Apr 7, 2025 | Success Stories
Advocacy Day 2025 Petitioning at the Capitol On March 12, 2025 we participated in Advocacy Day at the Michigan State Capitol. We spent the day advocating with state legislators about the crisis in care resulting from the 2019 auto no-fault insurance changes in...
Mar 19, 2025 | Success Stories
Creative Adventures in Holy Troublemaking Reflecting together In February 2025 FUMC held a half-day retreat to delve deeper into the Holy Troublemakers and Unconventional Saints worship series. Participants ignited their creative spirits, relaxed, and reflected...
Mar 10, 2025 | Success Stories
Souper Bowl Annual fundraiser In February 2025 Youth Ministry held their annual Souper Bowl fundraiser. This fundraiser takes places over Super Bowl weekend and provides a great opportunity to have fun, build community, play games, and enjoy a homemade meal of soup,...
Feb 3, 2025 | Success Stories
Christmas & Cocoa Gathering around the fireplace In December 2024 Kids Ministry hosted their Christmas and Cocoa event. The event took place in the Wesley Lounge where everyone gathered around the fireplace and enjoyed the tree. Slowing down It’s easy in the...
Jan 6, 2025 | Success Stories
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...
Dec 9, 2024 | Success Stories
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...
Nov 19, 2024 | Success Stories
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...
Nov 4, 2024 | Success Stories
Community Reconnect 2024 Reconnection with each other In fall of 2024 we held our annual Community Reconnect where the congregation gathers on the Wesley Lawn for food, games and reconnection. This event is one of the few times during the year our whole church family...
Oct 14, 2024 | Success Stories
Habitat Build 2024 Enabling home ownership for families Through Good News Group in association with Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley, FUMC carries out a mission each summer to enable home ownership for families who would otherwise not have this opportunity. In the...
Sep 3, 2024 | Success Stories
Just Like Me! Vacation Bible Camp Celebrating their identity as God’s beloved creations First United Methodist Church of Ann Arbor hosted Just Like Me! Vacation Bible Camp (VBC) in July 2024 where kids learned how to celebrate their identity as God’s beloved...
