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From the February 12th Bi-Weekly Brief:

Friends,

One thing of which I am sure is this. We can care for each other, reach out to one another, lift up other pastors and congregations in prayer if we are more aware of what is happening in the lives of other congregations. Starting in about a month we will be using the Bi-Weekly Brief for yet another purpose.  In each edition of the Brief we will highlight two of our congregations. We will try to provide you enough information about each week to allow you to pray for this congregation in meaningful ways.  I would ask that you include the prayer congregation of the week in your bulletin and mention it in the prayers of the people. The prayers of the faithful are a powerful tool.

We will not list the congregations in any sort of alphabetic or area order, choosing rather to let our interest spread over the entire presbytery. It would be a very great help if you would send Staci Percy ( ) a paragraph or two about something your congregation is doing, or some particular prayer concern we can share with the presbytery.

Please help us as we undertake another way to express our care and concern for one another.

Grace and peace,

 

Jim Browne

Interim General Presbyter

 

Saginaw-Second (featured in the December 17th Bi-Weekly Brief)

20^th Annual Turkey Bowl at Second Presbyterian Church

Second Presbyterian Church in Saginaw played its 20^th annual Turkey Bowl on Thanksgiving morning.  Every year football enthusiasts join in playing flag football no matter what the weather.  We’ve played in rain, snow, wind, and even sunny weather.  Anyone age 13 and up is always invited – a great way to get some folks out of the house when serious Thanksgiving Day meal preparation is underway, and a great way to have some fun and fellowship! 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Deckerville-First (featured in the November 26th Bi-Weekly Brief)

First Presbyterian Church of Deckerville and several Sanilac county area churches have started a food ministry. We have a food truck that comes the second Saturday of every month to serve the community and surrounding areas. We have been blessed with willing volunteers who come and help sort and distribute the food. On an average we are serving 200 plus families a month. 

This ministry has been a blessing not only to the community but to the individuals who come and volunteer their time working together to serve a need in our community.

  

 

  

  

  

 

Thumb Area Churches Host Mission To The USA Guest, Fay Amin (featured in the November 25th Bi-Weekly Brief)

The Thumb Churches have successfully hosted Mr. Fady Amin, through the Synod of the Covenant’s program, Mission to the USA.  Each of the churches contributed to the costs and planning of Mr Amin’s visit.  

While in the Thumb, Mr. Amin made more than 35 presentation, in our churches, in a middle school, two high schools, and at Alma College and Saginaw Valley State University.  He was interviewed by three newspapers and a radio station.  He spoke at the presbytery's Elder Training event held at Bay City-First.

Fady Amin spoke to the persecution of Christians in Iraq, to his own experiences as now a refugee and immigrant to the US.  He also presented information on the current tragic and desperate plight of Christians in the greater Mosul/Ninevh area in northern Iraq.  He assisted in several mission projects of the Thumb including Food Truck Give-away, Back Pack Program, and a Food Kitchen.

Mr Amin said he felt very much a partner with the Thumb Churches working together.  In his final presentation at the Synod Assembly, he highlighted his pleasure at helping the Thumb Churches to continue working together.  He suggested that the Thumb Group might be an example to other clusters of churches in both general mission as well as potentially hosting future Mission to the USA visitors.

Here are links to presentations that Fady gave. (They were PowerPoint presentations that have been converted to PDFs so that all anyone can view them. Please note though that these are still rather large documents and may take a few minutes to download.)

Fady's Briefing

Fady's Iraq Presentaion 

 

 

  

  

 

 

 

Grand Blanc-Kirkridge (featured in the November 12th Bi-Weekly Brief)

Each of the last three years. Kirkridge has converted their prayer path into a "Spooky Trail" as part of the All Saints Eve festivities. Unlike most "Haunted" haunts, this one is geared to younger children and the "spooks" are aware of each age group as they come through. The trail is approximately an eighth mile and is decorated with black lights, strobes, giant spider webs, fog machines, grave stones, and bones. It is inhabited by various adults and youth who act as spooks. This year a cub scout Webloes den helped out for our church party on Saturday 10/25, then our scout troop and the den reprised the roles for several cub packs on the 28th. Between the two events, almost 150 children were treated to the tricks of the trail, Halloween games, trunk or treat, and refreshments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Croswell-First (featured in the October 15th Bi-Weekly Brief)

This past weekend the Croswell Presbyterians participated in two highly successful and meaningful ministries to our community. 

