First United Methodist Church of Melrose, Neighbor

Some information about our Worship and Sunday School – from September through June, we generally schedule two Sunday morning Services: a 9:00 a.m. Service in our little Chapel, which offers a more intimate, informal setting for worship; and a 10:30 Sanctuary Service, designed for a larger congregation, with a rich variety of sacred music. Our Sanctuary Service also includes a Children’s Worship segment, after which our Sunday School is dismissed for classes. Our Sunday School facilities provide a warm, bright, and happy environment for children and youth. We employ a trained Nursery coordinator for the “littlest” disciples, and celebrate their presence with the same joyful spirit in which Jesus welcomed and encouraged all children. 

We encourage families with children to “visit” our Sunday School and youth pages on our web site (www.fumcmelrose.org). During the high, holy seasons of the church year, Advent/Christmas and Lent/Holy Week, we schedule many <i>special</i> services and fellowship activities. Again, I invite you to visit our Calendar and Special events page(s) on our web site.  

Here at First UMC, Melrose, we consider it an honor and a joy to strive always to be true and faithful to the advertising “motto” of the United Methodist Church – we share our spiritual life as a congregation of <b><i>Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors</i></b>. We celebrate diversity in all its richness: theological, cultural, political, gender <i>and</i> gender-orientation. <b><i>All</i></b> are welcomed here!   

We are very proud of our beautiful facilities. Those who enter our magnificent sanctuary bejeweled with glorious stained-glass windows, a majestic pipe organ, and splendid altar and sanctuary appointments, feel the presence of God. Whether you enter to sit alone and pray, or come to join in the fullness of congregational worship, when you pass through our doors, which we open to you with love, you will surely feel that this is a holy and sacred place. 

As you move among this congregation and share the loving and caring embrace of the people of God, you will likewise experience God’s presence in the <i>people</i> who grace this church with their presence – their faith, hope, and love.