Name: Men’s Retreat
Start: 2025-04-25T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-27T12:00:00-04:00
Location: Lake Louise

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2024 Mission Focus: Red Bird Mission

Red Bird Mission (Beverly, KY) serves its local community through home repairs, food ministries, a medical clinic, pre-K – 12th Grade school, used clothing store and more. Serving the three most impoverished counties in Kentucky, Red Bird Mission needs to update its work van fleet in order to continue its mission.

First United Methodist Church – Brighton Campus has supported Red Bird Mission with work teams traveling to Kentucky since 2010. We’ve contributed to 36 home repairs. The need for additional help is greater than ever as their aging vans are no longer serviceable.

We’re leading the efforts in Michigan to help update their fleet with pre-owned work vans through monetary and in-kind donations. Your donations will help Red Bird Mission continue to respond to the needs of the community with resources, aid and love.

Monetary donations are encouraged online, by mail or the Sunday offering (please designate your gift to Red Bird Van).

You may donate a used vehicle (or if you know someone who may want to donate a used 12-passenger van). Contact Jeff Knop, jlknop@sbcglobal.net.

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2024 Mission Trip

February 2025

February 3, 2025 - February 12, 2025

Liberia Trip

April 2025

April 25, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - April 27, 2025 @ 12:00 pm

Men’s Retreat

Lake Louise 11037 Thumb Lake Road, Boyne Falls, United States

LOCAL MISSIONS

Local Missions

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Habitat for Humanity

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VINA Community Dental Center

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Food Bank Collections

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Love INC Gas Vouchers

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Torch 180, a cafe and coffee shop in Fowlerville, provides inclusive opportunities for effective vocational training, soft skills, and work experience for individuals with disadvantages.

Contact Mary Kushner

Hungry? Local Restaurant Outreach

We’ve partnered with Greecian Island restaurant in Brighton to help feed hungry people. Donations to the “Hungry?” local restaurant outreach program provide a free meal to those unable to purchase a meal (up to $10). Your gifts go directly to fund this ministry. Give online. Contact Joe Cunningham.

Since March 29, 2023 we have served 161 meals for $1216.18 @ $7.55 per meal (through the end of 2023).

NATIONAL MISSIONS

National Missions

Men’s ASP

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Church & Society

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INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS

International Missions

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Rio Bravo Mission

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Blanket Sunday

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