On Friday we headed up the community effort of Coats For Kids.  The Presbyterians chaired and shepherded the collection of winter coats suitable for immediate wear.  The emphasis was upon coats for elementary and pre-school children in the Croswell and Lexington School District though coats were received suitable to high school and adult.

Of the 380 coats donated, approximately one third were brand new with store tags still attached.  In addition to the coats, tables full of scarves, hats, mittens and other winter gear were also donated.  At the free distribution, 250 coats were given away, including all of the youngest sizes.  (Some of the youngest sizes were reserved and given to the Pre-School and Kindergarten school for future need.  In addition donated funds were used to purchase snow pants which were also given to the pre-school and kindergarten directly.)  Coats not given away were donated to the Sandusky program to supplement their collections.  Uncounted in the above, coats needing significant repairs were donated to the Salvation Army for their work/repair program.  No donations were left unused.

Then on Sunday, the Croswell Congregation brought their Brown Bag offering to the church.  Families had been given brown shopping bags the week before and asked to fill them with foods stuffs to be donated to the communities emergency food bank.  The generosity of the congregational family was demonstrated in the 48 bags overflowing with goods, and the 12 cases of canned goods, pastas, sugars and other cooking supplements.  The donations and offerings were all placed before the communion table on the chancel and were dedicated to their use as part of the Sunday offerings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Mt. Pleasant-First (featured in the October 1st Bi-Weekly Brief)

First Presbyterian, Mt. Pleasant was awarded a Presbyterian Mariners Family Ministry Grant from the PC(USA) this past spring. The funded project provides the tools and supplies needed for families to celebrate the seasons of the liturgical year in their homes. Families with children are provided “kits” that include ways of carrying this focus into their homes, making a stronger connection between church and home. 

As summer approached and, along with it, Ordinary Time, the Discipleship and Spiritual Formation Team of our congregation began to think about how to make connections throughout the summer months when worship attendance is less consistent. As a part of the conversation, the concept of “Flat Stanley” emerged. You may know this name from the children’s book and the connected character, cut from paper, who is decorated and travels the world, getting his picture taken by family members who are on adventures or who live far away from the particular classroom from which the assignment emerged. In some cases the photos are posted on a bulletin board at the school.

We took the idea and ran with it. We decided to create something that all families of the church could take with them as they worshipped elsewhere or as they took side trips and vacations away from their church families in the summer months. But since Flat Stanley didn’t really fit the bill and Ordinary Time did not conjure up a particular symbol that helped us in our visioning, we went to the children.

Kids in a couple of our Sunday School classes were asked about a symbol that might remind them of their church home while they were away. You can imagine the responses! Eventually, though, two rose to the top, our steeple which can be seen throughout much of our city, and our pastor’s bowtie (Andrew Miller is never seen wearing a long tie!). Now we had something to work with.

Deciding that a bowtie would be something people could easily use in a photo, we found simple instructions for an origami bow tie and made several out of colorful scrapbook paper. They were even adorned with stickers of the church’s seal (which incorporates the PCUSA seal) on the “knot” so that families could share the story of the congregation as they used their bowtie.

Throughout the summer, photos of families “wearing” their bowties were posted to the church’s Facebook group or emailed in so that we could print them for our bulletin board, include them in our weekly PowerPoint, and in the weekly newsletter. Throughout the project, over 30 pictures were received from places such as Alaska, the Badlands, Kansas, Alabama, the Grand Canyon, Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes, and the PC(USA) General Assembly in Detroit!

Our congregation had a great time keeping track of the members of our family as they made their way across the state and the country this summer and those of us taking the pictures were able to share about our church and the purpose for our fun photos. 

We even started a blog! If you’d like to hear more about the ways we are using this grant money with families, please join our journey at www.theliturgicalfamily.weebly.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flint-Trinity United (featured in the June 25th Bi-Weekly Brief)

Trinity United Presbyterian Church (USA) in Flint is a unique congregation with a unique story. We were three congregations which merged together to become one in 2008. In 2011 Desiree Lawson was called to be the new congregation’s first installed pastor. Trinity United is the first merged congregation in the Presbytery of Lake Huron. We are a multi-ethnic, multicultural and multigenerational community. We believe we are a reflection of the rich diversity of God’s people.

