So many times, we focus on the sorrows in our lives instead of the joys. I do this often when I write because it is from the sorrows that we are often drawn closer to … Read More
Progress, We’re Making Progress!!!
I wanted to let folks know the group of folks working on the “Church Unique” process is making progress. We have written a new mission/vision statement, and will soon have our core values established, too. … Read More
Grace’s Weekly Devotional – “Gone Amok”
Have you ever seen someone who has “gone amok”? As a nurse, I have. One time, I had passed the meds for 6PM and was starting the paperwork when a patient I had just given meds … Read More
Weekly Devotional – A New Year’s Resolution
A NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION 2020 is here. A time for new beginnings. People are making resolutions. They promise themselves that they will do better, they will eat better, exercise, lose weight, clean out the unused … Read More
Message from Rev. Don Gotham
And the Band Played On… I recall how my brother read a book titled, “And the Band Played On,” when we were in our later years of elementary school. Some of you might have read the … Read More
Grace’s Weekly Devotional – Christmas through the eyes of a child
This was not your typical Christmas in Michigan. There was no snow, it was warm out and cloudy. We are accustomed to a snowy, cold, Christmas. When our children were little, we had been to the … Read More
Message from Rev. Don Gotham
At our Tuesday staff meeting, I shared with the staff the story of a mayor who had experienced great success in re-making his city. Crime drastically decreased during his term. The murder rates tumbled, and the town … Read More
Waiting – Grace’s Weekly Devotional
Once again, we are waiting for Christmas. We wait for the birth of the Christ child and the praise and singing and adoration for the birth of a savior. We wait patiently. I had some practice … Read More
God’s Country Cooperative Parish – A Together in Missions Message
The God’s Country Cooperative Parish is in the eastern part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It covers a 2500 square mile area from Engadine near Lake Michigan, up to Paradise at Whitefish Bay, to … Read More
The NOAH Project – A Together In Missions Message
One of the programs supported by your Missions Committee is the NOAH Project. Through the years you have welcomed speakers from their Detroit mission, you have gathered together, winter coats, scarves and missions, you have … Read More