Volunteers needed! This Easter season you can help provide a box of nutritious food for families in Whitmore Lake facing food insecurity. There are several family-friendly ways to participate. Follow the link to sign up to help. Contact Rev. Jon Reynolds, jon@brightonfumc.org.
Wednesday, March 25 (morning): Meet at a local grocery store with your car/truck or SUV to help us pick up the grocery order, then transport the groceries to the Whitmore Lake Campus. Help set up for food basket packing.
Thursday, March 26 (7-8 pm): Help pack 40 food baskets. Work by yourself, with a partner or as a family.
Saturday, March 28 (9:45 am): Help distribute the Easter Food Baskets. We need a few drivers to deliver the food boxes to families in the Whitmore Lake community. Two people (or families) are needed to stay at the church to distribute the Food Baskets to those recipients that will be picking them up.
Every spring children and their families are invited to a FREE outdoor Easter Egg Hunt,. We are so excited to share the joy of Easter with you and your children and grandchildren!
Please register in advance (coming soon). We’ll have different areas for the egg hunt to help spread things out. Siblings are welcome to hunt for eggs in the same area.
If you’d like to donate candy or plastic eggs, donations are being requested to prepare 2,000 eggs. Please drop off individually wrapped nut-free candy/chocolate at the Brighton or Whitmore Lake campuses . No homemade treats. Thank you!
During Lent, the Adult Discipleship team invites you to explore creative and contemplative prayer styles. A variety of rotating stations will be set up for you to try out these different ways of praying.
Holy Week is bookended by Palm Sunday (Jesus’ triumphant entrance into Jeruselem) and Easter Sunday (celebrating the resurrection of Jesus). During the week we mark the significant events of the Jesus’ last days, including Maundy Thursday (when he gathered with his followers for a meal that we remember as the Lord’s Supper) and Good Friday (where Jesus was executed and laid to rest).
First United Methodist Church-Brighton Campus
400 E Grand River Ave, Brighton, MI, United States
Worship & Prayer
Soliloquy of the Twelve On this night, Jesus knelt to wash dusty feet. He broke bread with friends and strangers. Immerse yourself in Holy Week... read more
First United Methodist Church-Brighton Campus
400 E Grand River Ave, Brighton, MI, United States
Worship & Prayer
"Morning has broken" — gather for a special sunrise service in the Memorial Garden celebrating the resurrection of the risen Christ. Refreshments available after the... read more
First United Methodist Church-Brighton Campus
400 E Grand River Ave, Brighton, MI, United States
Worship & Prayer
Hallelujah! Christ Is Risen! He Is Risen Indeed! You are invited to worship on this day of triumph and hope. Brighton Campus 7:15 am Sunrise... read more
First United Methodist Church-Brighton Campus
400 E Grand River Ave, Brighton, MI, United States
Worship & Prayer
Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent—a season of reflection, repentance, and renewal. In a world that moves fast, this is an invitation to pause,... read more
Dedicate Easter flowers that will decorate the sanctuary in honor or memory of someone dear to you. The church pays $20-$50 per plant. Your donation in whatever amount you are able to give will help offset the cost of the flowers. Donors are welcome take home a plant after the 11 am service on April 5. Flowers remaining after two weeks will be donated.
Order online or with the envelopes at church (Community Room-Brighton Campus or Upper Hall-Whitmore Lake Campus) by March 29 You can pay online or by check (mark “Easter flowers” on your giving envelope or check memo line).
Children and their families are invited to a FREE outdoor Easter Egg Hunt, March 21. We are so excited to share the joy of Easter with you and your children and grandchildren!
Please register in advance (see below). We’ll have different areas for the egg hunt to help spread things out. Siblings are welcome to hunt for eggs in the same area.
Donations are being requested to prepare 2,000 eggs. Please drop off individually wrapped nut-free candy/chocolate and medium/large plastic eggs at the Brighton or Whitmore Lake campuses by March 1. No homemade treats. Thank you!
Children and their families are invited to a FREE outdoor Easter Egg Hunt, April 12. We are so excited to share the joy of Easter with you and your children and grandchildren!
Please register in advance (see below). We’ll have different areas for the egg hunt to help spread things out. Siblings are welcome to hunt for eggs in the same area.
Donations are being requested to prepare 2,000 eggs. Please drop off individually wrapped nut-free candy/chocolate and medium/large plastic eggs at the Brighton or Whitmore Lake campuses by March 1. No homemade treats. Thank you!
Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent—a season of reflection, repentance, and renewal. In a world that moves fast, this is an invitation to pause, to acknowledge our need for God’s grace, and to begin a journey toward Easter with humility and hope.
Start your Lenten journey with a time of quiet and creative prayer practices as well as the imposition of ashes as we remember that we are dust, yet deeply loved by God. Come as you are, and step into this sacred season with a heart open to transformation.
Due to the nature of this event, it will not be livestreamed.
You are invited to study The Difficult Words of Jesus, by Amy-Jill Levine. Explore how some of difficult teachings of Jesus would have sounded to the people who first heard them, how have they been understood over time, and how we might interpret them in the context of the Gospel of love and reconciliation.
Jesus provided his disciples teachings for how to follow God’s word; he told them parables to help them discern questions of ethics and of human nature; he offered words of comfort and encouragement. And sometimes Jesus spoke words that followers then and now have found difficult. For example, He instructs disciples to hate members of their own families (Luke 14:26), to act as if they were slaves (Matthew 20:27), and to sell their belongings and give to the poor (Luke 18:22).
Join a small group study, or read the book independently. Copies of the book are available at the Brighton and Whitmore Lake campuses ($11 suggested donation). Audio books are available through sources like Hoopla (check with your public library) and Audible. Digital copies are available for purchase through Cokesbury.com and other retailers. A video component complements the study, which may be viewed on Amplify Media. To register for your free Amplify Media account visit https://www.brightonfumc.org/amplify/
Brighton Campus, Sundays at 11 am, beginning Feb. 22
Whitmore Lake Campus, Sundays at 10:30 am following worship, beginning Feb. 22
Men with Tools, Tuesdays at 9 am, beginning Feb. 24 (Brighton Campus)
Small Group Bible Study, Wednesdays at 6:30 pm, beginning Feb. 25 (off-site)
Women of the Word, Thursdays at 1 pm, beginning Feb. 19 (Brighton Campus)
Men of Faith, Saturdays at 9 am, beginning Feb. 21 (Brighton Campus)
Professor Amy-Jill Levine, a distinguished scholar in New Testament and Jewish Studies, holds the Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professorship at Hartford International University.
Register online to participate in a small group Lenten study or contact the church office for more information: 810-229-8561
