Submitted by Gayle Samford

Joaquin Methodist 'All Aboard for Jesus' Bible School Starts June 3

May 28, 2024 - Joaquin Methodist is having Bible School from June 3 thru 7 at the church in Joaquin. 'All Aboard for Jesus' is our theme with trains everywhere you look. We even have train rides for the little ones. Ages 3 thru high school are welcome from 9am until 12 noon each day with a light lunch served daily. We will have music, crafts, science and lots of fun. Join us. All are welcome.

Joaquin Community Cemetery Homecoming Set for June 10

May 22, 2023 - The Joaquin Community Cemetery Homecoming will be held on Saturday, June 10, 2023 beginning at 10:30am. We plan a program with slide show about horses around Joaquin many years ago. We have plenty of pictures of folks riding and in buggies. It should be a lot of fun. There will be an offering taken for upkeep of cemetery and a pot luck lunch will follow. There will be door prizes and the kids are invited to decorate with sidewalk chalk that will be provided. All in all a good time will be had by everyone attending.

Joaquin Community Cemetery Homecoming

May 31, 2022 - The Joaquin Community Cemetery Homecoming will be held on Saturday, June 11 beginning at 10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Joaquin. We will have a pot luck lunch to follow in Fellowship Hall. Our speaker, Cynthia Webster, will give us a talk and slide show about the early merchants of Joaquin, including the theater. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

Joaquin FUMC Vacation Bible School

July 12, 2021 - Joaquin First United Methodist Church would like to invite all children  between 3 and 18 to Vacation Bible School beginning July 19 at 9am until 12-noon. 

Island Adventure is this years theme. We will have classes for all ages, activities, crafts and as usual, puppets will be part of our morning of fun. Lunch will be provided each day.

We are located on Faulkville Street in Joaquin. All are welcome.

Joaquin Christmas Festival Was a Fun Day for All

December 8, 2020 - This years Joaquin Christmas Festival was such a fun day for all who attended. So many people worked to make the festival the success it was. Krystal Raybon was our coordinator and she did her very best to see that everything was perfect and everyone had a good time. Many hours were spent in preparation and she and her team did an outstanding job. She turned Joaquin into Whoville for a day. How fun was that!!

The treasure hunt went on practically all day. Tough clues but the prize was finally won.

Joaquin First UMC Named Best Small Membership Church; Ortigo Named Pastor of the Year

November 25, 2020 - The East District of the Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church made an announcement recently that was great news for the congregation of First United Methodist in Joaquin. The church was named Best Small Membership church in the district, which is over 200 small churches in East Texas.

Also, the pastor, Robert Ortigo, was named Pastor of the Year. This is an honor for Bro. Robert and we at the church are very proud of him.

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