Homer First United Methodist Church, 16 Cayuga Street, Homer, New York 13077
Welcome to Homer First
United Methodist Church
Being disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.
Our Mission
Homer First UMC embraces the United Methodist belief that all churches should practice "Open Hearts, Open Doors, Open Minds".
Our mission is to be fully devoted to Jesus by opening our hearts to those who worship with us, and all in our community and in our world. Our vision is to Grow, Respond, Be a Neighborhood.
We welcome you to join us to explore the opportunities that lie before us to reach out to the world in love.
Next Sunday in Worship
Sunday, July 5, 2026
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
First Sunday Testimony
The Heart of the message to be presented by Pastor Rob Dean:
Based on
Habakkuk 3
Gospel scripture
Our Pastor: Rev. Robert (Rob) Dean (he/him)
Rev. Robert (Rob) Dean—who prefers to be called Pastor Rob—is an Ordained Elder in the Upper New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. He has served in ministry as a youth leader since 2000 and as a pastor since 2008. He was ordained in 2012 after graduating from Roberts Wesleyan College (now Roberts Wesleyan University) in 2004 and Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in 2010.
He is currently earning his certification in "Spiritual Formation" through the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church. As a part of that journey, he has become a member of the Academy Forum of the Academy for Spiritual Formation through Upper Room Ministries and is working through the Tending The Soul Spiritual Formation training through the Upper New York Annual Conference.
His interests include classical forms of spirituality within the Christian traditions and engaging in emerging practices of spiritual formation in a global context. Through that process, he is working towards becoming bilingual in Spanish and regularly engages in Bible study and prayer in both English and Spanish.
Outside of "church life," Pastor Rob lifts weights and enjoys science fiction in paper, film, and audio formats. He has a history of photography with invitations to show his work in Ithaca He also dabbles in both poetry and musicality with hand drums, acoustic bass, and acoustic guitar.
Pastor Rob is married to Kimberly Dean, the Licensed Local Pastor of the Freeville United Methodist Church and Coordinating Pastor for the Varna United Methodist Church. Pastor Rob's children live south of Buffalo and include Austin, Jay, and Hope from his first marriage. He also does his best to be a loving stepfather to Pastor Kim's children from her first marriage: Joe and his spouse Lizzie, Abby, and Alex.
Be sure to join our online worship to hear how this message applies to you today and consider what response God is asking from each of you!
We continue to offer a live streaming service on our church YouTube channel, as well as an in-person service at 9:30 a.m. every Sunday.
You can watch by clicking the button above! It will open the page for our live streams, where you can click on an ongoing stream or watch one from the past!
Sunday School for Youth, Children starting up again in September & Nursery during the service
Food Pantry
10 am - 12:00 pm on Tuesdays
& 5 pm - 7 pm on Thursdays.
We invite you to join our mailing list and receive The Homer First UMC Midweek Connection emails we send out with news, events, or special Worship times. You will also receive our monthly newsletter, the Circuit Rider.