One of the many brave steps the congregations made in coming together was placing each of their three buildings up for sale. The raising and maintaining of a new structure has been our biggest challenge. We continue to come together and build community in ways we had not imagined. The challenge has inspired us and strengthened us. We ask your prayers as we continue to make headway in gaining financial stability. With that said, it has become clear to us that our story is not about the building. Our story is about the people of God and God’s plan for reconciliation among the nations. It is about people who understood that the church is not the building—it is the people of God!

Flint, Michigan has been in the top ten of the most violent cities now for over a decade. With the collapse of the auto industry, it has been economically hard hit and in some areas devastated. Trinity United wants to be a place that matters to its community and prayerfully sought God for ways in which we might address some of the issues in Flint. We applied for a mission grant from the Synod of the Covenant and received $6,000 to begin a home-based mission project called The Healing Space. This mission will address the challenge of unemployment by providing a computer lab, computer classes, resume and cover letter writing assistance, interview preparation as well as a place of spiritual support and friendship. This mission will begin on September 8, 2014 at 9am. We ask your prayers for The Healing Space Mission Project.

At Trinity United, we believe in building community and one of the most exciting ways we have done so this year is with our Second Joint Good Friday Service with Flushing Presbyterian Church. The service was held at Trinity this year and our theme was; The Cross.  We joined our choirs, our prayers, our ideas and worshipped and broke bread together. We look forward to continued partnership with Flushing Presbyterian and Rev. Teresa Peterson. We ask your prayers for continued fellowship with our sister congregation.

Trinity United has many activities happening this summer. Earlier in June, the Deacons had their Summer Food Program for the Schools. We are partnered with three elementary schools in the Township and at the end of the school year we provide breakfast and lunch for about 80 families for the first two weeks of summer break. Also, for the past four years we have held our June Month of Prayer: Getting Back to the Basics. We use the mid-year time to unwind from the busy seasons and ground ourselves in congregational-wide Bible reading, prayer and reflection. In August, we will host our annual Vacation Bible School culminating with a community picnic. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Midland-Memorial (featured in the June 25th Bi-Weekly Brief)

Vacation Bible School:  Fit to Be Tied

The children of Memorial Presbyterian Church in Midland anticipated the beginning of the week of Vacation Bible School by decorating and selling donated neckties.  Using fun and funky craft materials, children created the original ties.  The ties were made available to members and friends of the church on Sunday morning, June 15 (Father's Day) during the worship services and a breakfast between services.  A donation of $5.00 nabbed a novel necktie by both women and men to be worn and proudly displayed that day.  The project promoted funding for the VBS 2014 program mission, children helping children with purchase of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance School Kits.  Over $400 was raised before the beginning of VBS week.  And, the ties were sold out. 

  

  

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tawas-Tawas Area (featured in the June 11th Bi-Weekly Brief)

The people of Tawas Area Presbyterian are at work rebuilding many activities of the church. We have an active youth group of nearly 15 youth thanks to the initiative of two of our parents. We plan to work with another church to build a program that will reach out to the needs of our youth.  A women’s group is being started to support the youth, build sister-ship among the women of the church because of the initiative of one woman in the church. Others are working on a rummage/garage sale which not only will raise funds for our church but will also be a means of connecting with the community while supporting fellowship.

On the challenge side, because we are in a recreational area and because of our tough winter, we had at least half of our worshiping community gone for nearly 5 months. This creates a challenge for building a church community that can minister year round. Though our church was originally organized with the intent of serving a retirement community, because of a number of changes, we will have to look at broadening our vision to build an active community of faith. There are a number of challenges we face as do many other churches and will appreciate your prayers as we look to a new future. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marlette-First (featured in the May 14th Bi-Weekly Brief)

Marlette-First will serve as the hosts of the June 3rd presbytery meeting.

The First Presbyterian Church is one of more than a dozen churches in the city of Marlette, population 2000.  First Presbyterian is 152 years old and was recognized as the first church to be established in the Marlette village.  First Presbyterian Church (the city church) and Second Presbyterian Church (the country church) have been in a yoked agreement for more than 25 years.  With a membership of 76 members and an average Sunday Worship attendance of 45, "Marlette First" is proud of our influence in the Marlette community.

