First United Methodist Church Bakersfield

09/13/2024

First Church families: We still have a few slots available for blood donation appointments and are definitely open to walk-ins!

There are always unexpected cancellations, so we need one or two people from each services (Chapel, Traditional and RENEW) to help us reach our donation goals!

To donate on Sunday, just walk in to Room 6 and our volunteer team will help you get started!

Thank you all, and we will see you Sunday!

12/21/2023

This Sunday is Christmas Eve! 9:30am, 4:00pm and 6:00pm. Descriptions are below. You and your friends and family are welcome here!

12/01/2023

Unlock your child's potential with our engaging and fun-filled preschool program. Enroll them today and let the learning adventures begin!

We are a Christian Preschool located on the campus of First United Methodist Church. We are now enrolling ages 2-6!

10/31/2023

We had a wonderful time at our Trunk-or-Treat this past weekend; praying for a safe and fun time to everyone enjoying more festivities!

09/11/2023

May we never forget

09/05/2023

"This is what I have seen to be good: it is fitting to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of the life God gives us, for this is our lot. Likewise, all to whom God gives wealth and possessions and whom he enables to enjoy them and to accept their lot and find enjoyment in their toil—this is the gift of God." Ecclesiastes 5:18-19

08/10/2023

Whether you've been with us through the summer, or you're checking us out for the first time: here are a few updates from the past few months for our congregation at First United Methodist Church!

08/04/2023

" Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins." 1 John 4:7-10

The truth is that no one has done anything to be worthy of God's love - the good news is that God loves us anyway. The good news is that when we trust in God's love - when we put our faith in God's love, God makes us worthy. God justifies us, sanctifies us through His love and grace.

07/27/2023

"For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory." Romans 8:14-17

07/19/2023

"Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken." Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

07/13/2023

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30

07/04/2023

O say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave