Wesley Community Center, Inc. is a community and faith-based not-for-profit (50lC3) ministry. It is affiliated with the Dayton Districts United Methodist Mission Society, West Ohio Conference, General Board of Global Ministries, Community and Institutional Ministries Unit and the United Way of the Greater Dayton Area.

 Wesley Community Center was established in 1966. It began in the former Epworth Methodist Church building located at 2301 West Third Street (corner of West Third and Kilmer). The Epworth congregation had merged with the St. Mark's Church, thus giving the trusteeship of the facility to the United Methodist Mission Society.

 During the early and mid-sixties the community surrounding the church was experiencing many changes. The results were various areas of unmet needs and lack of a stabilizing source to serve as a conciliatory agent. Thus the United Methodist Mission Society established Wesley Community Center to respond to the community and its needs.

Wesley Community Center ministered from the 2301 West Third Street address until November 1972, when it was destroyed by fire. From 1972 until 1976, it operated in storefront facilities between the 2400-2900 blocks of West Third and West Second Streets. During these four years the Wesley Ministry was thoroughly evaluated and a long range plan was developed for its future service.

Wesley's objectives are:

To respond to families and individuals experiencing personal crisis.
To provide program opportunities for all age groups that will respond to actualization needs and interests.
To provide a meeting place for and work with local community groups that will respond to neighborhood concerns and gray service areas.
To be a supportive agency to community endeavors and build bridges of understanding between people in the community and throughout the Greater Dayton Community.

If the Center can be of help to you in any way -by sharing with a group its work, by meeting with persons to help build bridges of understanding, or by dealing with a particular problem, please let us know. The staff stands ready to serve you in this community.

If the Center can be of help to you in any way -by sharing with a group its work, by meeting with persons to help build bridges of understanding, or by dealing with a particular problem, please let us know. The staff stands ready to serve you in this community.