BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//First United Methodist Church-Brighton & Whitmore Lake - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:First United Methodist Church-Brighton & Whitmore Lake X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.brightonfumc.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for First United Methodist Church-Brighton & Whitmore Lake REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T064500 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T091500 DTSTAMP:20260416T174756 CREATED:20250828T153509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T185741Z UID:10002597-1773470700-1773479700@www.brightonfumc.org SUMMARY:St. Andrews Breakfast Volunteers DESCRIPTION:First United Methodist Church provides volunteers for the Breakfast Program at St. Andrews in Ann Arbor about once a month. Volunteers may prepare hot food\, set up serving stations\, serve food to guests\, clear trays\, wash and dry dishes and clean up the kitchen. Depart Brighton at 6 am (or meet at St. Andrews at 7 am). Tasks are completed by 9 am. \n\nThe Breakfast Program at St. Andrew’s (Ann Arbor) serves between 90 and 150 meals daily. Guests include the young and old. They arrive as individuals or in groups. Some are experiencing homelessness or struggling with addiction or mental illness\, and most are working men and women who are trying to make ends meet.\n\nSign up URL:https://www.brightonfumc.org/event/st-andrews-breakfast-volunteers/2026-03-14/ LOCATION:St. Andrews\, 306 North Division\, Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, 48104 CATEGORIES:Mission & Outreach ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.brightonfumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/St-Andrews-website-2026.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bill Drabing":MAILTO:w_drabing@yahoo.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260314T160000 DTSTAMP:20260416T174756 CREATED:20250820T194248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260306T205906Z UID:10002508-1773475200-1773504000@www.brightonfumc.org SUMMARY:Cass Volunteer Saturdays DESCRIPTION:SIGN UP \n\nThe volunteer work varies month to month. Contact Laura Kelly to learn more. Depart from the Brighton Campus parking lot at approximately 8 am to travel together to Detroit and return by approximately 4 pm. Bring your lunch. \nCass Community Social Services meets people in need\, where they are in life\, by offering food\, affordable housing\, skill building\, and vocational training which promotes self-sufficiency\, on a sustainable pedestrian campus and as part of the larger community. \nThe ways First UMC volunteers have served includes: \n\ncleaned\, mended and painted rooms for affordable housing\nset up beds for warming centers\nweeded gardens\, trimmed shrubs\, planted trees and flowers\, mowed grass and cleaned outside to beautify and make areas safer for residents\nprepped mass quantities of bacon and eggs for breakfast\, assembled sandwiches and packaged lunches to feed the community\nsorted and shredded paper to recycle and raise money for fighting poverty. URL:https://www.brightonfumc.org/event/cass-volunteer-saturdays/2026-03-14/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church-Brighton Campus\, 400 E Grand River Ave\, Brighton\, MI\, 48116\, United States CATEGORIES:Mission & Outreach ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.brightonfumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cass-2026-website.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Laura Kelly":MAILTO:laurakelly21@me.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260322T160000 DTSTAMP:20260416T174756 CREATED:20251222T214516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T214516Z UID:10002621-1774188000-1774195200@www.brightonfumc.org SUMMARY:Zone 3 Mission Event: Meal Packing DESCRIPTION:Join with 16 churches in “Zone 3” of the Heritage District to pack meal kits that will feed hungry people around the world! It will be a fun afternoon and great way to get to know United Methodists in nearby cities. \nTHE RICE AND SOY BLESSING BAG \n\n1 Blessing Bag feeds 6 people.\nIngredients:\nVitamin pack\nDehydrated vegetables\nSoy\nWhite Rice\n\nThese Rice and Soy Blessing Bags not only meet hunger needs\, but meet nutritional needs to provide lasting energy. \nHow can you help?\n\nDonate: Each meal bag costs $2. The goal is to pack 2\,400 bags. Give online or by cash/check and designate “meal packs.”\nVolunteer: The goal is to have about seven volunteers from each church help with the food kit packing on March 22 (2-4 pm) at Howell First UMC. Register\n\nLearn more about the meal kits and Midwest Mission that provides the food and all the materials to pack the bags. click here URL:https://www.brightonfumc.org/event/zone-3-mission-event-meal-packing/ LOCATION:Howell First United Methodist Church\, 1230 Bower St\, Howell\, MI\, 48843 CATEGORIES:Mission & Outreach ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.brightonfumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Zone-3-Mission-March-22_FUMC-BWL-Slide.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Pastor Jon":MAILTO:jon@brightonfumc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260328T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260328T190000 DTSTAMP:20260416T174756 CREATED:20230306T205546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260216T171856Z UID:10000536-1774717200-1774724400@www.brightonfumc.org SUMMARY:Spaghetti Dinner DESCRIPTION:Help build homes through Habitat for Humanity just by eating spaghetti! \nA delicious way to support a great cause. The dinner menu includes spaghetti with marinara or meat sauce\, salad\, dinner roll\, desserts\, plus coffee and water. Note: Gluten-free pasta\, vegan cheese\, and gluten-free bread will be available as well. \nReservations are not required\, but your sign-up below will help us plan. Thank you! Donations accepted. Walk-ins welcome! \n\n\nFill out my online form.\n\n Fill out my Wufoo form! URL:https://www.brightonfumc.org/event/spaghetti-dinner/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church-Whitmore Lake Campus\, 9318 Main\, Whitmore Lake\, MI\, 48189 CATEGORIES:Fellowship,Mission & Outreach ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.brightonfumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Spaghetti-Dinner-2026_March.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="April Schauer":MAILTO:amschauer19@gmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR