Category: Leadership
Coleman: Faith is Honored
The Wayne C. Barrett Steward Leader Award was established by action of the Board of Directors of the United Methodist Foundation of Michigan upon Dr. Barrett’s retirement as President and Executive Director. The purpose of this award is to honor up to six United Methodist congregations across the Michigan Area for their exemplary stewardship ministry and… Continue Reading Coleman: Faith is Honored
Dinner Church at Arenac: Christ
Immediately after obtaining the Dinner Church Booklets distributed at our first D zone organizational meeting in August, we at Arenac Christ UMC encouraged all small groups and our adult Sunday School class to begin studying the book together. By October we launched a small church adapted version of dinner church that we believed best fit… Continue Reading Dinner Church at Arenac: Christ
Confirmation Network
“United Methodist leaders often speak of the denomination as “the connection.” This concept has been central to Methodism from its beginning. Methodism’s founder, John Wesley, recognized the need for an organized system of communication and accountability and developed what he called the “connexion,” a network of classes, societies, and annual conferences.” UMC.org, Organization: The Church… Continue Reading Confirmation Network
DZone 1 Worship at Bay Shore Camp
During this Memorial Day Weekend – we held our Last DZONE 1 Sunday Worship Service for the summer at Bay Shore Camp & Family Ministry. Thank you Jeff Parsons, Director of Bay Shore for allowing us to be a part of this Sunday Worship Service. It was wonderful to see the children and young adults… Continue Reading DZone 1 Worship at Bay Shore Camp
Mission u 2019
Can you believe that another year has flown by! Mission u 2019 is filled with incredible dynamic speakers and interesting topics. This is an event you won’t want to miss. Download the registration flyer with all of the information; locations, times and studies. Sign up early so you will be sure to save your spot!… Continue Reading Mission u 2019
Native American Pastor Shares
Rev. Carmen Cook hopes the church will become more inclusive in embracing worship styles of other cultures, including Native American. “We don’t need to make all people white. That’s an insult,” she observes. “If we respect our different cultures and practice loving each other for who we are, that would take us a long way,”… Continue Reading Native American Pastor Shares
Website Checkup
Thou Shalt Have a Website. District Superintendent, Reverend David Kim has a goal: 100% of Central Bay District churches will have a functional website by District Conference on October 19, 2019. Currently more than half of the district churches do not. Where does your church stand? Cast a wider net. Get discovered by a broader… Continue Reading Website Checkup
Let’s Do Lunch!
We are looking for a few good men, or women, or young adults, or youth, or children, or…well, YOU! We are looking for you. June 24 we will be serving lunch to the many volunteers of One Week One Street, in the city of Saginaw. Would you like to help us prepare, transport, set up… Continue Reading Let’s Do Lunch!
Meet Your EngageMI Ambassadors
There have been questions regarding the new EngageMI program and these people are knowledgeable and ready to answer questions and meet with those mission people in the churches who would like that. Please feel free to suggest these ambassadors to those that need help in understanding and reporting the Learn, Give, Act program for 2019. … Continue Reading Meet Your EngageMI Ambassadors
Children’s Ministry Gatherings
Join other children’s ministry leaders and network, share ideas and ask questions in a casual setting. All meetings begin at 6:30 pm. Light refreshments provided. RSVP to [email protected] if you or your team plan to attend. May 7th – Cass City UMC June 12th – Rosebush UMC Sept ? – West Branch First