NEW PHONE NUMBER 517-258-0038 | To care for UCC clergy and churches in Michigan.
NEW PHONE NUMBER 517-258-0038 | To care for UCC clergy and churches in Michigan.
Church News You Can Use
Aug 06, 2024
Are you and members from your local church coming to Vitality Day?
Saturday September 7, 2024 from 10am-3:00pm
Participate onsite (lunch included) or online through Zoom with livestream and chat commenting. Cost of registration includes a copy of the book Gone for Good.
Gone for Good will be the Book of the Month discussed on November 13, 2024 via Zoom
Want to know more about what’s happening this fall in the Michigan Conference UCC?
Jul 02, 2024
Call to Annual Meeting and more…
You can book and reserve lodging at Crystal Mountain.
• Call the Reservations Department at 1-855-520-2974 and reference group number 46L8YR
• Book online using this link Book Online Here
The group number and the dates of the event will automatically populate.
Arrival and departure dates may be altered as needed
Jun 05, 2024
Recaps of our recent visit from German Ministry Partner Dr. Gerrit H Marx and Clergy Retreat, a recording of a recent webinar about Solar Panels for Churches, Antiracism Training, Regional Youth Event, and great local church stories about two churches under one roof and steeple removal.
Apr 30, 2024
Apr 02, 2024
Mar 05, 2024
Pastor Support Survey results confirmed that our pastors need and are interested in connecting for renewal, learning, wellness, and support.
Clergy Care Groups (CCG’s) are one of the ways that the Michigan Conference will address this need. These groups will be relational and may be formed as affinity groups with a focus, or as general gatherings geographically. An email will be sent directly to pastors and clergy for Group Registration. Group topics, days, times, and locations will be chosen by facilitators and listed for Registration. Space will be limited, and groups will require at least 5-6 group members to begin. Please sign up as soon as possible if you are interested in being part of a group. As space allows, we will invite our colleagues from the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Michigan Region.
Proposed groups currently being formed by facilitators are; Spiritual Deepening, Spiritual Issues in Retirement, New Clergy Mentoring, Preaching Workshop, Health and Wellness, Rural Progressive Presence, Mindfulness, Peer Support, Chaplains, Engagement in Retirement, Circle of Friends, Senior Pastors of Multi-staff Churches, MIDs, Multigenerational Ministry, Clergy Cafe and more.
If you are already part of an existing support group that you would like to have listed for others to join, if you would like to facilitate a new CCG group, or if you have other ideas for clergy care, contact Rev. Cheryl Burke, Associate Conference Minister of Clergy Care and Formation, cheryl@michucc.org 517-292-3102
Pastors, be on the lookout for an email coming soon.
Groups will being in April.
Feb 06, 2024
During the month of January, Conference Staff asked Michigan Conference Pastors to share priorities and strategies for how the Conference can help to equip, encourage, empower, and connect them in ministry.
The most common areas of interest were:
LGBTQIA+ (42%)
Multi-generational Ministry (36%)
Worship Resources (34%)
Racial Consciousness/Antiracism (34%)
Centering Prayer/Spiritual Practices (34%)
Part Time Ministry (32%)
Chaplaincy and Alternative Building Use were also mentioned frequently.
As email was the most common preferred method of communication (73%), we will continue to share information in the Newsletter via email, and reach out directly as more specific opportunities are created for Pastoral Support in 2024.
Jan 02, 2024
Over the last year and a half of visiting local UCC churches in Michigan the Conference Ministerial Staff Team is convinced that our 2024 priority must be the care of our pastors. We are reorganizing our staff so that our new Associate Conference Minister Lawrence Richardson can recruit clergy for Michigan churches through Search and Call, and our long term Associate Conference Minister Cheryl Burke will focus her wisdom and experience in the area of caring for the ministers and MIDs we already have. We are starting this process by asking pastors what they need through this short survey?
Dec 06, 2023
Oct 31, 2023
Recordings of the in-person 2023 Annual Meeting can be watched from the playlist on the Michigan Conference YouTube Channel
Please share your feedback about the 2023 Annual Meeting HERE
Our first in-person Annual Meeting since 2019 was a SUCCESS!!!
151 registered participants, plus children, youth, and volunteers were present at the in-person Annual Meeting of the Michigan Conference UCC.
Fun and fellowship took place on Friday Night 10/27 at the Drury Inn & Suites where the agenda was simply to BE with one another.
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