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Detroit Annual Conference Held at Adrian College
To view all the news, photos, and videos from the 2011 Detroit Annual Conference session, please visit www.detroitconference.org/annualsession. The page is an excellent resource for those preparing reports to their local churches in the coming weeks.
Carey Named Superintendent for
New Detroit Metropolitan Area District
Michigan Area Bishop Jonathan D. Keaton has announced that the Rev. Melanie L. 
Carey, lead pastor at Ypsilanti: First United Methodist Church, has been appointed to serve as a district superintendent in the Detroit Conference. Carey will be assigned to the newly formed - Read more . . .
Denman Award Nominations sought
Nominations for candidates for the 2011 
Harry Denman Award are being sought by the Detroit Annual Conference.
Begun in 1981 to honor United Methodist clergy and lay persons Read more . . .
Dive In! ccym fall rally 2010
The Detroit Conference on Youth Ministries (CCYM) is planning their Fall Rally on November 13 at the Flint Calvary UMC, 2111 Flushing Road in Flint. Plans call for a great event including food, games, worship, fellowship and fun. Cost is $5 per youth if you register before November 10 and $8 per youth at the door. Anyone with questions abou the program are asked to contact the Rev. Tom Anderson, 7059 W. Houghton Lake Drive, Houghton Lake, MI 48629. His telephone number is (989) 422-5622 or by e-mail Anderson810@gmail.com. Other events planned include an April 6, 2011 Confirmands Rally at Albion College and July 27-31, 2011 Conference Youth Assembly at Adrian College.
DAC calls for nominations for jurisdictional and general conference
The time has come to nominate clergy and lay persons to serve as delegates to the 2012 General and Jurisdictional Conferences. The election of delegates will occur at the Detroit Annual Conference in May 2011. To appear in the list of nominees to be published prior to conference, nominations must be received by January 15, 2011.
We stand at a critical point in the life of The United Methodist Church. Read more . . .
Central UMC VIM Team
Joins Forces with
Biloxi UMC in GeorgiaThere is a phrase in an old gospel hymn
which says, “The rains came down and the floods came up”. This is exactly what happened in September of 2009 in northern Georgia. In a twenty-four hour period over twenty inches of rain fell resulting in what Georgians are calling the 500 year flood . . . read more5000 Touches -
To Serve, Not to be Served“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations…” Matt. 28: 19
At Trinity UMC in Lansing, we are learning what Jesus meant and how we can obey His command. Blessings were flowing in all directions on Sunday, May 16 as we gave away 30,000 cookies throughout our community. To neighbors, to friends, to family, to employees in local businesses, to total strangers, to anyone we met, we gave a plate of chocolate chip cookies . . . . read moreEnjoy a Free Lunch with MARC
Yes, there really is a FREE LUNCH! Come visit the Michigan Area Resource Center, your media resource lending library, located at the West Michigan Conference Office. See what’s available, pop in a resource for preview, then reserve materials for that upcoming adult class, youth group meeting, stewardship campaign, etc….. all while enjoying a tasty lunch, provided by Betsy Weems, your MARC Director! Contact Betsy to set up a time at marc@wmcumc.org, 888-217-1905, or on-line at www.marc-web.org. She’d love to hear from you!
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Doing good A grace filled approach to holiness Adrian College’s Chaplain and part-time profes
Retired Clergy and Spouses Gathering in Florida All Michgian area retired clergy and spouses, and surviving spouses, livining, or passing through Florida during the month of January, 2011 are invited to an annual get-together on Thursday, January 27 at the First United Methodist Church, 72 Lake Morton Drive in Lakeland, Florida. The gathering will begin at 10:30 a.m. with fellowship followed by lunch and a program. The cost is $10 per person. Checks should be made payable to Marlene Johns, Registrar. Reservations and a check should be mailed to her at 3127 Heather Glynn Drive, Mulberry, FL 33860. Reservations should be made before January 15, 2011, For more information, please call (863)425-9691. Jamaican Mission Team Returns to Rain Forest Churches Restoration
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MISSION SCHOOL OF THE NORTH, October 18-19
The annual Mission School of the North will take place at the Gaylord United Methodist Church on October 18-19, 2010. The Detroit and West Michigan Conferences along with the Conference Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church cordially invite you to participate in FAITH, HOPE, LOVE in ACTION; Colossians 1:3-6. A study, fellowship and worship experience . . . read more
Adrian College presents Dr. Robert Jewett Oct. 4
The Adrian College Department of Philosophy and Religion and the Office of the Chaplain will present Professor Robert Jewett, Phd in a lecture that will discuss the shape and implications of the superheroic myth system . . . read more
Old Rugged Cross Church looking for pews
The Old Rugged Cross Foundation (ORCF) needs help with some detective work.
“We are looking for more of the original pews from The Old Rugged Cross Church,” said Robert Shaffer, ORCF president. “We currently have two original pews, and hope to locate more before we have new, replica pews made.”
Shaffer said that in the late 1800’s, the Old Rugged Cross Church . . . read more
WHAT IS THE BEST SECRET IN WEST MICHIGAN CONFERENCE?
by Linda Darrow, Conference United Methodist Women Communications Coordinator
The answer IS: West Michigan Conference School of Christian Mission, held every July at Albion College. WHAT is the question? What is the best kept
secret in the West Michigan Conference? Those who attend regularly or for the first time want this "secret" to be a secret ...... read more
SUPER SUNDAY OFFERS FREE LEADERSHIP TRAINING
Super Su
nday, a free, open to the public, leadership training event sponsored by the Lansing District of the United Methodist Church will be held on Sunday, November 14, 2010 from 2:30-5:00 P.M. at Mount Hope United Methodist Church at the corner of Cedar and Mount . . . .read more
Children’s Lemonade Stand Revolution Supports Cass Community Social Services
Kids love setting up and hosting lemonade stands and the children of First Un
ited Methodist Church in Birmingham, Michigan took it a step farther to start the Lemonade Stand Revolution. In 2009, during Vacation Bible School, the children of First United Methodist Church in Birmingham raised over . . . .read more
First-Ever Spanish Language Lay Speaking Classes Held in the Detroit Annual Conference
On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came down and filled the Apostles and it gave them the available to speak in different languages so that the people of the crowd that were from different nations could hear the message of God in their, , , , read more
West Michigan youth home from Berlin as the "now" of the church
Join Bishop Keaton as He Travels to the Holy Land
There are now over 50 individuals from across the Michigan area planning to travel together in February 2011 as Bishop Keaton leads a group to the Holy Land. This 10-day trip (depature date is February 8th), through Educational Opportunities, contains time in Tiberius and the Galilee region, Jerusalem and Bethlehem, as well as . . . read more
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