Spring, 2026
In the Michigan District, we are committed to helping congregations and ministries build a good biblical foundation. By now you have hopefully heard me encourage reading through the Bible annually for such an end. A key concern for us is that our young people are building the sort of foundation that Jesus speaks about in Matthew 7:
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it” (vv. 24–27).
Our goal is to build on the rock and teach our youth to do the same. We’re encouraged and excited as ministries across the District grow to meet this need.
Enrollment is up in our 193 Lutheran schools and preschools, and we celebrate the many resulting Baptisms of both children and parents. Public school teachers in retirement are redeploying and enrolling in Lutheran-based training courses to provide support for growing classrooms.
Transformational programs through Acts 2 Enterprise ministry are seeding life and job skills for urban youth. Children and their parents in Detroit and Pontiac are learning about Jesus through summer A2E Sports Camps.
Hundreds of junior high and high school students will descend on Frankenmuth and Mackinac Island for summer gatherings and life-changing encounters with Jesus. Days and evenings are filled with fellowship, servant events, breakouts, and mass gatherings with old and new friends.
New campus ministries are rising up in collaboration with local congregations to serve Lutheran students and those who are seeking Jesus. In the last year, new ministries were established at Kettering University and Saginaw Valley State University. CrossPointe Center for the Trades, a Michigan District partnership with Southeastern Michigan Construction Academy to teach vocational training and Christian living, welcomes its first cohort in Fall 2026—more to come!
The Michigan District supported 88 future church workers in 2025. Each year, sons and daughters of Michigan District congregations of any age who are studying for full-time church work at a Concordia University or LCMS Seminary are eligible to receive student financial aid.
God’s Word teaches us to be intentional about our construction plans and materials. The Michigan District supports many ways for the building of “Matthew 7” firm foundations in the lives of young people across the state.
Will you help us grow these ministries with your resources today?
Your gift can give teachers and principals the right tools to deliver strong Lutheran education, provide hope to urban families who want to know more about Jesus, support teenagers who are looking for the real identity they have in Christ, meet college students where they are with the warmth of Christian friends, and reassure a new generation of church workers who will carry on God’s work for the sake of His Kingdom.
Thank you for all you do in our life together as People of Hope: vigorously making known the love of Christ.
…eyes on Jesus…
Rev. David A. Davis, President
Michigan District, LCMS
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