TEACHING PARISH:

Our staff has been designated as a teaching parish, offering Lay Servant Classes and recently began the training/equipping of Certified Lay Ministers. This has been an exciting new ministry. Our first graduates begin MINISTRY now!

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CAMP ALLEGHENY :

Over the years, First Church has invested much time and money into the UMC camping program at Camp Allegheny. Our children have attended Day Camp and various youth camping programs there consistently. There was a statistic that nearly 50% of all Western PA UMC pastors found the Lord thru camping experiences. We contribute regularly to the activities of the camp.

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RAMPS :

One of our ministries is building ramps for families to help give them mobility again. What a new gift to someone "LOCKED inside their own home"

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NARCOTIC ANONYMOUS :

Our church has opened its doors to NA meetings for years. We are pleased to host and welcome folks seeking answers to life's problems. A side bonus here is we are honored to work with the children of NA clients in CRAFTS, BIBLE LESSON, and SNACKS.

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SOLAR SAMARITANS:

Solar Samaritans has been an ongoing ministry to help with electric expenses for individuals and non-profits

EX: Camp Allegheny, Next Step, Some Residents.

Grants have been received through various agencies. The team consists of folks from several churches, we put solar panels on VIA application process. 

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SOMERSET TOWERS' MINISTRY :

We have a large residential setting next to our building. We conduct Bible Study, offer music groups (outside) during COVID; we also provide soup and bags of goodies to many residents. Bible study is a deep and growing search for a closer WALK.

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PRISON MINISTRY:

We are establishing an OUTREACH program thru prison fellowship, in conjunction with a camp, and with the cooperative efforts of some churchmen who have served time. Efforts looking for job placement, housing, fellowship, and a relationship with Jesus Christ.

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CHILDREN'S MINISTRY:

This dovetails with our MUSIC ministry. One result is a STRING group of young people whom now share in church services, at the Towers', and our Facebook ministry.

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MUSIC:

Music plays an important part of the viably of our church. We range from traditional worship, jazz, contemporary, to new STRINGS. There are a number of church members with GIFTS in these areas. 

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ST. JOHN'S CEMETERY:

A separate but important function of our church is our beautiful cemetery which offers reasonable services to folks from our church family and community. 

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LENTEN/ADVENT SERVICES:

For years we have been the host community center for these ecumenical services. Many member churches of the Somerset Area Ministerium take turns offering means, and music during these special times of the year.

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MUTUAL TEAM MINISTRY:

Around June/July 2019, Somerset First Church embarked upon a new organizational format entitled Mutual Team Ministry (MTM). There is still a point person, Senior Pastor but we believe in the TEAM concept. Our senior pastor, having been a long-time coach in high school athletics readily bought into this TEAM concept. He, and the church believe ideas, movement, vision that comes from WITHIN is much more acceptable to the whole body of believers, than TOP-DOWN leadership styles. We have eliminated lots of needless meetings in this style, and find we are more efficient in the long run. People can more easily “FOLLOW” an ideal plan they helped to VISION, than one from the hierarchy.

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GOOD NEWS CLUB AT FIRST CHURCH:

Child Evangelism Fellowship will be partnering with First UMC on Tuesday nights at 7:00 p.m. This is a Bible-centered organization composed of born-again believers whose purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and to establish them in the Word of God and in our local church for Christian living.