Sharing the Good News

Advent Tea Grounds Us in a Busy Season

Being mindful during Advent FUMC held their 10th annual Advent Tea in December at Green Wood. The seed for Advent Tea goes back 20 years when an FUMC group named Wowmoms met weekly to support each other in parenting and to study how to live faithfully as Christ...
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Buhr Park Clean Up

Adopting a Garden In fall 2024 FUMC Ann Arbor adopted a Buhr Park garden to clean up. A group of volunteers spent a couple of hours weeding and planting the garden area by the Buhr Park pool entrance.Taking care of God’s creation The activity was led by FUMC’s...
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Trunk or Treat 2024

Trunks and trick or treating In October 2024 we held our annual Trunk or Treat at Green Wood. The turnout was great with 20 trunks decorated and over 40 kids trick or treating. The trunks were incredibly creative, and included a haunted library, a dinosaur party and...
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Civil Rights Pilgrimage 2024

Jun 17, 2024

Learning about slavery in America In late January 2024, 10 pilgrims from FUMC traveled to four cities in Alabama to learn more about slavery in America, the struggle of blacks post slavery and the civil rights protesters that fought for equal rights for all. They visited prominent sites of the...

Family Camp

Jun 3, 2024

A beloved FUMC tradition At the end of May 2024, FUMC families gathered together for a weekend in nature filled with fun, adventure, faith and fellowship. Family Camp is a beloved FUMC tradition where participants grow closer together and with God. For the second year in a row, Family Camp took...

Love Thy Neighbor

May 29, 2024

Supporting the Ann Arbor Community for 15 Years Love Thy Neighbor (LTN) started in 2008 as an outreach of First United Methodist Church of Ann Arbor to meet the need for meals among hungry people in Ann Arbor. Every morning, 52 weeks a year, LTN provides non-perishable food to the food-insecure...

Tuesdays Together

Apr 22, 2024

Nourishing the mind, body & soul In the fall of 2023, we kicked off our first six-week program to nourish the mind, body and soul called Tuesdays Together. On Tuesday evenings, everyone was invited to the church to enjoy a community meal together followed by intentional explorations. Around 40...

Advocacy Day 2024

Apr 15, 2024

Petitioning for better mental health care On March 13, 2024 we joined United Methodists from all over the state to spend the day advocating with state legislators. We petitioned our lawmakers for better access to mental health care, assuring that all persons have access to affordable care and to...