Our New Church Worker Conference for all rostered workers new to the District: pastors, DCE's, worship arts directors, family life directors, and deaconesses. This will serve as your orientation to the district. We will introduce you to the staff and to the direction of ministry in the district. Maybe most importantly we will answer whatever […]

Pete Prochnow, Director of Worship Arts & Community Engagement for the Michigan District, invites you to come with him to Beyond the Breakwater in Midland at Messiah Church. At Messiah, you will learn what Beyond the Breakwater is all about— mobilizing the church and caring for your community. To be the church is to reach one more life with Jesus […]

“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.  I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do […]

Sometimes silence is golden. Other times it is a relationship killer. Two people are estranged. Angry. At odds. A friend intervenes with the suggestion, “Well, have you tried talking about it?” Reconciliation takes conversation, verbal interaction, words. Under the theme Love Talks: Daring Conversations Toward Reconciliation, the 2024 Theological Conference is designed especially for laity […]

We are back at the Bavarian Inn Lodge for our Annual Snow Tire Conference. This is our gathering of principals and directors from across the District for a time of learning, collaboration, and fellowship. The agenda is packed with our usual updates and speakers along with a tremendous keynote speaker on Friday morning. We are […]

Are you looking for Christ-centered care for your staff, congregation, and/or community? Join us in Frankenmuth on February 24, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (lunch included) to learn more about Parish Nurse or Congregational Health Ministry. Learn how to get started, maintain, and move forward in caring for others in Christ-centered practices. We […]

You are invited to attend the Pre-Retirement Conference taking place at Holy Cross, Flushing on Saturday, March 2, 2024, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. This conference is intended for all professional church workers and their spouses aged 55 and over as they prepare for their future retirement (whether it be three, five, or ten years down […]

Do you find yourself rushing from one appointment to the next and even getting irritated at having to wait at a red light? Do you think you have to get everything finished on your to-do list before you can sit down and be still for a few minutes? When was the last time you stopped […]