First United Methodist Church Chula Vista

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First United Methodist Church Chula Vista is a UMC congregation on East H Street that has served the community since 1911, making it one of the longest-running Methodist parishes in the South Bay. The campus includes an on-site preschool that parallels the early-childhood focus of programs at institutions such as Children's Choice Academy in the greater Chula Vista area. Bilingual worship in English and Spanish draws an average weekly attendance of approximately 387, with services structured around the UMC lectionary cycle and Wesleyan theological tradition. Community-health outreach from the H Street campus connects congregants to wellness resources across the South Bay, including referral coordination with agencies such as Community Health Group. The church's corner position at 1200 East H Street places it along one of Chula Vista's highest-traffic east-west corridors, where a regularly updated marquee sign delivers rotating civic and scriptural messages to commuters on the H Street and Hilltop Drive intersection.