About First Friends
A trusted Christian learning center for Bossier families.
First Friends Christian Learning Center is a preschool and early learning ministry connected with First United Methodist Church Bossier. The mission is to provide a safe, loving, and nurturing Christian environment where children can grow cognitively, physically, socially, emotionally, and spiritually.
Families find care for young children, classroom routines that build confidence, and a cheerful preschool setting shaped by faith, play, readiness, and community.


Known and loved
First Friends is designed for young children who need warmth, patience, routine, and room to grow.
Faith-centered care
Children learn and play in a Christian environment connected to the life and ministry of FUMC Bossier.
Ready for what is next
Classroom rhythms support independence, social confidence, school readiness, and whole-child development.
Our purpose
“Our purpose and goal is to provide a safe, loving, and nurturing Christian environment, which fosters cognitive, physical, social, emotional, and spiritual growth in the children of our church families and the community.”