First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church at 400 E Grand River Ave in Brighton, MI 48116-1516. It is one of 27 churches in Brighton.
Know God. Love God. Serve God.
First United Methodist Church is a vibrant, inclusive community of faith, welcoming all people to experience the transforming power of God through Jesus Christ.
Wheelchair accessible
400 E Grand River Ave, Brighton, MI, 48116-1516Service times
- Sunday 9:30am · School is available for children PreK through sixth grade
Phone: (810) 229-8561 · Website: https://www.brightonfumc.org/
Shares a ministry location with Brighton First.
First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 847 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Michigan — 25,989 across the United States on The Church Map.
Methodism gave the church the class meeting, the circuit rider, and the Sunday school, and gave America the conviction that grace is genuinely for everyone — carried into prisons, mines, and mill towns by preachers who owned almost nothing. Charles Wesley's hymns are still sung in nearly every tradition, most of them by people who have no idea whose they are.
Ministries at First United Methodist Church
- Nursery
- Children's Ministry
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Upcoming events at First United Methodist Church
- Sat, Nov 7 · 8:45 AM: Wright Museum Field Trip — First United Methodist Church-Brighton Campus, 400 E Grand River Ave, Brighton, MI, 48116, United States
- Mon, Nov 9 · 12:30 PM: Memorial Garden Volunteers — First United Methodist Church-Brighton Campus, 400 E Grand River Ave, Brighton, MI, 48116, United States
- Tue, Nov 10 · 12 PM: Blood Drive — First United Methodist Church-Brighton Campus, 400 E Grand River Ave, Brighton, MI, 48116, United States
- Wed, Nov 11 · All day: Wesley Heritage Tour — First United Methodist Church-Brighton Campus, 400 E Grand River Ave, Brighton, MI, 48116, United States
- Wed, Nov 11 · 1:30 PM: Caregivers' Support Group — First United Methodist Church-Brighton Campus, 400 E Grand River Ave, Brighton, MI, 48116, United States
From First United Methodist Church's public calendar (https://www.brightonfumc.org/). Times are the church's local time.
Watch
Latest from First UMC - Brighton & Whitmore Lake's YouTube channel: Discipleship Pathway: Invite | Oct. 25, 2026 (all videos).
The community around First United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 29.0%
- Depression: 24.5%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Brighton First — 0 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- St. Patrick Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Brighton Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.5 mi away
- St. George Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- Brighton Church of Christ — 1 mi away
- NorthRidge Church — 1.2 mi away
- Tri-Lakes Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
- MiWomen — 1.6 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- Green Oak Church — 5.1 mi away
- Brighton First, Whitmore Lake Campus — 7.5 mi away in Whitmore Lake, MI
- First United Methodist Church — 7.5 mi away in Northfield Twp, MI
- First United Methodist Church — 8.2 mi away in South Lyon, MI
- New Hudson United Methodist Church — 8.6 mi away in New Hudson, MI