I'm glad to be corrected. I thought I had heard a lot of negative things about them the past 10 years (basically the points you refuted: pro sodomite marriage; not strong in taking a pro-life stance; generally preaching a 'social good works program' rather than preaching the Gospel; etc) - but I'm glad to hear that I was wrong.
The UMC is considered “family friendly”. That goes from infants to octogenarians.
My daughter is a member of a Methodist “faith community” where she goes to college. She is spending Spring Break on a mission trip in Central America. We have started a “faith community” as well. It’s part of the new “Let’s open up the model” push by the church. To put it succinctly, it’s a marriage of Sunday School, small group and worship.