CONTACT US


Address:

64 West Chocolate Ave.
Hershey, PA 17033

Phone: 717-533-9668

Fax: 717-533-6005

 

Office Hours:


Monday-Thursday
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.


Friday
9 a.m. - Noon

Click here for directions and information on available parking near our church.

Messages After Hours

For your convenience, when calling the church office after hours to leave a message here is a list of staff extensions:

101 - Trisha Wymer

105 - Pastor Karen

106 - Pastor Gary

107 - John Fisher

108 - Shawn Gingrich

110 - Rachael Hall

115 - Mark Crowther

116 - Laura Gingrich

118 - Carol Grunden

 

 

 

 





MINISTRY STAFF

Administrative Pastor
Rev. Karen W. Atanasoff (Bio)

Karen.Atanasoff@firstumchershey.org

Teaching Pastor
Rev. Gary D. Weaver (Bio)
Gary.Weaver@firstumchershey.org

Director of Music Ministry
Mr. Shawn M. Gingrich (Bio)
shawn.gingrich@firstumchershey.org

Director of Children and Adult Ministries
Mrs. Laura C. Gingrich (Bio)
laura.gingrich@firstumchershey.org


Director of Student Ministries
Mrs. Rachael Hall (Bio)

rachael.hall@firstumchershey.org

Director of Cherub Choir
Mrs. Sarah Curry

Co-Director of Youth Handbell Choir
Mr. Ron Louder
 

Pastor Emeritus
Rev. Richard F. Brenneman (Bio)

 
SUPPORT STAFF

Church Sexton
Mr. Mark K. Crowther
mark.crowther@firstumchershey.org

Financial Manager
Mr. John E. Fisher
john.fisher@firstumchershey.org

Secretary/Receptionist
Mrs. Trisha Wymer
trisha.wymer@firstumchershey.org

Administrative Assistant
Mrs. Carol Grunden
carol.grunden@firstumchershey.org
 

Webmaster
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Conner
e.conner@verizon.net

LAY LEADERSHIP

Current Lay Leaders

 

 

 


Directions to First United Methodist Church of Hershey

For more specific directions, go to www.mapquest.com.

From the North:

Follow state route 743 South to Hershey. When you reach Chocolate Avenue, turn right, this is route 422 West. Go one block to Linden Road, and turn left. The church is located on this corner of West Chocolate Ave and Linden Road. Go one block to Caracas Ave and turn left. Go half block and turn left into the parking lots. The main entrance is located off of the parking lot. 

From the South:

From the south, follow state route 743 North to Hershey. When you are half a block from the junction with 422 (across from the Hershey Theater), turn left onto Caracas Ave. Go half a block and turn right into the parking lots. The main entrance is located off of the parking lot. 

From Lebanon and the East:

Follow state route 422 West to Hershey. This will become Chocolate Ave. After passing the chocolate factory and the Hershey Theater, turn left onto Cocoa Ave, which is 743 South. Go one block and turn right onto Caracas Ave, the go half a block and turn right into the parking lots. The main entrance is located off of the parking lot. 

From Harrisburg and the West:

Follow route 322 East. This merges straight into route 422 East. Follow 422 into downtown Hershey, this will become Chocolate Avenue. Once in the downtown turn right onto Linden Road, the church is located on this corner. Go one block and turn left onto Caracas Ave, then go half a block and turn left into the parking lots. The main entrance is located off of the parking lot.

 

 

 

 

 

Parking space is available at various locations around the church. Click here for a map of available parking around our church. Please follow these parking guidelines:

  • The parking lots on either side of the alley behind the Church should be reserved for the elderly, those with disabilities, and those with small children. A Handicap Accessible Entrance has been installed at main entrance from the upper parking lot. Just push the square button mounted on the wall for the door to open by itself.
  • Please try to limit the number of cars per family. Consider car pooling with friends and neighbors.
  • Those who can easily walk are asked to park a block or two away from the Church. In addition to the parking garage on Chocolate Avenue, street parking on Linden Avenue, Ridge Road, West Caracas, and West Granada, parking is also available on the North side of Chocolate Avenue in the Post Office lot, in the lot behind Sorrento’s Pizza, and behind Attorney Pierce and Halas, 114 West Chocolate Avenue.