Worship with Us at Duluth First United Methodist Church

Church can be an intimidating place to visit — especially if you don’t know what to expect. Our Sunday morning worship services are the beginning for most people at Duluth First United Methodist Church. We invite you to experience what the gospel means both intellectually and relationally at one of our three Sunday worship services.

Our greeters will warmly welcome you and answer any questions about Duluth First United Methodist Church that you may have. We hope that through visiting with us, you will experience the hope, love and joy that comes from a community of people who love Jesus.

At Duluth First United Methodist Church we look for God’s love in our lives as the evidence that we have been truly worshipping Him. Authentic worship, central to everything, means learning to recognize God’s goodness while delighting to deepen in our responses.

It is our goal, as individuals and as a community, to unite our actions, intentions, and emotions in loving response to God. It means transforming the ways we think so that what we do and who we are become one—in, for, through, and to the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.

  • 8:30 a.m. traditional worship service

    in the sanctuary

    March 30, 2025:  Fourth Sunday in Lent

    • Pastor: Rev. Dr. C. Kay Fuino, Associate Pastor
    • Scriptures:  Psalm 32 and Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 (Common English Bible)
    • Sermon:  Steadfast Love
    • Streamed online live on the Duluth First UMC Worship YouTube page.
    • Worshiping online? Please click on SIGN IN to sign in before starting worship on your device.
    • Children, newborn through Pre-Kindergarten, are eligible for childcare in the Duluth First United Methodist Church's Childcare Corner during the 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. worship services.
    “Steadfast Love” Series for Lent at 8:30 a.m. Traditional Worship
    A playlist? For the season of Lent? A Lenten playlist? What an odd idea. Lent is often seen as a somber and even silent season. Certainly, there is space for contemplation, for embracing the quiet, for being still to seek out God. Many of us, however, find music a helpful tool for contemplation.

    Our 8:30 a.m. Traditional Worship service will change a little during this season. The theme is Steadfast Love to remind us all that God is there loving us from the beginning of time. We will use the Psalms to guide us to what the people of Jesus experienced. We will fast from communion and celebrate it with a new appreciation at our Sunrise service on Easter Sunday, relishing in what we have missed.

    Each week there will be a YouTube music video you can watch as a devotion time to hear a reminder that God’s love is with us in times of contemplation. We are also offering this music playlist on Spotify as another tool for your worship experience this Lenten season. There is a song for each worship moment from Ash Wednesday through Easter Sunday. The songs are not for worship but for preparation work, thinking about making connections, about plumbing the depths of heart and soul, of the community of faith and the wider culture. However you use them, let music be a guide into worship this Lent.

    Click on STEADFAST LOVE LENT PLAYLIST to download the Spotify playlist. Click on the following link for this week's music video - RAINBOW by Kacey Musgraves. Join us during Lent to feel God’s Steadfast Love. For more information, please contact Rev. Dr. C. Kay Fuino by e-mail at ckfuino@duluthumc.org, or call 770-476-3776, ext. 117.

  • 11:00 a.m. contemporary worship service

    in hinton hall of the sheldon family life center

    March 30, 2025:  Fourth Sunday in Lent

    • Pastor: Rev. David Burchett, Assistant Pastor
    • Scripture: John 3:1, 14-21 (English Standard Version Bible)
    • Sermon:  Beside(s) Jesus: Nicodemus
    • Children, newborn through Pre-Kindergarten, are eligible for childcare in the Duluth First United Methodist Church's Childcare Corner during the 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. worship services.

  • 11:00 a.m. traditional worship service

    In the sanctuary

    March 30, 2025:  Fourth Sunday in Lent

    • Pastor: Rev. Terry Tippens, Senior Pastor
    • Scripture:  Deuteronomy 8:1-14a, 17-19 (New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition)
    • Sermon:  "The Lord Your God Disciplines You"
    • Streamed online live on the Duluth First UMC Worship YouTube page.
    • Worshiping online? Please click on SIGN IN to sign in before starting worship on your device.
    • Children, newborn through Pre-Kindergarten, are eligible for childcare in the Duluth First United Methodist Church's Childcare Corner during the 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. worship services.

  • join us online and viewing past worship services

    Duluth First United Methodist Church provides an opportunity for you to join us in online worship services on Sunday mornings if you are unable to join us for in-person worship:

    Every Sunday our worship services are recorded so that anyone can view a service if you were unable to make it to church, or you can go back to watch a worship service again if there was something in the message that you really connected with. Videos are generally available for viewing by Monday afternoon following the worship services.

    To see videos posted on YouTube from Duluth First United Methodist Church's Sunday morning online worship services, please subscribe at the following link:
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIrOLtKUFKwsSj5IsJbq-ZQ


    You can also watch videos posted on our church's website from past worship services by clicking on PAST WORSHIP SERVICES.

    If you have any questions, please contact Ken Willi, Director of Communications, at kwilli@duluthumc.org.

  • worship service handouts

    8:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service

    Order of Worship: March 30, 2025

    Order of Worship: March 23, 2025

    Order of Worship: March 16, 2025

    Order of Worship: March 9, 2025

    Order of Worship: March 2, 2025


    11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service

    Worship Handout: March 30, 2025

    Worship Song Lyrics: March 30, 2025


    Worship Handout: March 23, 2025

    Worship Handout: March 16, 2025

    Worship Handout: March 9, 2025

    Worship Handout: March 2, 2025


    11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service

    Order of Worship: March 30, 2025

    Order of Worship: March 23, 2025

    Order of Worship: March 16, 2025

    Order of Worship: March 9, 2025

    Order of Worship: March 2, 2025


    Kids Worship Bingo

    Kids Worship Bingo:  March 30, 2025

  • there's a place for you on our

    worship technology teams

    Did you know that through the live streaming of our three worship services we reach approximately 200+ members and visitors each week? And those are just view numbers on YouTube and Facebook that don’t take into account how many people are watching together on the same device.
     
    Our Worship Technology Ministry and streaming services provide a vital connection and extension of our on-campus worship. We need more volunteers at all three worship services to help keep this ministry going. If you have experience with camera or streaming operation, or are willing to learn how – both are EASY! Please contact either Johnathan Ancell, Director of Worship Technology, by e-mail at jancell@duluthumc.org, or David Daniel, Minister of Music & Worship Arts, by e-mail at ddaniel@duluthumc.org.