Church History
The roots of our present day church can be traced back to 1825 when Jesse Walker, a Methodist circuit rider, established the Fox River Mission for Indians in the Arlington Heights area. When the first non-native American settlers began to arrive from the East around 1834, a retired Methodist minister, Reverend Caleb Lamb, organized the first class of Methodist that would grow in time to become the present day First United Methodist Church of Arlington Heights.The date of 1838 is recognized as the founding of our church when John Nason, a Circuit Rider, became our first permanent preacher.
