The Rev. Julie Schneider-Thomas will be installed as bishop of the North/West Lower Michigan Synod on Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 4 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church in Grand Rapids (2700 Fulton Street E). Worship will include a volunteer choir and a reception will follow. Childcare will be available. All are welcome to attend and […]
The 2025 ELCA World Hunger Leadership Gathering will be held in Columbus, Ohio, September 18-21. This year’s event will center on Micah 6:8: “ has told you, O mortal, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?” […]
Visitation for the Rev. Dr. Michael Anton will be held on Friday, September 19th, 2025, at Grace Lutheran Church from 5:00pm-8:00pm (239 E. North St., Hastings, MI 49058). Additional visitation time will occur from 10:00am-11:00am on Saturday, September 20th, 2025, at the Hastings Performing Arts Center (HPAC) at Hastings High School (520 W. South St., Hastings, […]
Portico Benefits is offering workshops to help plan members and sponsoring organizations prepare for annual enrollment in October: Annual enrollment for sponsoring organizations is October 1-14, 2025. Annual enrollment for plan members begins in waves on October 20, 2025. All members and sponsoring organizations will be sent emails about their enrollment windows at the address […]
ELCA Stewardship Conference: Stewardship Kaleidoscope — New Orleans! In partnership with the Presbyterian Foundation of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the ELCA Stewardship and Generosity team is proud to present a three-day conference digging deeply into stewardship and generosity, using workshops and plenaries that highlight diverse and authoritative voices from across the Presbyterian Church, the ELCA […]
At the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, voting members overwhelmingly adopted a memorial addressing the sin and injustice of Indian Boarding Schools and the enduring trauma these institutions caused Native communities. As part of our church’s public commitment to truth-telling and healing, September 30—or a nearby Sunday—has been set aside as the National Day of Remembrance […]
Communication Survey for the North/West Lower Michigan Synod
