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Advent & Christmas 2024

Wednesday, November 1st, 2023

Sunday Worship

You’re invited to Advent Worship Services all season long. The first Sunday of advent will be celebrated Dec. 1.

  • Brighton Campus: 9:30 and 11 am
  • Whitmore Lake Campus: 9:15 am
  • Online Livestream: 9:30 am on Facebook and YouTube

Sunday School, 9:30 am

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 sixth grade. No Sunday School Dec. 24 or Dec. 31. Learn more

Children’s Message, 11 am

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.  Learn more

Nursery

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.

Youth Group

Meets Wednesdays 6-7:30 pm at The Well. Grades 5-12 meet on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month.  Contact  Pastor Lindsey, lindsey@brightonfumc.org Learn more

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Decorate for Christmas Eve

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 special. 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.

Christmas Eve Worship

Tuesday, Dec. 24

Bring your family and friends for a meaningful service to hear the Christmas Story, celebrate Holy Communion, enjoy Christmas music, candle lighting, and fellowship.

Whitmore Lake Campus

  • 2 pm – Christmas Eve service with music led by Mike Tooman

Brighton Campus

  • 11 am – Christmas Eve worship designed for young children and their families
  • 5 pm – Band-led Worship, Candles and Glowsticks, includes a special Children’s Moment
  • 7 pm* – Hymns with Choir and Handbells, Candles and Glowsticks
  • 9 pm – Hymns with Choir and Handbells, Candles and Glowsticks

*Livestream

Worship Sunday, Dec. 29

Note: one service only at Brighton Campus.

  • Brighton Campus – 11:00 am (and online) Children’s Message
  • Whitmore Lake Campus – 9:15 am

Advent Studies

An Unlikely Advent: Extraordinary People of the Christmas Story by Rachel Billups

This four-week study focuses on four sets of often overlooked characters in the Nativity story. The author guides readers through the themes of hope, love, joy, and peace by sharing the stories of Elizabeth and Zechariah, Herod, the Magi, and the shepherds. Each set of unexpected characters has something to teach about living faithfully on the journey to Christmas. Share this special time with a small group study. Book are available in the Brighton Campus Library and at the Whitmore Lake Campus Upper Hall ($13.50).
Wednesdays at 7 pm, Nov. 20, Dec. 4, 11, 18
Advent Study at the Brighton Campus

In addition to the  Wednesday night study, you can join one of these small group:

Whitmore Lake Advent Study / April Schauer / Sundays / following 9:15 am worship
Men with Tools / George Lutz / Tuesdays / 9 am
Wednesday Morning Studies / Sue Urban / Wednesdays / 9:30 am
Small Group Bible Study / Deb de Laski-Smith / Wednesdays / 7:00 pm
Women of the Word / Anne Walters / Thursdays / 1:00 pm
Men of Faith / Ron Lewarchik/ Saturdays / 9 am

Sign up online or contact Pastor Lindsey Hall, lindsey@brightonfumc.org.

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Easter Egg Hunt

Monday, February 5th, 2024

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.

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 by March 30. No homemade treats. Thank you!

Brighton Registration (Children and Volunteers)

Whitmore Lake Registration (Children and Volunteers)

Egg Hunt-Brighton

First United Methodist Church-Brighton Campus 400 E Grand River Ave, Brighton, MI, United States

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... read more

Egg Hunt-Whitmore Lake

First United Methodist Church-Whitmore Lake Campus 9318 Main, Whitmore Lake, MI

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... read more

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