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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/2026-11-14/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church-Brighton Campus\, 400 E Grand River Ave\, Brighton\, MI\, 48116\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mission & Outreach
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ORGANIZER;CN="Laura Kelly":MAILTO:laurakelly21@me.com
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SUMMARY:Holiday Craft Show
DESCRIPTION:Holiday Craft Show • Bake Sale • Luncheon\nTime to start holiday shopping! Choose from handmade items\, baked goods and enjoy lunch! New vendors this year! \nCrafters: contact Darla Miller\, 810-231-9816.
URL:https://www.brightonfumc.org/event/holiday-craft-show/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church-Whitmore Lake Campus\, 9318 Main\, Whitmore Lake\, MI\, 48189
CATEGORIES:UMWF
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SUMMARY:Civil Rights Pilgrimage
DESCRIPTION:A seven-day trip to five cities in the south that saw the most pivotal moments of the civil rights movements. Trip organized by the Church & Society Committee at First United Methodist Church – Brighton & Whitmore Lake through Educational Opportunities. Through visits\, study and conversation we’ll share the journey of learning to better understand our history as a country and how the past informs the present and the future. \nDownload Brochure \nLink to slides from information session \nDates: Jan. 30-Feb. 5\, 2027\nCosts: $2\,159 per person for double occupancy (add $610 for single room)\n\nIncludes first class hotels (six nights)\, 12 meals\, entrance fees\, tour guides\, deluxe motorcoaches and more\nAdditional costs: Your travel to/from Atlanta and some meals\, driver/guide gratuities\n\nRegistration link  ($100 deposit required)
URL:https://www.brightonfumc.org/event/civil-rights-pilgrimage/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Church & Society,Fellowship
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pastor Lindsey":MAILTO:lindsey@brightonfumc.org
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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/2027-02-17/
LOCATION:St. Andrews\, 306 North Division\, Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, 48104
CATEGORIES:Mission & Outreach
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bill Drabing":MAILTO:w_drabing@yahoo.com
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SUMMARY:Liberia Trip
DESCRIPTION:Pastor Jon\, Bishop David Bard and others from the Michigan Conference of the United Methodist Church as well as First UMC – Brighton & Whitmore Lake will travel to our partner organizations in Liberia. \nCost $2\,500\n\nVisit mission partners such as:\n\nReaders to Leaders Schools\nUnited Methodist Health Clinics\nBishop Judith Craig Children’s Village\nWater for Life Wells\nand more\n\nContact Rev. Jon Reynolds for more information\, deadlines\, etc.
URL:https://www.brightonfumc.org/event/liberia-trip/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Fellowship,Mission & Outreach
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ORGANIZER;CN="Pastor Jon":MAILTO:jon@brightonfumc.org
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