2015 Synod Assembly: We Are Church
Posted: June 13, 2015By Dan and Jennifer Digmann We thought it was odd when Bishop Craig Satterlee encouraged us to bring a hat to wear during the final worship service of the […]
Read more →Stop Doing Ministry to Young People
Posted: June 3, 2015By Tom Schmidt I don’t like having things done to me. Like my dentist who wants to drill into my teeth with the most annoying sounding drill ever created. […]
Read more →Abounding Faith, part 1
Posted: May 26, 2015By Sue Sprang WYOMING, MI – I recently spent part of a day with our synod’s Sudanese mission congregation at Christ Lutheran Church, Wyoming. It was a rich, deeply moving […]
Read more →Faith Practices and Stewardship
Posted:Great article reproductions from The Lutheran. The format for print out is a bit odd – but it works! View and download the booklet
Read more →Wind, fire move through assembly
Posted: May 25, 2015By Sue Sprang LANSING – Under the banner “We Are Church”, attendees of the 2015 North/West Lower Michigan Synod Assembly were wrapped in the intense movement of the Holy Spirit […]
Read more →Want millennials back in the pews? Stop trying to make church ‘cool.’
Posted: May 10, 2015By Rachel Held Evans Bass reverberates through the auditorium floor as a heavily bearded worship leader pauses to invite the congregation, bathed in the light of two giant screens, to […]
Read more →Queen on a mission
Posted:By Sue Sprang MOUNT PLEASANT – Amy Henderson was raised in Shepherd, MI, and was the community’s 2012 Maple Syrup Festival queen. But for those who think small town […]
Read more →Bringing it on home
Posted: May 3, 2015By Sue Sprang RHODES – He’s been a school bus driver, police and seafarers’ chaplain, parole officer, and bartender – for starters. He is a biker, a musician who has […]
Read more →Community garden “repurposed”
Posted:By Sue Sprang BATTLE CREEK – Members of Trinity Lutheran Church, Battle Creek, came up with the plan of creating a community garden in the church’s neighborhood. Although there […]
Read more →Seven Reasons Some Church Members Don’t Want Their Churches to Grow
Posted: May 2, 2015By Thom Rainer It is highly unusual to hear church members say that they don’t desire their churches to be obedient to the Great Commission. Indeed, it is common […]
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