July 1-2 - General Assembly--Milwaukee, WI (Ruth-Aimée and Chip) July 4 & 5 - Preach at First Pontiac (MI) (Chip) July 5 - Preaching, United Presbyterian Church, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (Ruth-Aimée) July 9 - Attend Pastoral Leadership Conference Planning (Muskingum University, OH) (Ruth-Aimée and Chip) July 9-13 - Covenant Gathering, Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH (Ruth-Aimée) July 10-12 - Attend 30th Anniversary Celebration between Miami Valley Presbytery and the Presbytery of

Our Synod wants to invite our Black leaders in the state of Michigan to a time away to renew, refresh, and fellowship. Over the years, the leaders of our African American churches have served with imagination, creativity, and determination. The Synod recognizes the need to come together, recharge batteries, and engage in relentless community with one another. If you are a leader in your congregation, pastor, serving on session, ruling elder, or deacon, we invite you to consid

Many who are reading this have likely had a retreat or a camp experience that they would describe as a spiritual “mountain top” event. An event wherein your faith is enlivened and deepened, or even – to use a word we Presbyterians are sometimes a bit afraid of – you have a mystical encounter with God that leaves your faith, your relationship with God, forever changed and enriched. Words often fail us here. Not because they cannot describe the experience, but because they can

We are happy to share that we launched the Racial Justice Speaking Series with Rev. Dr. Lis Valle-Ruiz facilitating a conversation on the Intersection of Art, Gender, and Racial Justice during the month of April. Our second speaker was the Rev. Dr. Alexandra Zareth, with the topic of Effects of historic generational trauma because of systemic racism during the month of June. Our upcoming conversation will be led by Rev. Dr. Alonzo Johnson, Director of the Office of Self Devel