A Spirit of Welcome

First Church is a welcoming Christian community that offers hospitality, congregational care, and fellowship to all. We embrace individuals and families of all gender identities, sexual orientations, ethnicities, races, and economic backgrounds.

We are a community of faith seeking the transformation of the world through Jesus’ courageous love.

Our congregation affirms the following core values, as articulated in our 2021-2024 Strategic Plan.

• We value meaningful worship, preaching, and music that inspires people of all ages to love God and one another.
• We value being a welcoming community that offers hospitality, congregational care, and fellowship for all.
• We embrace individuals and families of all gender identities, sexual orientations, ethnicities, races, and economic backgrounds. 
• We value good works to bring justice and comfort to our beloved community, and to mend and protect our earth.
• We value Christian faith formation through lifelong learning.
• We value our historic building as a beacon in the community that helps make our worship and ministries possible.

As a Reconciling Congregation, we actively support the efforts of the Reconciling Ministries Network in working toward full inclusion of all LGBTQIA+ persons in the life of the United Methodist Church.

Reconciling Ministries Network