Cochran First Methodist Church

Cochran First Methodist Church We are a Methodist church located in downtown Cochran, GA.

What ๐’†๐’™๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’๐’š is a Christian?There is no single agreed on definition of what a โ€œChristianโ€ really is. We all have our ide...
08/30/2026

What ๐’†๐’™๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’๐’š is a Christian?

There is no single agreed on definition of what a โ€œChristianโ€ really is. We all have our ideas of what makes a โ€œChristianโ€ and some them are wildly different.

Take time this week to examine what makes you a Christian. How do you know you are one?

๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜ ๐’…๐’ ๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’˜ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’๐’†?

We hope you will join us next Sunday at Cochran First Methodist Church!

He created the universe from scratch. Nothing exists without Him.We couldnโ€™t begin to imagine the vastness of God. It is...
08/23/2026

He created the universe from scratch. Nothing exists without Him.

We couldnโ€™t begin to imagine the vastness of God. It is beyond our comprehension. So, โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘?

Because, God made a way.

โ€œI will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD.โ€ Jeremiah 24:7

๐†๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. He knows everything about you. From the number of hairs on your head to whether you actually ate your broccoli.

๐€๐ง๐ ๐‡๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐‡๐ข๐ฆ. It isnโ€™t enough to have a heart to know Him. God reveals Himself to us.

What can you do to know God?

We hope you will join us next Sunday at Cochran First Methodist Church!

If you asked someone โ€œWhat is God like?โ€ you might get answers likeLove HolyRighteousEternalOmnipotentOmnipresentOmnisci...
08/16/2026

If you asked someone โ€œWhat is God like?โ€ you might get answers like

Love
Holy
Righteous
Eternal
Omnipotent
Omnipresent
Omniscient
Sovereign
Creator of All

And all of these things describe God. But none of them ๐’‡๐’–๐’๐’๐’š describe God.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด.

There are over a hundred of characteristics of God we could sit down an identify. And while each of them alone may describe a characteristic of God, they do not fully encapsulate what God is really like.

In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, Jesus teaches us God is a loving Father who accepts his wayward children back, despite our rebellion. He loves the faithful and rebellious, equally.

What is God really like? ๐™‹๐™š๐™ง๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™ง๐™š๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™ข.

We hope you will join us next Sunday at Cochran First Methodist Church!

โ€œBlessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.โ€Jesus may not have been speaking particularly about a church...
08/09/2026

โ€œBlessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.โ€

Jesus may not have been speaking particularly about a church in Cochran, Georgia, some 2,000 years after he made this statement to his Disciples. Yet, here we are knowing the truth:

๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น.

Today we bless the backpacks of the children of our congregation and pray over them as well as all the teachers and staff. As they begin going back to school, may they never forget ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น and He is with them always.

We hope you will join us next Sunday at Cochran First Methodist Church!

You may find yourself pondering โ€” what does God want from me?It may seem like a difficult question to wrestle with. But ...
07/26/2026

You may find yourself pondering โ€” what does God want from me?

It may seem like a difficult question to wrestle with. But really, it is quite simple:

๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ.
๐™‡๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™˜๐™ฎ.
๐™’๐™–๐™ก๐™  ๐™๐™ช๐™ข๐™—๐™ก๐™ฎ.

That is what God wants from you. Not empty words. Not platitudes. He doesnโ€™t have a burdensome list of tasks.

He wants action. He wants you to act justly. To forgive others completely. To walk humbly ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—›๐—ถ๐—บ.

We hope you will join us next Sunday at Cochran First Methodist Church!

Nabal was a wealthy and wicked man. King Saul wanted David dead. His army was out looking for David and his men.David so...
07/19/2026

Nabal was a wealthy and wicked man. King Saul wanted David dead. His army was out looking for David and his men.

David sought out help from Nabal. David and his men had previously protected Nabalโ€™s flocks of sheep. ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต.

His response didnโ€™t thrill David and his men. In response they began ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—นโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ.

Enter Abigail, Nabalโ€™s wife. Some of his servants alerted Abigail about what Nabal had done and what David was planning to do. So, she intervened and made an offering to David and took the blame of her husband โ€” urging him to not sully his future with the needless bloodshed.

Abigail prevented the bloodshed with her wisdom. When she told her recently sobered husband, Nabal, what she did โ€” his heart failed him and he died.

๐†๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐€๐›๐ข๐ ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐ž. But the bloodshed would have led David to sin. Davidโ€™s reaction to Nabalโ€™s reply would have been a poor decision.

๐™‚๐™ค๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ก๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ, ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™™๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š๐™จ.

We hope you will join us next Sunday at Cochran First Methodist Church!

What are you ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”?1 John 2:15-17 tells us the things of this world, which may seem important now, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐š๐๐ž ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ...
07/12/2026

What are you ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”?

1 John 2:15-17 tells us the things of this world, which may seem important now, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐š๐๐ž ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ.

Set your heart after God! Join us next Sunday at Cochran First Methodist Church!

๐™’๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ง๐™™ ๐™ž๐™จ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™›๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™ค๐™ข.True freedom is freedom from the bo***ge of sin and fear. Without it, ...
06/28/2026

๐™’๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ง๐™™ ๐™ž๐™จ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™›๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™ค๐™ข.

True freedom is freedom from the bo***ge of sin and fear. Without it, we are all slaves to sin.

But how does one get true freedomโ“

You just ask for it! You ask for forgiveness and invite Jesus into your heart. Because ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐›๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž.

Be truly free! We hope you will join us next Sunday at Cochran First Methodist Church.

If you are a newer Christian, ๐›๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž๐! Know your sins have been forgiven and you are in a love relationship with t...
05/31/2026

If you are a newer Christian, ๐›๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž๐!

Know your sins have been forgiven and you are in a love relationship with the Father. You donโ€™t deserve this, but it has been given to you by grace through faith.

If you are a mature Christian, ๐›๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž๐!

The Lord has brought you through so much in overcoming evil and strengthening you through you abiding in His word.

If you are an elder Christian, ๐›๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž๐!

You have helped the church continue and have helped develop other Christians through your abiding relationship with Christ.

Whatever stage of life you find yourself at, whatever generation of believer you are, ๐›๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ by the Lord and in His great, great love for you.

Join us next Sunday at Cochran First Methodist Church!

Today we celebrated our recent graduates as they go forth!This can be a tumultuous time in someoneโ€™s life โ€” years of ins...
05/24/2026

Today we celebrated our recent graduates as they go forth!

This can be a tumultuous time in someoneโ€™s life โ€” years of instruction culminating with a celebration. Change. Growing up. A new found freedom.

But then you face a tough question: ๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฉ?

The Disciples faced the same question after the first Easter. Christ died. Christ was resurrected. He ascended to Heaven. ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™™๐™ค?

The answer came 50 days after Easter Sunday: the day of a Pentecost. The Holy Spirit came down from Heaven, filled the room, and was poured out on all those who traveled to Jerusalem and were waiting for ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต.

It was on the day of Pentecost that the church was born. The day Disciples began to โ€œget it.โ€

It was transformative for them. And because of it, the Christian Church began to grow.

We hope you will join us next Sunday at Cochran First Methodist Church!

Address

119 E. D***s Street
Cochran, GA
31014

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 2pm
Tuesday 9am - 2pm
Wednesday 9am - 2pm
Thursday 9am - 2pm
Sunday 9:45am - 12pm

Telephone

(478) 934-6942

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