First Methodist Church
Lake City
973 S. Marion Ave
Lake City, FL 32025
PH: 386-752-4488
A Member of the
Global Methodist Church
Our Mission is to
To make disciples of Jesus Christ who
worship passionately,
love extravagantly,
and witness boldly
Residing Hope Methodist Children’s Home
The Residing Hope is a private, faith-based, non-profit agency that provides a continuum of care to children, youth, and families throughout Florida. Children come to Residing Hope because of sexual abuse, physical abuse, abandonment, or because of family breakdown due to divorce, drug abuse, illness, or death of a parent.
The Madison Youth Ranch
The Ranch provides therapeutic residential care in a peaceful, rural setting. The Youth Ranch combines this unique environment with an Equine Assisted Psychotherapy program for those children who would benefit from this type of specialized therapy.
The Backpack Ministry is a nationwide ministry that gives school children food for the weekend who would not normally have anything to eat. We currently provide food for 15 children in Columbia County. You may bring donations to the church any Sunday morning and put them in the baskets in the Narthex, or drop them off in the office Monday-Thursday. (Matthew 25:35)
Baby Bottle Boomerang
The annual fundraiser is for the Pregnancy Care Center here in Lake City and in Live Oak. Services include pregnancy tests, and ultrasounds, resources such as clothes, diapers, baby furniture, accessories, education through the Earn While You Learn program, and counseling for issues facing young women who are pregnant or with young children and post-abortion counseling and adoption help. Our church, along with 95 other churches in the area, support the Pregnancy Care Center
Christian Service Center
The Center provides food, clothing, household goods and furniture, and motel assistance for those who need help due to financial problems, loss of home due to fire and many other situations. It is us helping our neighbors.
Operation Christmas Child
This charity is sponsored by Samaritan’s Purse (samaritanspurse.org) and is an opportunity for us to partner with churches around the world to reach children with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Since 1993, Samaritan’s Purse has delivered shoebox gifts to more than 113 million children around the world. We typically donate around 115 shoeboxes each year.