Cumming First United Methodist Church | Community

We first began as a mission in the early 1800's. The first church site was purchased in the Town of Cumming for fifty dollars in 1832, and a log meeting house was constructed on this one acre site after the 1832 purchase. By 1840, a white frame church had been constructed and glass windows were later installed during the Civil War.

In 1957, the church was incorporated, bonds were sold, and a new church was constructed on Pilgrim Mill Road in Cumming. This was the home of Cumming First United Methodist Church until 1989. In 1989, after groundbreaking, our new church was constructed on the side of Forsyth County's Sawnee Mountain, our present location. The church moved into this facility on January 6, 1990. At this time, we occupied a temporary sanctuary which was designed to eventually serve as a gymnasium, fellowship hall, and family life center. In the early days, our Sunday School sessions were held at 2:30 on Sunday afternoons, and both Baptists and Methodists attended. This schedule ceased in the 1930's, and today our Sunday School sessions are held in the morning between the two worship services.