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 […]
SAFE CHURCH, SAFE COMMUNITIES: Train-the-trainer
SAFE CHURCH, SAFE COMMUNITIES: TRAIN-THE-TRAINER Join McKenzie Knill, Director of Children, Youth, and Young Adult Formation, for one of five sessions in which participants will be trained to lead and facilitate the Safe Church, Safe Communities sessions for their local community. YOU’RE INVITED! Join McKenzie Knill, Director of Children, Youth, and Young Adult Formation, for […]
START A CHILDREN OR YOUTH FORMATION PROGRAM
START A CHILDREN OR YOUTH FORMATION PROGRAM Join our diocesan formation staff for an online gathering focused on resource sharing to build congregation’s formation programs for young people. YOU’RE INVITED! Join our diocesan formation staff for an online gathering focused on resource sharing, visioning, and discussion aimed at equipping leaders to build (or rebuild!) their […]
Convention Address 2022
We are goin’ heaven knows where we are goin,’ but we know we will get there. We will get there, heaven knows how we will get there, but we know how will get there. It will be hard, we know that the road will be muddy and rough, but we will get there. Heaven knows […]
LENTEN RETREAT DAY
FOR PARENTS
February 25, 8:30-6pm at Grace, Lapeer Parents and Primary Caregivers of minor children are invited to start their Lenten season with a daytime retreat. This free event will offer an opportunity for fellowship, formation, and refreshment. Sessions will include exploring parenting as a Christian Vocation, ways to “Grow Christians,” a Spiritual Practice opportunity, and an […]
Convention Ordinations – Fall 2022
By the Grace of God and with the consent of the People, The Right Reverend Prince Grenville Singh Bishop Provisional will ordain the following people at the Fall 2022 Joint Convention. Joseph Kennedy To the Sacred Order of Deacons in Christ’s One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church The Rev. Alicia Hager, and The Rev. Derek […]
COVID – Directives Exit
Dear Friends and Colleagues, With great joy, we announce that the lower peninsula dioceses in Michigan (Eastern Michigan, Michigan, and Western Michigan) will exit our joint pandemic directives, The Plan for Re-Entry for Great Lakes Episcopalians, effective today, October 10th. Recognizing that COVID is still present in our communities, we believe we are at a […]
