What I Learned About Hospitality From Disney!
Posted: April 15, 2015By Pastor Matt Titus So, as many of y’all know, my family and I went to Disney World last month. It was a great vacation and we toured all […]
Read more →Advent meets Guatemala: a vision, part 2
Posted: April 1, 2015Aviento cumple Guatemala: un visión, parte 2 (Advent meets Guatemala: a vision, part 2) By Sue Sprang LAKE ANN/GUATEMALA – In part one of this two-part article, readers were […]
Read more →Rotary spurred to action by LWR and ERD
Posted:By Sue Sprang ELK RAPIDS/HAITI – Elk Rapids may be a village tucked into Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula, but there is no lack of “reaching beyond” for the members […]
Read more →Shut up and learn
Posted: March 22, 2015By Carol Howard Merritt At a meeting of ecumenical leaders working on church planting and evangelism, I noticed that the room collectively leaned in and listened carefully whenever the […]
Read more →Advent meets Guatemala: A vision, part 1
Posted: March 16, 2015By Sue Sprang LAKE ANN – It’s roughly 3,000 miles from Lake Ann, Michigan to San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala. But distance is no barrier for members and friends of Advent, […]
Read more →Food of Faith
Posted:By Sue Sprang BAY CITY – The Food of Faith program on Bay City’s west side began 12 years ago at the onset of Lent. Messiah Lutheran and other […]
Read more →Reflections on My First Year
Posted: March 11, 2015By Pastor David Sprang As I write this essay, I am reflecting on my first year as Assistant to the Bishop and Director of Evangelical Mission for the North/West Lower […]
Read more →The congregation that could
Posted: March 5, 2015By Sue Sprang MT. PLEASANT – Empowered by the Holy Spirit, shepherded by their pastor, and determined to “be Christ” in the community, Immanuel Lutheran congregation, Mt. Pleasant has become […]
Read more →Ashes to go
Posted:By Sue Sprang LAKE ANN/TRAVERSE CITY – On Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, Advent Lutheran Church, St. Ann, brought Jesus to the “heart of the city” with the imposition of ashes. […]
Read more →Heeding the tug
Posted: March 3, 2015By Sue Sprang AU GRES – First call pastor Rheanna Goodrich considers herself “a denominational mutt”. Born in Havre, Montana, Goodrich was baptized in her mother’s faith tradition, the Lutheran […]
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