First United Methodist Church of Gastonia, NC

06/17/2026

How has God surprised you this week?!

06/15/2026

Hey Friends!
🫶Don't forget to pray today🫶
Drop your prayers and prayer requests in the comments below!

06/14/2026

Combined Worship | 10:30 AM Service

06/13/2026

🎶 Sunday Set List 🎶
There’s nothing better than gathering with God’s people and lifting our voices in worship.

☀️Summer Sunday Service Times:☀️
9:30am Sunday School
10:30am Worship in the Sanctuary

“Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!” (Psalm 150:6)

06/12/2026

Hey Friends!
Drop a welcome in the comments for our new Communications Intern, Brock Davis!

Contact Brock for bulletin and newsletter needs.
Have you seen the cool new digital sign in front of the church on Franklin Blvd? Brock will be updating the sign too.

Lot’s to celebrate this week at First!

06/09/2026

Drop a welcome in the comments for Leigh, our new Director of Hospitality! We are so excited to have her join our team!

06/05/2026

Praise God for our Youth and Youth Counselors!

I have been leading youth trips for 9 years, and have never had a day like today. A wise friend told me that sometimes God is closer to the hot mess than the meticulously planned, and that could not be more true for today.

Between being completely stopped on I 26 due to an overturned tanker truck and the fuel pump going out in one of the vans, we are 7 hours behind on my meticulously planned schedule for our Mid- Hi Service Learning Trip to Epworth by the Sea.

But God.
God put some amazing people in our path today. People who kept us safe and cared for us in the chaos. People who went way above and beyond to show us grace and radical hospitality.

These Mid-Hi Youth- they have kept me laughing through it all. They have been flexible, reliable and wonderful all day long. They have found joy in the small things, grace in the hard things and have fiercely loved on and protected each other.

These Amazing Youth Counselors- have worked together to problem solve all day long. They have focused on keeping our youth safe and cared for, while prioritizing relationship building. They have shown true Jesus like character through all of the bumps in the road today.

What a blessing it is to serve in this capacity. Pray for us as we continue our journey to Epworth and as we serve and learn this weekend.

Hollie
Director of Youth Ministries

Pic of us after we got the van towed, finding joy in the chaos!