As our numbers are limited, First Presbyterian, Marlette, has had to embrace our strengths.  We are a congregation of strong, farm heritage people who work together to make a difference.  Our congregation boasts of a vocal choir, a bell choir, an adult and children's Sunday School, and a beautiful, well cared for building.  We also have great cooks, some whom have provided a monthly Free Lunch in the community for the last eight years.  First Church is also blessed with a strong group of quilters.  These quilters have provided more than 400 Comfort Quilts to people in distress over the last 10 years.  And, First church is most proud of the Christmas Gift Cards given to the Marlette Elementary School for the last five years.  In 2013, those Gift Cards amounted to $700.

To increase our viability, First Presbyterian Church, Marlette has joined forces with other churches in the area.  Being yoked with Second Presbyterian Church, Marlette, has, at times, been a challenge.  The two churches have recently established "fifth Sundays" to worship together.  Whenever there is a fifth Sunday in a month, the two churches worship together.  Although we are friends, neighbors, and relatives, these fifth Sunday worships have brought the two churches much closer together.  First and Second Churches have also joined forces with the Lutheran Church to celebrate Lent for the past few years.   And a big step for First Church, was combining efforts with the Catholic Church to have our annual Turkey Dinner in the Catholic Hall last fall.  Both churches realized a profit and a great working relationship was established. 

First Presbyterian Church of Marlette is a church of caring people.  Passing of the Peace on Sunday morning becomes a time for the congregation to check up on each other.  We cherish our small groups like the choirs, Advent, Lenten, and book studies, Sunday School, Presbyterian Women,  Free Lunch volunteers, and the groups cooking those money making dinners for the community.  First church generously supports Presbytery Mission, Local Missions, and individuals in need.  First Presbyterian Church, Marlette, sees themselves as a Godly presence in the Marlette Community.  

 

Mt. Pleasant-First (featured in the May 14th Bi-Weekly Brief)

First Presbyterian Church, Mt. Pleasant (FPCMP) is having a three week interactive exploration on prayer. Often times we get anxious when we are called on to pray especially in a public setting. It is common for people to turn to the church professional to pray, since it is assumed that they have had some sort of formal training in prayer. As in anything in life prayer takes practice. Anyone can pray. Karl Barth writes, “Prayer does not have to be beautiful, edifying or theologically correct.  It is, however, particular and concrete.  Prayer is more than mere mood or feeling.  It takes the form of speech, of inward speech, even if that speech is a sighing or stammering.  One who prays has something to say to God, and he dares to say it” (Modern Theologies of Prayer, 35).

The book that is being used for the interactive exploration on prayer is Anne Lamott’s, Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essentials Prayers. Lamott begins the book writing, “I do not know much about God and prayer, but I have come to believe over the past twenty-five years, that there’s something to be said about keeping prayer simple. Help. Thanks. Wow.”

In Lamott’s book, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith she shares the following about prayer: “Help" is a prayer that is always answered. It doesn't matter how you pray--with your head bowed in silence, or crying out in grief, or dancing. Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors. Years ago I wrote an essay that began, "Some people think that God is in the details, but I have come to believe that God is in the bathroom.”  God meets us where we are. Thus we can pray at any time wherever we are.

The interactive exploration on prayer is being led by Martha Miller, Coordinator of Discipleship and Spiritual Formation at FPCMP. 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  

Midland-Chapel Lane (featured in the April 30th Bi-Weekly Brief)

Mission:  “Celebrating our diversity of gifts, we seek to serve Christ by serving others with grace, love and laughter.”

Vision:  “Growing a Faith That Must Be Shared”

Chapel Lane is a 280 member church begun in 1960 as a “sister” congregation to Midland’s Memorial Presbyterian Church.  We have been blessed with a dynamic and collaborative relationship with our “big sister” church and enjoy opportunities to work together in service to our common Lord—such as last summer’s Mission Trip to do Superstorm Sandy Relief with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance in the Rockaways of New York.

Chapel Lane is a very nurturing and generous congregation, fostering deep relationships with its pastors.  Pastor Rhonda Myers is only our fourth called pastor in 54 years.  She was preceded by David Young, George Baird, and Cranston Goddard. 

