Sikeston 
First United Methodist 
Church

 

A Scripturally guided community of 
Faith, Hope, and Love
striving to:

Touch Hearts and Stretch Minds

Accept people as they are while helping them 
to become as God hopes for them

Gathers to worship God - Scatters 
to serve Jesus

~ Come, and get to know who we are ~

This is where you will get to know First Church: who we are, what we are about, and United Methodist Doctrines. Since we are new creations every day, so will this page of our church change. Come back often to see the creation unfolding... Let's grow in Christ together.

As a church growing in the 21st Century, First United Methodist Church seeks to be a congregation where each person can:

Belong through fellowship in a caring Christian community where each individual can feel accepted, welcomed, and connected

Believe by growing in faith and knowledge

Become a faithful, active disciple of Jesus Christ.

With the knowledge that we work to reach these goals by being; a community, that, worships, learns, fellowships, and serves together with Jesus Christ.

Believe

The mission of our church family is to strengthen our believers and to bring others to belief in Jesus Christ by offering a variety of worship, learning, and serving opportunities. These include Sunday school for children, youth and adults at 9:00 a.m.; Disciple Bible Study; short-term Bible studies; prayer groups; Vacation Bible School; yearly confirmation classes; and several different opportunities for small group studies.  We offer study groups at three local care centers weekly.

We are a worshiping community with services that strive to meet the needs of different individuals. The Saturday evening service (5:00 p.m.) is casual and relaxed, and is conducted in the warm atmosphere of our chapel. Our (8:00 a.m.) Sunday chapel worship offers a slightly abbreviated order of worship and an opportunity to worship early in the morning for those with plans for the day. Our "Living Water" Praise Service is held each Sunday at 10:15 a.m. in the new Family Life Center.  This informal, come-as-you-are, service is composed of contemporary music, drama, and sound Biblical preaching. The Sanctuary Worship, also at 10:15 a.m., in the sanctuary, is a traditional United Methodist service. This service features our Chancel Choir, as well as other musical groups that perform periodically.

Throughout the Christian year, we also offer special services. During Holy Week, there are services each day leading up to Easter Sunday. At Christmas, we offer several opportunities for Christmas eve communion (Childcare is provided at the main services.)  In six to eight week periods, during Lent and prior to Advent, we offer Wednesday evening worship opportunities, that are preceded by home cooked meals.  Click here for our Weekly Newsletter, to find out about some of our current programs.

Belong

There are many opportunities to serve at First United Methodist Church. Our goal is to have every member involved in at least one ministry event, each year. 

The church family can participate in the Chancel Choir; Salvation’s Well Praise Band; handbell choir;  United Methodist Women; United Methodist Men; United Methodist Youth; Habitat for Humanity; Intercessory Prayer; Greeting Card Ministry; Stephen Ministry; Prayer Shawl Ministry, Care Center Study Groups, Volunteers in Mission and periodic activities for families,  such as family camping weekends, men's fishing retreat, mission trips, tailgate party, Fall Festival, Easter Eggstravaganza, church league basketball and softball programs, churchwide dinners throughout the year, and much more.  

Please watch our Newsletter for more events.



Become

Missions
As we seek to become even closer to Christ, we look for ways to serve beyond our local church. Mission work camps are made available each year, for both youth and adults. We support global ministries,  and our members become involved throughout the community with betterment and mission projects through local organizations in addition to the church.  We are a partner church to Mucoccane United Methodist Church in Mozambique, Africa.  We serve monthly in packing food boxes for the Bootheel Food Bank.

We have recently begun a Habitat for Humanity group which plans to build its first house in the Fall of 2007.

Volunteers in Mission teams have been to Costa Rica, Peru, Louisiana, Mississippi, and have served in Missouri disaster cleanup situations. Click here for our Volunteer in Missions - Missions page.

FUMC supports for mission activities locally, in our church conference, nationally and internationally. 

Visiting Ambassadors
Our Visiting Ambassador program aims to provide personal contact between a member of our church family and first-time visitors to our church.


Stephen Ministry
We have trained about 15 Stephen Ministers.  This program involves a one-to-one ministry by trained, caring lay persons to those who are hurting for various reasons, whether it be loneliness, grief, depression or other stresses of life.  

 

There is a place for you at 1st Church.  
 Come and let us get to know you!

Do you want to know Jesus?

Is there something missing in your life,
but your just not quite sure what it is?

Come and let us join with you as we journey toward
a Christ centered life.  We will all be blessed.

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