Category: East Winds District
East Winds District Conference Information
Information for the 2025 East Winds District Conference on November 1, 2025 EWD Booklet “Hospitality Inside & Outside the Local Church” East Winds District Annual Conference November 1, 2025 Bad Axe: First United Methodist Church 9:30am – 10:00am Registration 10:00am-10:50am Welcoming and business session. 11:00am-11:50am Workshop Sessions a. SAS model with Rev. Carol Blair Bouse… Continue Reading East Winds District Conference Information
Conference Healthcare Webinar
Clergy- are you enrolled in conference healthcare? The 2026 Health Insurance Open Enrollment and the associated election period for Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts open enrollment runs from November 3rd through November 13th. This enrollment period is a crucial time for members to review and update their benefits. The comprehensive details, including election information… Continue Reading Conference Healthcare Webinar
Kasper’s Corner: Mirror God’s Glory
Mirror God’s Glory And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:18 NRSVUE How many of you looked in a… Continue Reading Kasper’s Corner: Mirror God’s Glory
Helping Our East Winds Neighbor
On July 16, 2025 the Paint Creek UMC, an East Winds District Church, experienced significant flood damage following an unusually heavy rainstorm. The churches’ fellowship hall was impacted by the inadequate sewer drains and road runoff. This runoff left 6+ inches of flood water in the fellowship hall. We are grateful that our historic sanctuary… Continue Reading Helping Our East Winds Neighbor
Kasper’s Corner- Renewed Wonder From Nature
O Eternal, our Lord, Your majestic name is heard throughout the earth; Your magnificent glory shines far above the skies. From the mouths and souls of infants and toddlers, the most innocent, You have decreed power to stop Your adversaries and quash those who seek revenge. When I gaze to the skies and meditate on… Continue Reading Kasper’s Corner- Renewed Wonder From Nature
Introduction
Sisters and Brothers of East Winds District, I greet you in the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus. As you likely are aware, Bishop Bard has appointed me to serve as district superintendent for East Winds in addition to Central Bay for the upcoming appointment year. Perhaps you are wondering just who this new… Continue Reading Introduction
This Is A Day of New Beginnings
As my time as the East Winds District Superintendent is drawing to a close, I want to celebrate what a wonderful journey these last two years have been. Over the next several weeks I ask you to pray for the new East Winds Superintendent, Rev. John Kasper and also Rev. John Hice. As I begin… Continue Reading This Is A Day of New Beginnings
Grant Deadline Coming Soon!
East Winds Connectional Grant Applications are due April 1, 2025. For all East Winds Grant and Loan Information and applications CLICK HERE
East Winds District Clergy Retreat
Join us for the 2025 East Winds Clergy Retreat, Here I am, Send Me. Dates: 12:00 pm February 28, 2025 to 12:00 March 1, 2025 Location: Colombiere Conference & Retreat Center, 9075 Big Lake Road, Clarkston, MI 48346 Cost: variable based on room occupancy (commuter option available). Double rooms available. If you choose a double room… Continue Reading East Winds District Clergy Retreat
Here am I, send me
Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I am announcing that the East Winds District will be having a Clergy Retreat from 12:00 pm February 28, 2025 to 12:00 March 1, 2025 at the Colombiere Retreat Center in Clarkston, MI. Our reflection passage will be Isaiah 6:8. There will be time for us to be still and… Continue Reading Here am I, send me