Chapel Lane has a rich commitment to ministries that help transform people’s lives.  With at least two worship services weekly through most of the year, Chapel Lane seeks to offer its participants opportunities—and options—for praising God and reveling in the Spirit’s presence.  With an emphasis on building relationships that nurture, Chapel Lane has a thriving youth ministry and some newly developed adult ministries. 

Our youth ministry includes such traditional “Presbyterian” fare as Youth Choirs, Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, a Youth Group for Jr. & Sr. High aged students, and a Youth Group for Elementary aged students, along with other opportunities for nurture such as:  Summer Camp, Winter Camp, and a biennial “Incentive Trip” to Chicago where we worship, play and serve together for Christ. 

Our expanding adult ministry includes the classic components of Bible Study and Sunday School, as well as some newly created “affinity groups” such as our monthly Book Study group and our “Fun in Faith Fellowship.”  In addition, our adult choir was honored to receive an invitation to sing with a larger Michigan-based choir at Carnegie Hall last summer, performing Haydn’s Creation for a sold-out and highly “pumped up” crowd.

Just this past month, the Session approved a new 5-year strategic plan that grew out of our Mission and Vision Statements and is focused upon these 6 Vision Priorities:

• Worship:  Worship is a celebration that is central to a growing faith and to a congregation yearning to know and serve Christ.
• Spirituality:  Our lives are enriched by a deepening spiritual relationship with God and our church family.
• Mission Outreach:  We are actively engaged in missions that positively affect change in people’s lives.
• Membership:  Embracing and celebrating the family of Chapel Lane, we continue to build a strong, vibrant, diverse and engaged community of disciples.
• Stewardship:  As God’s faithful people, we commit ourselves to God with an attitude of gratitude through the sharing of our diverse talents, treasures and time.
• Church Infrastructure: We continuously review our organizational structure and physical assets to ensure we are in alignment with our mission and vision.

These Vision Priorities will help steer our ministry boards in growing our church “deep and wide” that, together, we may serve Christ with grace, love and laughter for many years to come.  Thank you for your interest in Chapel Lane and your prayerful support of our ministries!

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alma-First (featured in the April 30th Bi-Weekly Brief)

Alma-First has initiated a special mission project at their church that is thriving an growing.

Good Company, our Adult Day Program, is designed to be a place a person will enjoy visiting while their spouse or other caregiver takes a break and tends to other needs or activities, such as joining friends for lunch, going shopping, or attending appointments.

Good Company Respite Program is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for our friends and neighbors. We strive to do this by: Providing a safe and comfortable environment for social programs, stimulating the body and mind, building meaningful relationships, conducting programs with compassion, attending to each guest in a respectful manner that enhances dignity, and providing worry-free opportunities for families and caregivers to enjoy activities of their choice while their loved ones are engaged in a program they will want to revisit again and again.

Click here for more information on this wonderful mission and to watch a video about the program that was made by a group of communications students from Alma College. 

 

Non-Parish Ministry (featured in the April 16th Bi-Weekly Brief)

Great Lakes Bay Magazine recently featured Lake Huron's very own, the Rev. Jill Rasmussen-Baker and her ministry at Covenant Hospital in Saginaw. 

Healing the Soul

Written by Andrea Deering

Click here to continue reading the article about the Clinical Pastoral Education program she manages.

 

Flushing Presbyterian Church (featured in the April 16th Bi-Weekly Brief)

56 years ago, Flushing Presbyterian Church was established on a busy corner next to the high school in the small town of Flushing. FPC has focused on caring for our neighbor and supporting the community. Many ministries and outreach opportunities have been supported from this foundational belief. They include supporting the Flushing Christian Outreach Center (local food pantry/clothes closet), American Red Cross (host site, 6 times a year), Bread for Life (a local weekend backpack food program through the school), Flint Northend Soup Kitchen, Relay for Life, and so many more.

We also receive annual donations of backpacks, school supplies, mittens, gloves, coats, and Angel Tree recipients as part of our expanded outreach ministry.

The building is well utilized housing, two Girl Scout Troops, the Flushing Women's Club, New Creation Church, annual S.A.L.T. picnic, Retired Teachers, and now, Family Promise of Genesee County. FPC is a host congregation to house homeless families for a week, four times a year partnering with 25 churches in Genesee County.

