Upcoming Events

Our Angel Tree Gift Collection begins on Sunday, November 9th! By selecting a card from the Christmas trees located in the Welcome Center and outside Paxton Hall, you can help bring joy and fulfill the Christmas wishes of children in the Methodist Foster Care and Methodist Children’s Home. Thank you for your generosity and support!

Join Rev. Weldon for a church-wide Advent study on "Come Thou Long Expected Jesus." This study begins on Sunday, November 30th at 10 am in the Worship Center and continues each Sunday in Advent. All are welcome!

On Sunday, December 7th we have the wonderful opportunity to hear Rev. Robert Johnson preach at both the 9am Contemporary Service and 11am Traditional Service! Rev. Johnson serves on the Conference staff in the area of church development. Rev. Weldon has been friends with Rev. Johnson for many years - and is looking forward to welcoming him to our church.

Our Children’s Christmas Musical will be on Sunday, December 7th at 5pm in the Worship Center. After the program, there will be a meal and Christmas fun in Paxton Hall!

Our church is offering a special one-night event for all those grieving the loss of a loved one.  Please pre-register at find.griefshare.org/find to reserve your spot today.  Feel free to invite a friend.

The Chancel Choir will be presenting "Jesus! The Advent of the Messiah" cantata on Sunday, December 14th at the 11am service. 

All are invited to join First United Methodist Church of Lake Charles for our Christmas Eve Candlelight and Communion Services on Wednesday, December 24th! The 4pm service will be in the Worship Center and 5:30pm & 7pm services in the Sanctuary. 

On Sunday, December 28th, we will have only one service at 10am in the Sanctuary. 

Our prison ministry orientation will be on January 13th and 14th at 6pm in Paxton Hall. Please attend one of these dates to become a part of our prison ministry team. If you have not been to this event before, you will need to fill out an application and have a letter of reference from your pastor.

Greg Bergstedt will be leading a Men's Bible Study on Tuesdays beginning October 14th. Come and join us each week!

We hope you join a Sunday Small Group. They occur every Sunday at 10am. 

Rev. Weldon has published 140 of his favorite columns for “A Pastor’s Reflection.” The book is available for purchase in the church office and on Amazon. 

We have many opportunities for donations at our church. Our collection table outside Paxton Hall is now accepting Community Coffee labels, kleenex, and hand sanitizer for Kaufman Elementary, cake mix and icing for Faith and Friends Food Pantry, socks, gloves and blessing bags for our Homeless Ministry. Thank you for supporting our local community!