Ottumwa First United Methodist Church

Church Staff:

Jon Disburg [Pastor]
jdisburg@gmail.com

Julie Vose [Office & Financial Administrator]
fumc@gmail.com

Deb McLaughlin [Facility Manager]

"The Methodist Congregation was organized before 1850, with meetings held in the first courthouse. The first church building was located on the current site of the county courthouse. After serving for a number of years, the original building became a National Guard Armory, and in 1883, the congregation built this church at the southeast corner of Market and Fourth Streets. In 1889, fire damaged the building and it was restored and painted white." (From: Ottumwa: Postcard History Series by Michael Lemberger and Leigh Michaels, Arcadia Publishing, 2007.)