FPC is blessed to have 10 acres of beautiful green space in which are a pavilion, softball field, tree lined entrance, and Memorial Garden. The recent addition of a digital sign has helped us to be more visible to the community. Check out our website (http://www.flushingpres.org/) for more info about Christ's Church at the corner of McKinley and Carpenter and see some of the other aspects of how God is at work in this place.

 

 

  

 

 

    

 

Davison-St Andrews (Featured in the March 19th Bi-Weekly Brief)

St. Andrew’s - Mighty for Mission

2013 was just the prelude.  To start – 10% of St. Andrew’s giving was dedicated to missions (with 7% to GA, Synod and Presbytery).  There were 3 special offerings:  One Great hour of Sharing, Peacemaking (25% split between the Flint Eastside Mission and My Heart Supports the Troops), and Christmas Joy.  Other local mission support included:  Carriage Town Ministries, Lapeer Pregnancy Resource Center, The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, YWCA Safe House, Children’s Miracle Network (Hurley Foundation), Outreach East, Whaley Children’s Center, the Washington Family Ranch and the Wendel Family.  Support was also provided to Mission Workers:  Choon and Yen Hee (South Korea), Les and Cindy Morgan (Bangladesh) and James and Ashley Latvala (St. Petersburg, Russia), plus St. Andrew’s continues to sponsor Genet Ayele, a child in Ethiopia.

Beyond financial contributions, the St. Andrew’s family puts talents and time to work.  Amazing was the Habitat for Humanity project:  Bill Lange, Project Manager, with other St. Andrew’s volunteers and those from area churches, remodeled a Davison house which owners selected by Habitat now call home.  And more:  School supplies were collected/distributed to 3 organizations. A Bazaar of Talents featured St. Andrew’s members’ work and donations support local mission projects. The Thanksgiving Food and other weekly food collections support Outreach East.  Christmas gift collections for children of local families were received at a potluck lunch with Liz Ruediger, Shelter of Flint, speaking.  The Christmas Mitten Tree was profusely adorned with mittens, hats and scarves to distribute.  Knitting in the Word continues weekly on Tuesdays at the Princinsky’s with 8-16 women making hats and scarves, packaging them with matching gloves and distributing to agencies and schools.  This project has expanded to knitting/crocheting prayer shawls.   Personal items were collected/sent to troops on active duty.  The Annual Baby Bottle Campaign: Change-filled bottles were collected for Pregnancy Resource Center’s programs.  And finally, St. Andrew’s continues to send a group of volunteers to the Food Bank once each month to sort food - and this year - also contributed to the Hunger Solution Center Capital Campaign. 

In 2014 - St. Andrew’s members continue to go the ‘extra mile’ – faithfully responding to God’s Call to serve.  Most of the above missions continue and a new one has been added:  Shelter of Flint. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grand Blanc-Kirkridge (Featured in the February 26th Bi-Weekly Brief)

Grand Blanc-Kirkridge will serve as our hosts for the March 4th meeting of presbytery.

 

50 years ago Kirkridge United Presbyterian Church was begun by several couples from each of the area congregations to reach out to the burgeoning community of Grand Blanc. Today, its members continue to reach out to the surrounding community, participating in Relay for Life and CROP Walk, volunteering at the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, partnering with Holy Spirit Lutheran for free food distributions, supporting FISH and EFFECT, sponsoring Troop 106 BSA, and providing meeting space for Relay for Life and the local Girl Scout service unit. This will also be the third year for Kirkridge as an official host site for Back-to-the-Bricks, hosting a car parts swap meet and a craft fair.

 

 

  

 

 

  

Caro-First (Featured in the February 26th Bi-Weekly Brief)

Organist, Susan Reim, has spearheaded a $10,000 campaign to restore the historic Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ at First Presbyterian Church of Caro, Michigan.  Reim has served as the church’s organist since July 1979.  In addition to soliciting donations from the congregation and financial benefactors from the Great Lakes Bay Region, she has organized two benefit concerts.  Reim and other local musicians performed in the October concert.  In November Nicholas Schmelter, Organist and Minister of Music at First Congregational Church of Saginaw, performed a solo concert of organ music.  Reim utilized skills from her favorite hobby of sewing to create 50 toddler size polar fleece sweatshirts and 25 little polar fleece hats to sell at her church’s bazaar in October.  All proceeds were donated to the organ restoration fund which has exceeded its goal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Birch Run-Taymouth (Featured in the February 12th Bi-Weekly Brief)

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