First United Methodist Church Conducts Congregational SurveyThe 2008 Congregational Survey will be conducted at all 5 services on the weekends of 2/23/08 - 2/24/08 and 3/1/08 - 3/2/08.  The survey will ask questions about the purpose of our church, parts of the community and the congregation th...Read More

Pastor Jennifer M. Parks-Snyder, former pastor of the Caledonia Parrish in the Chambersburg District, has been appointed to replace Pastor Freeman.  Pastor Jenn graduated from the Altoona Area High School in 1990 and Shippensburg University in 1996.  In May of 2006 she received her Masters...Read More

Welcome to our new membersFirst UMC would like to welcome our new members who joined the church the weekend of 4/29/07:  Clever, Ed and Barb; Ellis, Don and Laurie; Greenland, Vince and Rebekah; Hurst, John; Kerns, Debbie; Long, Greg and Denise; McCreary, John and Dede; Monahan, Bart and Terri;...Read More