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Worship Service: Sundays at 10:30am

Sunday School 9:30am

Each week, we have classes and groups for all ages including Faith Builders,

MUGG (Multigenerational Group)

Sunday Morning Explore! for elementary age kids and First UMC Youth for teens.

Aging Forward meets the 3rd Saturday of each month with speakers to promote lifelong learning and fellowship for retired adults.

July 17th beginning at 1pm, we'll be featuring a presentation on Laura Ingalls Wilder and
"Little House on the Prairie." Bring a friend!

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We are glad you are visiting our site.

At First United Methodist, we believe God's grace surrounds us at all times and places. When we recognize and respond to that, we begin to receive the gift and grow in hope, peace, joy, and love.

We live in difficult and confusing times and often find it hard to know what to pray for or how to pray. Our current series "The Heart of the Matter" is about deepening our understanding and experience of prayer and seeking a Christ-centered life that rejects the temptations and 'isms" of this world. We look forward to sharing the journey with you!

No matter where you are on your walk of faith, you are invited to find community together in worship Sundays at 10:30am in person or online! We mix a relaxed atmosphere with inspiring, spirit-filled, traditional worship.

Prior to that we have Sunday School groups for all ages at 9:30am with a variety of studies, discussions and fellowship opportunities. Come check it out!

Pastor Christopher Eshelman shares sermons based on Scripture and illustrated with art, photos, and the occassional video clip.

We hope we will equip

and inspire you to take

the next step on your

own journey of faith!

The mission of First UMC Fort Scott is:
“to share the good news of the life, death and resurrection
of Jesus Christ and to exemplify the love of God by
knowing Christ, growing in Christ, serving Christ and sharing Christ”

Join us in daily prayer for our church, community and world at 3:01pm,

(or set an alarm for another time

that works better for you.)

The Upper Room offers a Daily Devotional that you may find helpful.

Click the images for their page!

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Worship Preview for August 9th, 2026. "Listen: God-breathed"

FIRST UNITED METHODIST WORSHIP AUGUST 9TH: 10:30am. “Listen: God-Breathed” Rev. Christopher Eshelman preaching. Scriptures: Exodus 34:29-35, Numbers 6:22-26, 2 Timothy 3:1-17, 2nd Corinthians 13:14 Scripture is a gift. A gift Christians believe points us to Jesus, the Christ. A collection of books, stories of human encounter with the divine. Thousands of years of storytelling by our Jewish ancestors, then a bit over 100 by the early followers of Jesus of Nazareth. United Met

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Worship Preview for August 2

First United Methodist Worship Preview for August 2nd Rev. Christopher Eshelman presiding, Scriptures Exodus 33:7-23, 1 Kings 19:1-12, and 2 Corinthians 12:1-5 Have you ever misplaced your phone—which is on vibrate of course—and then asked someone to call it? We get really still and really quiet. Our ears perk up in all directions in order to be ready to hear that little buzz. It is a quieting down and high alert all at the same time. This next few weeks, we will quiet thing

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Worship Preview 7.26.26 "Power and Glory"

FIRST UNITED METHODIST WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY: 10:30am. “Power and Glory” Rev. Christopher Eshelman preaching. Scriptures: Psalm 24, 2 Corinthians 11:30-12:10, 1 Peter 1:3-25 We’ve been exploring the doxology to the Lord’s Prayer. “For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, forever. Amen!” I agree with Theologian Helmut Thielicke’s insight that “the closing words of the Lord’s Prayer are not an assumption which we must have accepted in order to be able to pray, but

Jul 233 min read

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