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Each Sunday throughout Advent, you’re invited to explore Wesley’s means of grace and “do some good” through hands-on mission projects. The first Sunday of advent is Nov. 30.
Note: Sunday, Dec. 28, there will be one 10 am worship service at the Brighton Campus and no service at the Whitmore Lake Campus. Following the service everyone is invited to stay for fellowship with a potluck brunch.
All Children are welcome to participate Sundays at 10:15 am in the back of the Fellowship Hall. A special Christmas Party will take place on Dec. 7 during Sunday School.
Children are invited to attend Sunday School 9:30 – 10:30 am. Find the check in table downstairs below the sanctuary. Drop off before worship and pick up afterwards. You’ll find two classes: pre-k through first grade and second through fifth grade. A special Christmas Party will take place on Dec. 7 during Sunday School. No Sunday School Dec. 28. Learn more
Children (pre-k through sixth grade) are invited to worship with their parents through the first three songs, then they may meet their teachers in the back of the sanctuary for a short lesson and activity. They will return to the sanctuary during the offering time, before the closing songs. A special Christmas Party will take place on Dec. 7 during Children’s Message. Learn more
Nursery care is provided for children (ages 12 to 36 months) of families attending worship (both services) or Sunday School at the Brighton Campus.
Sign-in at the check-in table outside the nursery room (lower level in the Children’s Ministry wing underneath the Sanctuary) and pick-up from the nursery room.
Meets alternating Wednesdays 6-7:30 pm at The Well, Brighton Campus. Grades 5-12. A Youth Group Christmas Party takes place Dec. 17. Contact Pastor Lindsey, lindsey@brightonfumc.org Learn more
Bring your family and friends for a meaningful service to hear the Christmas Story, celebrate Holy Communion, enjoy Christmas music, candle lighting, and fellowship.
Note: one service only at Brighton Campus.
Prepare Christmas with a meaningful Advent journey! 🌟 This Advent, join the book study, All the Good: A Wesleyan Way of Christmas, to prepare for Christ’s coming by exploring the story of salvation and deepening your faith.
Connect and know God’s goodness and love as we await the birth of the Christ child.
Books are available in the Brighton Campus Library and at the Whitmore Lake Campus Upper Hall ($10).
Whitmore Lake Advent Study / Rick Rykowski / Sundays / 10:30 am
Brighton Advent Study / Julie & Dean Arcuri / Sundays / 11 am
Men with Tools (Brighton) / George Lutz / Tuesdays / 9 am
Small Group Bible Study / Deb de Laski-Smith (off-site) / Wednesdays / 6:30 pm
Small Group / Rick & Sherry Slade (off-site) / Wednesdays / 6:45 pm
Women of the Word (Brighton) / Joann Schmidt / Thursdays / 1 pm
Sign up online or contact Pastor Lindsey Hall, lindsey@brightonfumc.org.
There are many ways to open your heart and prepare for Christmas. Find a mission, donate a coat, hats or mittens, come to a worship service. We look forward to sharing this special time with you.
Gifts of Hope provides Christmas gifts for Livingston County children in foster care. You can sponsor a child by donating money, gift cards or shopping from a wish list. Each sponsorship is approximately $100 (you can participate at any giving level). Contact Mary Kushner to become a sponsor, mkushner23@gmail.com or 810-220-2820. In 2024 we provided gifts for 61 children in foster care.
Deadline for dropping off gifts is Dec. 7 (foster families pick up the gifts Dec. 13). Thank you for spreading hope this Christmas!
With your donations, the Christmas trees in the Brighton and Whitmore Lake Campuses will be adorned with new hats, scarves, mittens and gloves. At the end of the season the items will be distributed to people in need through local nonprofits.
First United Methodist Church volunteers will be bell ringers at Salvation Army “red kettle” sites on Nov. 29 and Dec. 6. SIGN UP or Contact Bob Hemphill.
Dec. 2-8, the United Methodist Women’s Dorcas Circle is collecting new or clean, gently used coats (men’s, women’s and children’s) and gloves for Cass Community Social Services (Detroit). If you can volunteer to drive the donations to Cass Community Social Services the week of Dec. 8, that would be super helpful!
Contact Judy Lytwynec
Your donation of $25 per plant will help decorate the sanctuaries for Christmas Eve. You may, if you choose, give in honor or in memory of someone. Following the 9 pm service on Christmas Eve, you may take home a plant. Those not picked up in the week following will be shared with homebound parishioners. Donate online or designate “Christmas Flowers” on your check.
