Pastor Receives Emgage Action Ambassador Award
Posted: October 26, 2020By Sue Sprang EAST LANSING – On Sept. 20, Pastor Gary Bunge and University Lutheran Church, East Lansing, received an award of acknowledgement and appreciation. Bunge explained what the award […]
Read more →Ramping Up to Meet the Need
Posted: April 27, 2020By Sue Sprang GLADWIN – Once it became clear that the current COVID-19 epidemic was going to be a situation with critical ramifications, the Gladwin-Beaverton County Food Distribution group took […]
Read more →The Communication-Mission Connection
Posted: April 1, 2020By Sue Sprang SYNOD – In today’s world, it is imperative that congregations use the web/social media to their advantage. With paper communication giving way to more electronic and technical […]
Read more →Every Bit Helps
Posted: November 7, 2019By Sue Sprang FREELAND – Thanks to the Bertha H. Wilson Fund Endowment, which provides grants to Saginaw-area churches, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Freeland has been able to build on […]
Read more →Trapp Grants Assist Northern Congregations
Posted: June 3, 2019By Sue Sprang SYNOD – Nine congregations recently benefited from grants received from the North/West Lower Michigan Synod’s Trapp Endowment Fund. The Trapp family gifted the synod with the funds […]
Read more →10,000 books…and counting
Posted: April 30, 2018By Sue Sprang JACKSON – One of Lutheranism’s strengths is the value placed on meeting human need – not just spiritual fulfillment, but physical needs, education, mental and emotional health, […]
Read more →It’s Katrina’s Fault
Posted: January 7, 2018MIDLAND – It’s Katrina’s fault. It began twelve years ago with members of Trinity Lutheran Church, Midland, joining other folks to help make sense of the wide path of destruction […]
Read more →A Day Camp Story
Posted: July 10, 2017By Sue Sprang NEW ERA – The pastor and members of Trinity Lutheran Church, New Era, didn’t allow the demise of their Vacation Bible School program keep them from reaching […]
Read more →One dinosaur and a food truck
Posted: April 9, 2017By Sue Sprang GLADWIN – Cold January morning. Check. Food truck. Check. Volunteers. Check. Dinosaur. Check. Wait! What? There’s a dinosaur? Yep! You’ve got to admit, it’s not every day […]
Read more →It is what it is
Posted: March 6, 2017By Sue Sprang It is what it is… or is it? It seems a currently common phrase is: “It is what it is”. And sometimes that’s the way it has […]
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