- Chambers Memorial Presbyterian Church — 1 mi away in Rutledge, PA
- Holy Myrrh-Bearer's Ukrainian Church — 1 mi away
- Princeton Presbyterian Church — 1 mi away in Springfield, PA
- Tree of Life Church — 1 mi away in Springfield, PA
- Blue Church — 1.1 mi away in Springfield, PA
More Methodist churches nearby
- Ridley Park United Methodist Church — 1.8 mi away in Ridley Park, PA
- St Paul AME Zion Church — 2.1 mi away in Media, PA
- Prospect United Methodist Church — 2.4 mi away in Prospect Park, PA
- Risen Hope Church — 2.5 mi away in Prospect Park, PA
- Norwood United Methodist Church — 2.7 mi away in Norwood, PA
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