Tag: Birmingham: First UMC
Sarah N. Alexander
From: Greater Detroit District — Birmingham: First UMC (Pastor of Congregational Care) … To: Heritage District — Ann Arbor: First UMC. This full-time appointment begins July 1, 2026.
Chad Oyer
From: Church of the Nazarene … To: Greater Detroit District — Birmingham: First UMC. This full-time DS Assignment begins June 1, 2026.
Rachael M. Dunlap
From: Greater Detroit District — Birmingham: First / Berkley: First UMC (Associate Pastor) … To: Heritage District — Manchester UMC. This full-time appointment begins July 1, 2026.
Elizabeth A. Hurd
From: Greater Detroit District — West Bloomfield UMC … To: Greater Detroit District — Birmingham: First / Berkley: First UMC (Associate Pastor). This full-time appointment begins July 1, 2026.
Rachael Dunlap
From: Greater Detroit District — Flat Rock: First UMC … To: Greater Detroit District — Birmingham/Berkley: First UMC. This full-time appointment begins January 1, 2025.
Susanne Hierholzer
From: Greater Detroit District — Birmingham: First UMC … To: Greater Detroit District — Troy: Big Beaver UMC. This full-time appointment begins July 1, 2024.
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.
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.