Preaching Lent and Holy Week
Continuing Education for Clergy and Lay Preachers Join with other preachers across the diocese to dig into the rich texts of Holy Week and Easter, together considering our ministry of proclamation in the liturgy. Our bi-diocesan office of Adult Formation will offer a one-day continuing education workshop geared toward already-licensed lay preachers and clergy. We […]
Feedback Sessions with Building Bridges
Opportunities to Review and Provide Input on Proposals It’s been a busy and complex many years in the Dioceses of Eastern and Western Michigan. Since Eastern Michigan first issued the invitation to discernment in 2018 and Western Michigan responded with “yes!” in 2019, together we’ve navigated a pandemic, two cases of bishop discipline, and a […]
Update on the Search for the Northern Staff Canon
Dear Courageous Disciples, We are eager to call the new Canon for the Northern Collaborative, Beloved Community, and Creation Care – an essential member of our diocesan staff team and for this crucial ministry area of our dioceses! While we have had some interest, we have yet to call the right person into this key […]
How I See My Monastic Solitary Life
By Sarah Swart, St. Luke’s, Kalamazoo Since my vows at the convention Eucharist, I’ve had some queries about my vocation as a monastic solitary. My call came out of a lot of daily prayer from the day my husband was guided by Jesus into his eternal life. That day and every day after I prayed […]
A Word from Bishop Skip for the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle
Dear People of Eastern and Western Michigan, It seems appropriate that on this Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle, and right on the cusp of Advent, that I send you a word of greeting in the name of our Savior, Jesus. It is with a grateful heart that I have accepted the invitation of each […]
2024 DIOCESAN CONFIRMATION SERVICES
2024 DIOCESAN CONFIRMATION SERVICES The Episcopal Dioceses of Eastern and Western Michigan plan to host four services of Confirmation, Reception, and Reaffirmation in 2024, the Rt. Rev. Skip Adams, assisting bishop, presiding. All are invited to join in celebrating and praying for the Church’s newest Episcopal leaders as part of these services and throughout this […]
Worship Leader Training 2024
Opportunities in 2024 for lay leaders seeking licensing Worship is a powerful place – a place that transforms and empowers. What we do when we gather is so much more than reciting words set down in an approved collection of liturgies. This is the place where we may find ourselves awakened by God and stretched […]
Bishop Skip Adams Returns as Assisting Bishop
Dear Courageous Disciples, Our dioceses are no strangers to engaging big questions together and taking on challenges. In early September, our bishop provisional was restricted from ministry and resigned from office. Our Joint Standing Committees once again took on the responsibility of the ecclesiastical authority of our dioceses. Since that moment, the people and communities […]
DEEP GREEN FAITH: A CREATION CARE WORKSHOP
Saturday, December 2nd from 10 am – Noon via Zoom As Christians and as Episcopalians, our faith is deeply rooted in God’s love for all creation as proclaimed in scriptures and as expressed through our practice and worship. We are called to attend to the needs of both faith and creation. On Saturday, December 2nd […]
ADVENT RETREAT FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
Welcome the Season with Joyful Anticipation! For most of us – especially children – the month of December is full of joyful expectation. We are people in search of hope and joy throughout the season of Advent. The season can be full of surprises and wonder. The story of Christmas is one full of anticipation; […]
