We have three services:

8:00am - This service is less formal and reminiscent of what you may find in a small chapel service.

9:30am - More contemporary in style and music, this service is also less formal. If you like to sing, come join us in songs of worship and praise.

11:00am - This is the traditional Methodist worship service. This is a formal service in style and music, with special music and a choir.

9:30am & 11:00am - We have Sunday School classes for children through adults.

First United Methodist Church offers a first class nursery for children aged infant to 3 years of age during all morning services. We’ll give you a pager to carry so that we can reach you if necessary. At 9:30am, children 3 years through 5th grade may attend Sunday School. At the 11:00am service, children ages 3 through 5th grade can join you for worship, they will have a storytime during the service and then we’ll invite them to be escorted to “Rainbow Riders,” for interesting activities. After the service, you may pick them up.

If “dressing up” means wearing a suit or special dress, no you don’t have to. In fact, you’ll find the 9:30 Sunday morning praise service quite casual, though you probably won’t find many people in shorts. Some people attending the 8:00 AM and 11 AM services do dress up, but others wear “workplace” or casual-neat sort of clothes. We recommend that you come to church in clothes YOU feel comfortable wearing as you check out our church.

We hope that nothing you experience at First United Methodist Church Boca Raton will ever make you uncomfortable, but the "unknown" can make anyone a little uneasy. You might ask:

"Do you all sing a lot?" We sure do! Methodists love to sing.
"Do you recite memorized passages?" Not really, but you might think so because many members are so familiar with our regular service.Everything that happens in the worship service is printed in the Order of Worship that everyone receives as they enter. All page numbers are given for any song or passage used during the service so you can easily follow along. We want you to be comfortable, and most importantly, we just want to meet you.

Everyone is welcome at Sunday School, as well as our worship services. Greeters are available to give directions, but you could just as easily stop anyone you see and receive a warm welcome and help finding your way. We hope you chose to attend both Sunday School as well as a worship service for you can really get to know us better in a small group setting.

Please review the church campus maps on this web site. But a sure-fire way to find out where to go once you park is to ask anyone you encounter. You’ll find that we’re a very friendly group of people and we’d love to help you find your way.

Click here for the FUMC Alphabet Soup of location decoders and name decoders.

We have a responsible team of church members to conduct our Sunday School programs, under the leadership of our Director of Christian Education. They meet on Sunday Morning in the Life Enrichment center at 9:30am. In the summer we have Vacation Bible School, and this year we had over 250 children in attendance.

Visitors and persons who have not made a decision to join are welcome to participate in our activities here at FUMC. This way you will get to know us and we will get to know you.

Whether by confession of faith or transfer from a different denomination or transfer from another United Methodist Church, you first enroll in the 6 week class for Inquirers called "Check-It-Out". For more information, please call the church at 561-395-1244 or click here.

The sermons are recorded each Sunday morning. You can stop by the church office to purchase an audio CD.
Or listen to the sermons online on our web site.

You probably will need to make an appointment to meet with the pastor. You can make an appointment by calling the church office at 561-395-1244.

Anyone attending this church may have offering envelopes. These envelopes provide a way for the church to keep records of your donations, which may be used for income tax purposes. To obtain envelopes call the Church Bookkeeper at 561-395-1244. To make a donation to the church you may send a check to the First United Methodist Church. Put on your check how you would like your donation to be used.

You can rent a room at FUMC by filling out a Scheduling Request Form or picking one up at the church office located at 625 NE Mizner Blvd., Boca Raton. You will then be notified if this date has been cleared by the Pastor and staff. There will be a refundable deposit required prior to rental of the room. You can reach the church office by calling (561) 395-1244.

You can make arrangements for a wedding at FUMC by first, calling the church office and speaking to the Office Manager to clear the date of the wedding with the Pastor. You can then proceed to make two pre-martial appointments with the Pastor. At this time you will fill out the wedding form with information regarding the ceremony that you will require (organist, soloist etc.). The fees for these services will be listed on this form. You can reach the Office Manager by calling 561-395-1244.

You can make arrangements for a baptism by the calling the church office to clear the date of the baptism with the Pastor. You can do this by speaking to the Pastor's Secretary. You will then be asked to meet with the Pastor several weeks before the baptism. You can reach the Pastor's Secretary by calling (561) 395-1244.

Intercessory Prayer meets on Monday morning in the Sanctuary at 8:50am. Everyone is welcome to come and pray. We pray over requests received during our Sunday morning services. Anyone may fill out a prayer request.

We practice Open Communion. What this means for you is that it is not restricted by membership or age. All who desire to receive the sacrament may do so. We provide Communion on the first Sunday of every month.