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Tag: Laity

Take hold of each moment

Members of a choir holding hands

Denny Wissinger, the Michigan Conference’s Co-Lay Leader, invites us to embrace the season of Advent as an opportunity to be present as expectant people awaiting Christ’s coming.

Getting to the heart of Advent

Christmas wreath hangs on a door

Taylorie Bailey, the Michigan Conference’s Co-Lay Leader, challenges us to spend as much time preparing spiritually as checking off our to-do lists.

Michigan’s ‘Odd Couple’

Lay Leaders

Taylorie Bailey and Denny Wissinger, the new Co-Lay Leaders of the Michigan Conference, are ready to equip the laity of the annual conference for ministry and mission.

Dare to shift and look for the new

Sun shining through trees in autumn

Laity Sunday is October 20, and Ken Dowell encourages churches to celebrate the ministry of laity and watch for the new things God is preparing us for.

‘It is your time to soar’

Eagle flying

Dawn Levey, Central Bay District Co-Lay Leader, encourages recent graduates to trust God as they step into a time of change and growth and invites the Michigan Conference to do… Continue Reading ‘It is your time to soar’

AC orientation for lay members

People voting at Annual Conference

An Annual Conference orientation for laity will be held via Zoom on May 16 and 18. First-time participants and those needing a refresher are welcome.

Three men share what home missioners do

Bill and Michelle White from 5Loaves2Fish Northern Michigan

STEP FIVE: Bill White, co-founder of 5Loaves2Fish Northern Michigan, is one of three home missioners featured in an online event about this ministry path for laity. Continue Reading Three men share what home missioners do

Laity see ‘resurrection energy’

Zoom conversation

In this third article exploring the future of the church, leading laity point to signs of rebirth within The United Methodist Church in Michigan and beyond.

Annual Conference set for May 30 to June 1

Voting at AC

The theme and the keynote speaker for the 2024 Michigan Annual Conference have been announced, along with important reminders for lay members.

Seeing the local church as a business

Line from dictionary

Rick Gregg, Northern Skies Co-District Lay Leader, uses the metaphor of the church as a business and explains why he’s proud to be a shareholder in the greatest business going.

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