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    • Methodist F.A.Q.
    • Contact Us
    • General Property Layout and Entrances
    • Directions
    • Employment Opportunities
    • Worship Services / Times
    • Visitor Page
    • Favorite Links
  • Programs/Activities
    • Committed to Christ
    • Basketball Team/Schedule
    • Women's Bible Study
    • Wednesday Night Fellowship
    • Three Rivers District Events
    • Loaves and Fishes Leaps and Bounds
    • More Loaves and Fishes
    • Camp Bays Mountain
    • Boy Scouts Troop 36
    • UMCmarket or Amazon Smiles
  • Ministries, Missions, Giving
    • MINISTRIES
      • Children's Ministries
        • Featured Page: Older Church Building - New Life All Around - Serving Young Adults, Youth and Children of our Community
        • Camp in the Community 2025
        • Early Learning Center
          • ELC Payment and Document Center
      • Youth Ministries
        • Youth Forms
        • Youth Group: UMYF
        • Youth Calendar
        • Sunday School
      • Adult Ministries
        • UMW
          • UMW INFORMATION
        • Conference Room Class
        • Friendship Sunday School Class
        • Open Door Sunday School Class
        • Pathfinders - Sunday School Class
        • Questors Sunday School Class
        • Scripture Study Sunday School Class
        • Fifth Sunday Breakfast and Program
      • Music Ministries
        • Chancel Choir
      • Prayer Ministries
        • Prayer Requests
        • Prayer Shawl Ministry
    • MISSIONS
      • Backpacks For Liberia
      • FUMC Food Pantry
      • UMCOR Cleaning Buckets
      • UMCOR Hygiene Kits
      • Operation Christmas Child
      • Clare's Closet
      • The Bridge
      • Brother's Keeper
      • Little Free Pantry
      • Kairos Ministry
      • Family Promise (IHN)
      • Czech Republic
      • Good Samaritan
      • Holston Home for Children
      • Medical Mission to Mexico
      • Melting Pot
      • BABMOC Bear Another's Burdens Ministry of Christ
      • Other Missions
    • Giving
      • Commitment Form 2025
      • Online Giving
      • Endowment Giving
      • The Building Fund
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    • 2025 Worship Video Archives
    • worship video archives 2024 and prior
      • Worship Video Archives Beginning 2024 6 9
      • Worship Videos Archive since Advent 2023
      • Worship Video Archive since Feb 2023
      • Worship Video Archives Beginning Nov 2022
      • Worship Video Archive beginning 6/5/2022
      • Worship Video Archive beginning 2021 8 8
      • Worship Video Archive Prior to August 2021
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      • Spiritual Development Pillar
      • Safety and Security Welcome Group
      • Outreach Pillar
      • Worship Pillar
        • AV Team
      • Leadership Pillar
      • Wednesday Night Fellowship Team
      • Finance Committee
      • SPPRC (Staff, Pastor, Parrish Relations Committee
      • Stewardship Committee
      • Endowment Committee
      • Facilities/Trustees
        • USE OF CHURCH FACILITIES
    • Forms and Information Documents
      • ONLINE FORMS
    • Time and Talent Survey
    • Photo Album General Tab
      • Photo Album
      • Photo Album Not Sorted by Year Yet
      • 2023 Photo Album
      • 2022 Photo Album
      • 2021 Photo Album
      • 2020 Photo Album
      • 2019 Photo Album
      • 2018 Photo Album
      • 2017 Photo Album
      • 2016 Photo Album
      • 2015 Photo Album
      • 2014 Photo Album
      • 2013 Photo Album
      • 2012 Photo Album
      • 2011 Photo Album
      • ELC 5K Event
      • Food Pantry Photo
      • Faces at First New Pics
  • Church Calendar
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      • Revised Common Lectionary
        • Definition
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First United Methodist Church

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ALL who desire to minister, to feed, to love, to accept and be loved and accepted, all, are welcome here. 


FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
900 SPRING STREET JOHNSON CITY, TN 37604
​Church Office: 423-928-9222
[email protected]
EARLY LEARNING CENTER at FUMC
 WEEKDAYS   7 am - 6 pm   YEAR ROUND
ELC Office: 423-926-0700      [email protected]
SENIOR PASTOR:  REV. JODIE IHFE
ASSOCIATE PASTOR:  REV. GARY IHFE
​ASSOCIATE PASTOR:  REV. STEVE REIS

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​Worship:  stream live or watch on demand after the service

​Worship Service 5/18/2025 10:30 am

Our service will begin to stream at 10:30 a.m. - afterwards it will be able to to be viewed on demand 
Worship Guide 5/18/2025
Graduation Insert for Bulletin 5/18/2025
Online Giving
Previous Sunday recordings are found here.

Graduates Recognized during Worship 5/18/25

Bree Rhea, along with Pastors Jodie, Gary and Steve took a moment to recognize, pray for and bless the seniors present this morning. A complete list of high school and college graduates is included in the bulletin insert (the button is listed above with the livestream recording).

FOOD PANTRY NEEDS FOR
MAY 2025

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Looking for a way to be more involved at 1stChurchJC? ​

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​Are you interested in participating in worship or working behind the scenes to make worship a better experience for others? There are many ways for you to get involved. You can serve on the Security & Welcome Team or the Tech Team.

​ You can be a greeter or work with our young children and babies. You can sing in the choir or lead the readings and prayers during worship. We would love to bring you on board.

 If you are interested in serving in one of these ways, contact Pastor Gary at [email protected]

Virtual (Online) Sunday school Class Available. Join us Anytime Online:  
​Pathfinders and Friends

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Whether it's weather, or COVID, or any other reason you cannot come to Sunday school in person, you are invited to join the in-person Pathfinder's class online via Google Meet for a time of announcements, prayer concerns and a lesson. We can send an email link to you each week with the link for a computer or a phone. Email the church office at [email protected] to request an email link.  The class would like to meet you!   
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NEED INFO?    SIGN UP FOR ​CHURCH-WIDE EMAILS!

