Tag: Service
Being better friends and neighbors
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Ember St. Amour reflects on her campus ministry’s spring break trip and what she learned about slowing down and being present with those you serve.
Love is hard work
![Bishop washing the feet of a young person](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/feetwashing_TOP.jpg)
As we approach Holy Week, Rev. Haley Hansen illuminates the story of Jesus washing the disciples’ feet and asks what it means for us to follow his example.
Places where service and camping intersect
![Campers doing service work](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/louise_camp_TOP.jpg)
Lake Louise will host a spring Volunteer Service Weekend, April 26-28, and two new summer camp options that combine the best parts of a mission trip and a camp week.
Make a difference and serve at Lake Louise
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Church groups, families, and individuals are invited to Lake Louise Camp’s inaugural Make a Difference Day on April 29. You can also stay at the camp and join them for… Continue Reading Make a difference and serve at Lake Louise
Spring rally plants ‘mission’ in hearts
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The Michigan Conference is mobilizing a disaster kit rally during April to help replenish supplies for our long-time partner, Midwest Mission.
Volunteer Service Weekend at Lake Louise
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April 28-30 at Lake Louise Christian Community, Boyne Falls, MI, 231-549-2728 Individuals and groups are invited to connect and serve from Lake Louise Camp. Community projects are being organized for… Continue Reading Volunteer Service Weekend at Lake Louise
Our summer interns transform the world
![Serving in Detroit](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Interns-Motown-Mission-2021-2.jpg)
They are growing in faith by serving God’s people. The Summer Intern Program is an eight-week experience that places young adults in churches and non-profit sites around The Michigan Conference.
32 years of service with ASP
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Once again in 2021, volunteers from Rockford United Methodist Church participated in Appalachia Service Project. Their work with ASP made homes warmer, safer, and drier.
Deaconess ‘walks with’ young people
![Deaconess Amanda Mountain supervises these Motown volunteers](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Motown-volunteers-courtesy-Amanda-Mountain.jpg)
Deaconess Amanda Mountain discerned her gifts for ministry. Pentecost is a time when everyone can pause and do just that.
Serving faithfully for 200 years
![Relief during the 200 years of Methodist Mission](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1950-Taiwan-medical-program_edited-1.jpg)
Effective mission crosses boundaries. That’s a keynote of the new book, Methodist mission at 200. Readers are encouraged to carry Christ’s love into a third century.