Come as you are and experience a meaningful time of worship through uplifting contemporary music, a dedicated worship team, and heartfelt praise. The worship service is designed to help you connect with God, by experiencing God’s presence, and growing in faith through music, an engaging message, prayer, and opportunities to respond.

Children are an important part of the church family! We offer a fun, engaging Children’s Church, where children can learn about God, build friendships, and grow in faith in a safe and welcoming environment. Nursery care is also available for the littlest worshippers.

Whether you’re exploring faith, looking for a church home, or seeking to grow deeper in your relationship with God, you’ll find a welcoming community where you and your family can worship, connect, and belong.

TRADITIONAL SERVICE: 11:00am

Step into the beauty and richness of traditional worship. Be inspired by the powerful sound of the organ as our dynamic organist fills the sanctuary with music that truly shakes the rafters, accompanied by the rich and inspiring voices of our live choir, led by a choir director with a doctorate in music.

This service embraces the cherished traditions of the Methodist faith, including classic hymns, Scripture, prayer, communion, and meaningful liturgy, creating a worship experience rooted in faith. There’s a place for everyone at Rapid City First UMC.

This Service Has No Nursery & Child Care

QUEST: 5:15-6:00pm Beginning November 1

Are you curious about faith? Do you have questions about scripture? Are you seeking a connection to God in your daily life? This is worship that encourages exploration and cuts deeply into your personal experience wherever you are on your faith journey.

What Do We Believe?

THE BIBLE

We believe the Old and New Testaments are the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God. In the Bible we find the revelation of God’s will for the salvation of humanity, and the divine, sole and final authority for the Christian life.
(1 Thess. 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21)

THE FATHER & TRINITY

We believe in God the Father, Almighty, the Creator, Ruler and Sustainer of all things. God is infinitely perfect and eternally existent in three persons–Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These three are co-equal and are one God.
(Deut. 6:4; Isaiah 43:10-11; Matt. 28:19; Luke 3:22)

THE SON

We believe Jesus Christ is true God and true man. He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life and died on the cross as a sacrifice for the sins of all humanity. He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven and is now at the right hand of the Father as our High Priest and advocate.
(Matt. 1:21-23; Matt. 28:6; Rom. 8:34; 1 Cor. 15:3-4; Philippians 2:9-11; Heb. 2:17; Heb. 7:26)

THE HOLY SPIRIT

We believe the Holy Spirit is actively convicting people of sin, drawing them toward Christ, birthing them into God’s family, cleansing them of sin, overflowing them with love and joy, empowering them for service, giving them the spiritual gifts and evidencing His presence in their life through decisions and actions that align with the Bible and glorify the Lord Jesus.
(John 14:16-17; John 16:7-13; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:4; 1 Cor. 12; 2 Cor. 3:17; Eph. 1:13-14; Gal. 5:22-25)

SALVATION

We believe Salvation is God’s free gift to us, but we must accept it. We can do nothing on our own to pay for our sin or earn our Salvation. Trusting in Jesus Christ is God’s way of forgiveness from sin’s penalty. When we turn from our self-ruled life and turn to Jesus in faith, we are saved.
(John 1:12-13; John 14:6; Rom. 5:1-2; Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8-9; Gal. 3:26; Titus 3:5)

ETERNITY

We believe people were created to exist forever. We will either exist eternally separated from God by sin, or eternally with God through forgiveness and salvation. Hell is an eternal place of separation from God, reserved for those who have continually refused forgiveness from and relationship with Jesus. Heaven is an eternal place of union with God, reserved for those who have accepted God’s free gift of Salvation by grace through faith in Jesus for the forgiveness of one’s sin. Heaven and Hell are real places of eternal existence.
(Matt. 25:31-46; John 3:16; Rom. 6:23; 1 John 2:24-25; 1 John 5:11-13; Rev. 20:15)