If you would like to receive "church-wide" emails which contain announcements, events, church news of interest, prayer concerns and more please use the link in this information box.

SIGN UP FOR  EMAILS

Holston Conference issued a call for Cleaning Kits,  Hygiene Kits and monetary donations to restock for supplies which had been depleted by recent disasters and to be ready for those in the future.

If your church plans to assemble kits, they may be delivered to the Three Rivers District Ministry Center.  It is always a good idea to call ahead of time to make certain someone is in the office to accept your delivery.
UMCOR Hygiene Kits List
UMCOR Cleaning Kits List

QuickLinks to these Website Pages:
OUR STAFF
EARLY LEARNING CENTER
WORSHIP GUIDE/BULLETIN
FACEBOOK PAGE
ONLINE GIVING
CALENDAR MONTHLY

Are You Getting Ready to Visit First Church?  In addition to coming in person, you are invited to a virtual visit either by exploring the website, our Facebook page, or our YouTube channel. See see what is going on from Sunday worship to mission projects.

First Time Visitor? Click Here
Worship Times 10:30 am Sunday Mornings
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  • Home
  • In Person Worship
  • Streaming Worship
  • Backpacks For Liberia
  • Camp in the Community 2025
  • About Us
    • Reaching Embracing Serving
    • Church Staff
    • Weather-Related Changes
    • Methodist F.A.Q.
    • Contact Us
    • General Property Layout and Entrances
    • Directions
    • Employment Opportunities
    • Worship Services / Times
    • Visitor Page
    • Favorite Links
  • Programs/Activities
    • Committed to Christ
    • Basketball Team/Schedule
    • Women's Bible Study
    • Wednesday Night Fellowship
    • Three Rivers District Events
    • Loaves and Fishes Leaps and Bounds
    • More Loaves and Fishes
    • Camp Bays Mountain
    • Boy Scouts Troop 36
    • UMCmarket or Amazon Smiles
  • Ministries, Missions, Giving
    • MINISTRIES
      • Children's Ministries
        • Featured Page: Older Church Building - New Life All Around - Serving Young Adults, Youth and Children of our Community
        • Camp in the Community 2025
        • Early Learning Center
          • ELC Payment and Document Center
      • Youth Ministries
        • Youth Forms
        • Youth Group: UMYF
        • Youth Calendar
        • Sunday School
      • Adult Ministries
        • UMW
          • UMW INFORMATION
        • Conference Room Class
        • Friendship Sunday School Class
        • Open Door Sunday School Class
        • Pathfinders - Sunday School Class
        • Questors Sunday School Class
        • Scripture Study Sunday School Class
        • Fifth Sunday Breakfast and Program
      • Music Ministries
        • Chancel Choir
      • Prayer Ministries
        • Prayer Requests
        • Prayer Shawl Ministry
    • MISSIONS
      • Backpacks For Liberia
      • FUMC Food Pantry
      • UMCOR Cleaning Buckets
      • UMCOR Hygiene Kits
      • Operation Christmas Child
      • Clare's Closet
      • The Bridge
      • Brother's Keeper
      • Little Free Pantry
      • Kairos Ministry
      • Family Promise (IHN)
      • Czech Republic
      • Good Samaritan
      • Holston Home for Children
      • Medical Mission to Mexico
      • Melting Pot
      • BABMOC Bear Another's Burdens Ministry of Christ
      • Other Missions
    • Giving
      • Commitment Form 2025
      • Online Giving
      • Endowment Giving
      • The Building Fund
  • Communications and Media
    • 2025 Worship Video Archives
    • worship video archives 2024 and prior
      • Worship Video Archives Beginning 2024 6 9
      • Worship Videos Archive since Advent 2023
      • Worship Video Archive since Feb 2023
      • Worship Video Archives Beginning Nov 2022
      • Worship Video Archive beginning 6/5/2022
      • Worship Video Archive beginning 2021 8 8
      • Worship Video Archive Prior to August 2021
    • Church-Wide Email Sign Up
    • Newsletter for FUMC
    • Google Calendar
    • Safe Sanctuaries Information
    • Volunteer Rosters
    • 2025 Church Directory
    • Church Leadership 2025
      • Connections/Communications Pillar
      • Spiritual Development Pillar
      • Safety and Security Welcome Group
      • Outreach Pillar
      • Worship Pillar
        • AV Team
      • Leadership Pillar
      • Wednesday Night Fellowship Team
      • Finance Committee
      • SPPRC (Staff, Pastor, Parrish Relations Committee
      • Stewardship Committee
      • Endowment Committee
      • Facilities/Trustees
        • USE OF CHURCH FACILITIES
    • Forms and Information Documents
      • ONLINE FORMS
    • Time and Talent Survey
    • Photo Album General Tab
      • Photo Album
      • Photo Album Not Sorted by Year Yet
      • 2023 Photo Album
      • 2022 Photo Album
      • 2021 Photo Album
      • 2020 Photo Album
      • 2019 Photo Album
      • 2018 Photo Album
      • 2017 Photo Album
      • 2016 Photo Album
      • 2015 Photo Album
      • 2014 Photo Album
      • 2013 Photo Album
      • 2012 Photo Album
      • 2011 Photo Album
      • ELC 5K Event
      • Food Pantry Photo
      • Faces at First New Pics
  • Church Calendar
    • Calendar
      • Revised Common Lectionary
        • Definition
        • Church Year/Liturgical Colors
        • Weekly Readings
  • Online Giving
  • Early Learning Center