Category: Faith & Ministry
Youth & Young Adult Resource Roundup, JUNE 2025
This summer issue summarizes upcoming events, scholarships, and resources for youth and young adults that churches can promote in their publications.
A time for every purpose
Retired pastor Sondra Willobee writes about the challenging process of decluttering and sorting through our belongings and how it raises broader questions about the legacy we leave behind.
The power of a mighty wind
In this Pentecost devotional about power, Glenn M. Wagner shares the recent experience of a 90-mile-per-hour straight-line windstorm in his neighborhood in West Michigan.
Grants to fund innovative ministries
Do you have a new, innovative ministry that needs a financial boost? October 1 is the deadline for Michigan churches, agencies, and UM-affiliated nonprofits to apply for the next round… Continue Reading Grants to fund innovative ministries
June grant and funding workshops
In June, the Michigan Conference will host several online workshops and trainings on grant writing and nontraditional funding sources.
Ever heard of Euphemia?
Retired pastor John E. Harnish reflects on the long history of Christianity following a recent trip to Croatia, where he visited a church dedicated to an early Christian martyr.
A tribute to Mom
Retired pastor Glenn M. Wagner remembers the exemplary life of his beloved mother-in-law, Margaret Oosting, and a ministry lesson he learned from her funeral.
You’ve got talent — use it!
Wendy Clark, Western Waters District Lay Leader, acknowledges imperfections as avenues for God’s grace as we seek to use the gifts and talents God has given each of us.
Adopt the mindset of ‘forward thrive’
Rev. Dr. David Bell explores why church leaders get stuck in “reactionary paralysis” and offers an alternative possibility of what it means to be a thriving, resilient leader.
Help, I need somebody
When his cancer returned a year ago, retired pastor Gordon Schleicher asked God for help, and God provided supportive helpers whom he could rely on to listen and yet give… Continue Reading Help, I need somebody