Worship services are held each Sunday at 8:30am, 9:45am, 11:00am and 6:00pm. The 11:00am service can be heard on radio station KRVL (94.3 FM) and seen on TV channels 13 and 51 at 1:00 PM Sundays and again at 9:00 PM Wednesday on channel 51. Sunday School is normally at 9:45am for all ages with some classes at 8:30am, and one adult class at 10:45 AM.

Senior pastor of the church is Rev. Warren Hornung. The associate pastor is Rev. Ray Altman.  Rev. Judi Mayne is the Minister of Education and Rev. Don McAvoy is the Minister of Music.

The church hosts a full-time day care program called Children's Ark as a part of its outreach ministry. Over 100 children receive care weekdays from 7:30am until 5:00pm, with meals provided. An after-school program for children from end of the school day until 5:30pm is also provided. During the Summer months, this program is replaced by "Day Camp" for the school age children. The Children's Ark is one of the few facilities in the area which will accept infants as young as six weeks.

Youth activities occur each Sunday, dinner at 5:00pm, and activities until 7:00pm.

A Bible Puppet Time is held each Thursday at 10:00am during the Summer for children of the community.

There are two very active women's groups within the church; the United Methodist Women and the Workshop Group. The Workshop Group holds an annual Home and Garden Tour, decorates the church Christmas tree with elaborate, handmade Crismons and they support the mission of the church in a variety of ways.

A men's Bible study meets each Wednesday at 7:00am and the United Methodist Men meet the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00am for breakfast, fellowship, and a program.

The Music Ministry is quite active and includes four children's choirs, two hand bell groups, two hand chime groups, a church wind ensemble, a quartet, and two adult choirs. The church also hosts the annual Community Wide "Messiah Sing" in December and the Community Wide Patriotic Sing" in July. Congregational singing is supported by the 59 rank Ruffatti pipe organ that was built in Padua, Italy. The Hill Country Youth Orchestra meets at the church.

A major emphasis of the Kerrville First United Methodist Church is Bible Study. Eight Bible studies weekly include Disciple I, II, and III and a study for women using the "Joy of Living" series.

An active, intergenerational Singles group meets regularly at the church, as well as in homes and local restaurants

In 1856, land was donated by the founder of Kerrville, Joshua D. Brown, for a Methodist church. While building was delayed until 1871, worship was held in homes. The first church building, located at the present site of Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital, was destroyed by a storm.

Beginning in 1876, the Commissioner's Court granted the use of the District Court Room "for use as a place of worship of Almighty God." In 1885, Captain Charles Schreiner donated two lots on Clay Street, between Main and Jefferson. A Union Church, to be shared by all congregations, was built.

It was while the Methodists were meeting in the Union Church that Rev J.S. King decided that a resident minister was needed for the Kerrville congregation. The women of the church raised money and a parsonage was erected. The first resident minister was F.S. Perrin, who selected the site for the Methodist Church -- the corner of Sidney Baker and Jefferson Streets.

In 1892, the dedication ceremony for this church was held. This church was a one-room frame building with the usual belfry above the entrance. The little frame church served the congregation until the late twenties. A new brick structure of Spanish architecture was planned and completed in 1927. In the late forties, a chapel and additional classrooms were added. By 1858, it was necessary to add a Fellowship Hall.

In the early seventies, a move was started to build a ground level, handicapped accessible sanctuary. No land was available adjacent to the existing facility, so a decision was made to relocate to the church's present site at 321 Thompson Drive. At that time, moving across the river put the church out of the city! The property which had served the church for eighty-five years was sold in May, 1976. Worship was temporally moved to the Mount Wesley Conference Center pending completion of the new church home. On June 19, 1977, the congregation, led by Rev Harold Sassman, went by caravan from Mount Wesley to worship in the new location on Thompson Drive.

An additional ten acres of land has been purchased, adjacent to the Thompson Drive location to allow further expansion of the facilities. A new education building, gym, Fellowship Hall, offices, parking, music area, and addition to the Sanctuary are all improvements being accomplished now. The new education building is complete and fully functional (Consecration services were in August, 1998).

The church has several beautiful art objects, among the most prominent is the windows which were created by Raventos of Spain. Also by Raventos, the "Cross of Commission" is a four directional cross over the globe referring to the Great Commission of Christ in Matthew 28:19-20: "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen."

The Chancel area furnishings were also made by Raventos. Beautiful parquetry using a coral wood inlay adorns the front of the Communion Table, Pulpit, and Lectern. The large hanging cross in the Chancel is crafted of wood, high relief ceramics, and laminated brass. The Baptismal font rests on a cross shaped base of varnished oak and is topped with a smaller version of the "Cross of Commission."

The church is fortunate to have banners and paraments which were designed and created by the artist, Marilynn Branham. Each banner depicts a different season of the church with carefully selected symbols.

The chapel is located to the rear of the Sanctuary. All the furnishings and cross are from the old church. The windows from the formal chapel have been installed in the Thompson Drive location. The paneling in the front of the chapel and over the double door entrance to the parlor came from the United States Embassy in Paris and was a donation to the church.

The membership of the Kerrville First United Methodist Church believe in a strong Christian witness through community service. Everyone is welcome to all services and programs. The church phone number is (830) 257-0800 and the office is open weekdays from 8:00am to 5:00pm.