Tag: EngageMI
Chat with mission partners at AC
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Enjoy dessert, games, and live music while talking to our EngageMI Ministry Partners at the Annual Conference Mission Festival, set for Thursday, May 30, from 7 to 9 pm.
Writing love letters on hearts of God’s people
![family in Liberia](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Helen-Roberts-Evans-Liberia.jpg)
PART E: “Every encounter I have with another person, is an opportunity for Christ to work through me,” says Helen Roberts-Evans, former EngageMI ministry partner in Liberia, now retired. Continue Reading Writing love letters on hearts of God’s people
Tornado recovery now underway in Portage, MI
![Tornado damage](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tornado_damage_TOP-jpg.webp)
PART B: After the Storm, the Michigan Conference’s long-term disaster recovery affiliate, needs your help as they aid neighbors impacted by recent tornadoes that have devastated our state. Continue Reading Tornado recovery now underway in Portage, MI
Michigan churches help settle refugees
![Two men assembling furniture](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/mustard_seed_2.jpg)
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
Honoring our Native American heritage
![Native Americans taking a Native language class](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/native_heritage_TOP.jpg)
STEP 3: Here are eight suggestions for congregations, individuals, and families to celebrate and undergird our indigenous communities. Continue Reading Honoring our Native American heritage
Samaritan Counseling seeks well-being for all
![Counseling session](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/samaritan_TOP.jpg)
For Advocacy Day, the Michigan Conference is raising money for Samaritan Counseling Center, an EngageMI partner in ministry that provides mental health care for anyone in Metro Detroit.
Mission is a two-way street
![Paul Webster introducing Temba Nkomozepi](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/mujila_falls_TOP.jpg)
United Methodist missionary Temba Nkomozepi recently sat down with Rev. Alex Plum to talk about the work at Mujila Falls in Zambia and how he views mission as bidirectional.
Make your giving count the most
![Mother and child in Giving Tuesday ad](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/giving_tuesday_TOP.jpg)
On #GivingTuesday, November 28, focus on #BeUMC and give financially to mission and ministry projects supported by the Michigan Conference.
Honoring Native American heritage
![Native Americans taking a Native language class](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/native_heritage_TOP.jpg)
Here are 8 suggestions for congregations, individuals, and families to celebrate and undergird our indigenous communities.
Grand Rapids welcomes US-2s
![Two new US-2s serving in Grand Rapids](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/us2s_TOP.jpg)
Shanquel Askew and Karis Brown arrived in Michigan in August. They are settling in and serving at United Methodist Community House in Grand Rapids for the next two years.