Washington First United Methodist Church is an outgrowth of the first Methodist congregation in Georgia.  It was a time when missionaries rode on horseback visiting families on farms.  These missionaries were called "Circuit Riders" and one came to Mr. Grant and he was so moved that he built a place for other families to gather.  The building was called, Grant's Meeting House. Grant's Meeting House was built in 1787, southeast of Washington. In 1819 a Methodist congregation formed in Washington and in 1821 became the first congregation in Washington to purchase land to build a meeting place. They built the building on Liberty Street.  In 1834, an Annual Conference for Methodists in Georgia was held here;  at this meeting, discussion about building Emory College was started. In 1882 the church on Liberty Street (now the Masonic Lodge) was re-built out of brick. In 1907 the church moved to its present site.  On the east outside corner of the sanctuary lies the cornerstone for the sanctuary in which we now worship. In the early 1950's the church expanded with an education wing and soon after a beautiful chapel was added. In the 1990's Bell Cottage was purchased and after extensive remodeling in 2007, it now serves as our youth house.  In April 2007 we broke ground on our new fellowship hall; we moved into it in September 2007 with a grand consecration service!  We are now positioned for future growth and greater ministry opportunities.