Tag: Birmingham First
Michigan churches help settle refugees
STEP SIX: Two Michigan United Methodist churches utilized Mustard Seed Migration Grants to begin new ministries to refugee neighbors. October 1 is the deadline for the 2023 grant cycle. Continue Reading Michigan churches help settle refugees
Michigan churches engage in migration ministry
Two Michigan United Methodist churches utilized Mustard Seed Migration Grants to begin new ministries to refugee neighbors. October 1 is the deadline for the 2023 grant cycle.
Refugee student journeys to Michigan
Through a string of United Methodist connections, a young refugee finds his way from Ukraine to Michigan’s Adrian College to begin a new life out of the ashes of war… Continue Reading Refugee student journeys to Michigan
Church helps resettle 121 Afghan refugees
Over the course of a year, Birmingham and Berkley First UMC helped furnish 34 homes that now house 121 Afghan refugees in the Detroit metropolitan area.
Charles S. G. Boayue, Jr.
From: Superintendent Greater Detroit District … To: Greater Detroit District — Birmingham-Berkley First UMCs, Senior Pastor. This full-time appointment is effective July 1, 2022.
Shawn Lewis-Lakin
TO: Retirement … From: Greater Detroit District — Birmingham First Senior Associate Pastor. Effective February 1, 2022
Civil Rights Tour Oct. 17-22, 2021
A Civil Rights Tour of the South is planned for Oct 17-22, 2021, led by two women from Kalamazoo Westwood United Methodist Church.
Rev. Barbara J. Lewis-Lakin
Barbara Lewis-Lakin, 67, died on June 29, 2021, with her family at her side, following a brief illness. Barbara was born in Detroit, Michigan on August 3, 1953, to Dwight… Continue Reading Rev. Barbara J. Lewis-Lakin
Rev. James Allen Smith
Our beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather and brother passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Thursday, June 24, 2021, at Ascension St. Mary’s in Saginaw. He was 90… Continue Reading Rev. James Allen Smith
Comfort in connecting
Birmingham First United Methodist Church organized a telephone ministry as a way of connecting members and friends of the congregation during COVID-19.