517-258-0038 | To care for UCC clergy and churches in Michigan.
517-258-0038 | To care for UCC clergy and churches in Michigan.
Designed around the 2026 Mitten Project Advent Resource books, All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings and Children’s Edition All Creation Waits, this content supports local churches and local church leaders with weekly liturgy for call to worship, candle lighting, Message for All Ages, scripture, engagement activities, benediction and music suggestions.
The ultimate goal is that you are able to use these resources to explore intergenerational worship and hopefully incorporate children ages 0-12 in worship and prayer during the season of Advent… BUT even if you don’t regularly have children who attend worship, every week integrates sanctuary worship with low-prep, high-engagement activities tailored for worshippers of all ages.
Download the pdf resource HERE
The Michigan Conference has received a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. for $1,250,000.00 for the Michigan Conference Mitten Project: Knitting together children and adults in worship and prayer.
The future of the church depends on passing traditions down through generations and innovating to make traditions relevant in each new generation. Faith is caught as well as taught, and the Michigan Conference UCC is committed to using this funding for ongoing support in local churches to nurture and encourage multigenerational worship and prayer practices. To strengthen the future of our local churches, this 5-year program will invite congregations to engage children in worship, so that all of us, in each generation, can leave church more deeply connected with the spiritual and ready to find the sacred in our everyday lives.
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