Tag: Glenn M. Wagner
Tuned to the tensions of faith
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Retired pastor Glenn Wagner shares important lessons learned through an heirloom player piano about living faithfully with life’s tensions.
Holland churches launch a dream
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Construction may be two years away, but two affordable apartment buildings on 10th Street in Holland, MI, are on the drawing board thanks to First United Methodist and Hope churches.
S. Africa’s Bishop Storey visits Michigan
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Bishop Peter Storey, one of the world’s significant Christian leaders, encouraged efforts to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world during a recent visit in Michigan.
MI educators learned during COVID
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Three Michigan educators describe how their teaching was disrupted when the coronavirus came to class in the spring of 2020.
For such a time as this
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Glenn Wagner introduces us to five people from the Bible whose faith offers guidance for our personal response in a time such as this.
A personal “Aha!” epiphany
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The Rev. Glenn Wagner reflects on the history of epiphany, the Christian season of Epiphany, and a personal epiphany that has made a difference in his life.
Doug Wingeier, beacon for Jesus
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Glenn Wagner expresses his gratitude for “persons who live as beacons for God’s love.” Meet a man who lives out Christ’s instructions in Matthew 5:16, Dr. Douglas Wingeier.
200 years of faithfulness in Mount Clemens
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Michigan was not yet a state when First Methodist Church in Mount Clemens was founded. Today they celebrate 200 years of making disciples and transforming the world.
Sending ‘God’s money’ to school
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In 2021, gifts from the Endowment Fund of Vicksburg United Methodist Church provided $30,000 in scholarships and an additional $16,000 for school supplies for village scholars.
Being better at church business
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Glenn Wagner offers ideas from scripture and from experience about how to help churches with the business details of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.