CHURCHLANDS COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION
Sunday, May 21st at 3:00pm Building on our work in developing the ChurchLands Map of Eastern and Western Michigan, church leaders are invited to join Plainsong Farm and Ministry for a conversation about land use on Sunday, May 21st from 3:00pm until about 4:15pm. ChurchLands is an emerging initiative to educate and equip Christians and […]
TRAINING FOR LAY PREACHERS
Two-part program prepares participants for licensure We have heard consistent interest in training for licensed lay preachers, especially with so many of our congregations in transition and so many exercising vibrant ministry without a full-time parish priest. To that end, we will again offer our formation program for licensed lay preachers in 2023-24. The courses […]
BI-DIOCESAN
GRADUATION PARTY
Celebrating our High School and College Graduates Our high school and college graduates and those who love them are invited to join our bi-diocesan community to celebrate the closing of a chapter!! Please join us on Saturday, May 20th from 3-6pm at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Midland for food and fellowship, celebrating our scholars […]
A Post-Easter Update on our Season of Practice
Blessed Easter! May the spirit of the risen Christ fill us with hope and joy and keep us curious! It has been over a year since you called me to join you and I am excited about our odyssey of healing and new life in Christ together.
DAUGHTERS OF THE KING SPRING ASSEMBLY
Saturday, April 22nd from 10-3pm Daughters of the King throughout Eastern and Western Michigan are invited to a joint gathering across the dioceses. This is spring semi-annual gathering for our members and all those interested in the Order of the Daughters of the King. The Order of the Daughters of the King is an order […]
A Lenten Message from
Bishop Singh
Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him. Matthew 4:11 When the devil leaves, angels arrive and minister to Jesus. The cosmic choreography is striking. We live amid devilish actions. Some actions are temporal and visible to us. Some are cosmic and less visual yet intuitive. One year after Putin’s […]
YOUTH WORKER NETWORK RESOURCE SHARE
Seasonal Opportunities to Connect Across Parishes Those who work with children and youth — staff and volunteer, lay and clergy — are invited to participate in seasonal resource shares with others across our two dioceses. This is an opportunity to meet and learn from other youth and children ministers. Come share the amazing things you’re […]
Dismantling Racism: A Lenten Retreat for High Schoolers
March 10-12, 2023 at St. Andrew’s, Big Rapids High school-aged youth and the adults that support them are invited to join the Children and Youth Formation team for the Dioceses of Eastern and Western Michigan for a Lenten Retreat focused on the work of dismantling racism. Using youth-focused curriculum developed by the Absalom Jones Center […]
A Christmas Message from Bishop Singh
Greetings Beloved, I am so grateful to God and to you for the privilege of celebrating my first Christmas with you. When I started my ministry I was on my first tour as a priest and I had many villages and congregations to take care of. This was in India. One of those churches didn’t […]
LGBTQ+ Inclusion Training for Congregations
February 11, 2023 from Noon-4pm in Lansing In the first century, Jesus inspired a movement – a community of people whose lives were centered on Jesus Christ and committed to living the way of God’s unconditional, unselfish, sacrificial, and redemptive love. As Episcopalians, we believe in a loving, liberating, and life-giving God: Creator, Son, and […]
