Category: Michigan Area
Fitzgerald to join foundation staff
The United Methodist Foundation of Michigan has hired Rev. Joel Fitzgerald as the Senior Director of Church Relations.
Summer camp preview
To whet our appetites, each of our United Methodist-affiliated camps in Michigan gives updates on what’s new as families plan for summer camp.
Investment needed in shared ministry
Declining Ministry Shares are challenging the Michigan Conference’s ability to sustain our shared mission, impacting ministries that serve communities in Michigan and beyond.
Respond to natural disasters with love
Here are three ways that you can be an agent of compassion in the name of Christ in response to disasters in Michigan, other parts of the United States, and… Continue Reading Respond to natural disasters with love
Activities at the 2025 Michigan AC
On Friday, May 30, you’ll have a chance to golf for campus ministries, move for child hunger relief, pack rice meals for global hunger relief, plus spend Mission Bucks at… Continue Reading Activities at the 2025 Michigan AC
VIM team to journey to Peru
An intergenerational Volunteers in Mission team from Michigan and Wisconsin is returning to Peru in December and needs volunteers, especially young adults. Apply by September 1.
UMs stand up for auto crash survivors
Over 200 United Methodists and friends met with state lawmakers, urging them to pass policy changes that will increase care for those catastrophically injured in auto accidents.
Care for our fragile home
The Michigan Conference’s Environmental Justice Task Force invites you to celebrate the gift of creation and care for its future by participating in the Earth Day of Action on April… Continue Reading Care for our fragile home
‘Let’s correct the damage done in 2019’
To prepare for Advocacy Day on March 12, read these stories from a car accident survivor and a long-term care provider on why Michigan’s auto insurance laws need to be… Continue Reading ‘Let’s correct the damage done in 2019’
Bridge of faith connects Michigan and Liberia
Love and hope stretched across 5,200 miles as an 18-member team from the Michigan Conference traveled to Liberia in February to visit our brothers and sisters in Christ.