Wed, Oct 28
|Social Hall
Beans with Benefits Chili Cookoff
Time & Location
Oct 28, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Social Hall, 1432 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA
About the event
Sign up for the Chili Cook-Off
Faith Formation, Congregational Life, and Mission are teaming up for a fun mid-week dinner featuring our well-known Chili Cook-Off, a costume party, and an early start to filling Thanksgiving bags for Hope Clinic. Kids of all ages are encouraged to come in costume and show off their creativity in a costume walk-off after dinner!
Want to enter the Chili Cook-Off? Choose your category: Best Vegetarian Chili, Best Meat Chili, or Best Unique Chili. Sign up to bring enough homemade chili to serve 8–12 people. We’ll provide the rest of the dinner; you bring the chili!
You can also help us get a head start on Thanksgiving by bringing nonperishable food items for Hope Clinic’s Thanksgiving bag or bring a whole filled bag! Donations may be placed in the designated drop boxes in the Welcome Center.
We’re also collecting new or gently used Halloween costumes…