Demonstrate love through diversity

For La Nueva Esperanza UMC in Grand Rapids, Hispanic Heritage Month welcomes us all to widely incorporate global worship practices and choose to love in inclusion and peace as Jesus… Continue Reading Demonstrate love through diversity

Film features pastors DeLong and VanDessel

Leap of Faith, a new documentary featuring two Michigan United Methodist pastors, explores how we can disagree and still belong to each other in a divided world.

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

Douglas L. Pedersen

August 11. 1943 – December 5, 2023 Pastor Douglas Lyle Pedersen, 80, of Battle Creek, Michigan, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at home. He… Continue Reading Douglas L. Pedersen

‘It’s a match made in heaven’

Wyoming Park UMC lives into a new vision thanks to a partnership with Family Promise that has transformed the church into transitional housing.

Mary Lou Fassett

September 2, 1934 – November 1, 2023 Wife of Rev. Ronald M. Fassett, Mary Lou (Loomis) Fassett, age 89, passed away on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, under hospice care at… Continue Reading Mary Lou Fassett

Grand Rapids welcomes US-2s

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.

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.

Cornerstone votes to disaffiliate

Cornerstone Church, Michigan’s largest worshiping congregation, votes to leave the UMC and become nondenominational.

Move your love into action

How can your church be a blessing in your community? How is your church sharing the love of Jesus? Laura Witkowski tells how Lowell UMC had a simple idea and shared it widely. Continue Reading Move your love into action