Another edition of The Feast: Bite-Sized is here! On the menu: 🌊 get to know the candidates on our initial bishop slate, 🌊 a round up of ALL OF THE THINGS happening in August + a reminder to subscribe, & 🌊 a link to all things diocesan convention. Get it here: vist.ly/5dnkq

As part of prayerful preparation for calling a bishop, learn more about bishops from bishops! Nancy Foster, of the Bishop Search Committee, spoke of with Bp. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows of The Episcopal Dio. of Indianapolis about a bishop's role. Check the comments for the full interview link.

A new edition of The Feast Online is here - and it's a big one! Click the link below for all the latest stories, news, and opportunities from around the diocese. vist.ly/5d6yc

We've now made the résumé for each of the candidates on our initial slate available on our Candidate page in addition to a short bio and video for each. Let's continue in prayer for the candidates and everyone connected to the process for the first bishop of our diocese. vist.ly/5d37w

As part of your own prayerful preparation for calling our first bishop, learn more about bishops from bishops! The Rev. Dr. Randall Warren sat down with the Rt. Rev. Michael Buerkel Hunn of The Dio. of the Rio Grande to talk about the role of bishops. The full interview link is in the comments.

With gratitude and hope, the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of the Great Lakes announces the nomination of three candidates to stand for election as the first bishop diocesan of the Episcopal Diocese of the Great Lakes. vist.ly/5c4xv

As part of prayerful preparation for calling a bishop, learn more about bishops from bishops! Nancy Foster, of the Bishop Search Committee, spoke of with Bp. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows of The Episcopal Dio. of Indianapolis about a bishop's role. Check the comments for the full interview link.

As part of your own prayerful preparation for calling our first bishop, learn more about bishops from bishops! The Rev. Dr. Randall Warren sat down with the Rt. Rev. Michael Buerkel Hunn of The Dio. of the Rio Grande to talk about the role of bishops. The full interview link is in the comments.

The latest edition of The Feast Bite-Sized is here, current through July 22. In this diocesan snack: 🌊 Convention 2026 🌊 Upcoming Townhall: Narrative Budgets with TENS 🌊 Applications open for 2026-27 Lay Preaching and Lay Pastoral Care cohorts Read the Bite-Sized at the link in the comments!

We joyfully celebrate with the Rev. Janet Huff-Worvie and the people of @stjohnssaginaw who are embarking on a new season of ministry together!

A new edition of The Feast Online is here! Check the link in the comments for all the latest stories, news, and opportunities from around the diocese.

As part of prayerful preparation for calling a bishop, learn more about bishops from bishops! Nancy Foster, of the Bishop Search Committee, spoke of with Bp. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows of The Episcopal Dio. of Indianapolis about a bishop's role. Check the comments for the full interview link.

As part of your own prayerful preparation for calling our first bishop, learn more about bishops from bishops! The Rev. Dr. Randall Warren sat down with the Rt. Rev. Michael Hunn of @DioceseOfTheRioGrande to talk about the role of bishops Watch the full interview at the link in the comments.

Juneteenth is a celebration and commemoration of enslaved Black people in Galveston Texas finally learning of their freedom on June 19, 1865, more than two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation and two months after the confederate army surrendered to the union army.

🌊 A new edition of The Feast is here! Click the link in the comments for the latest opportunities, updates, and stories from our diocese and all across the church: vist.ly/57amh

As part of your own prayerful preparation for calling our first bishop, learn more about bishops from bishops! The Rev. Dr. Randall Warren sat down with the Rt. Rev. Michael Hunn of @DioceseOfTheRioGrande to talk about the role of bishops Watch the full interview at the link in the comments.

It's an exciting time to be part of our dio staff as we prepare to elect & welcome our first bishop! We're hiring a part-time communication assistant to join our team for 15 hrs/week in this role that can be fully remote. Check the 🔗 in the comments for the job description to share & consider!

We celebrate #PrideMonth🏳️‍🌈 with joy and thanksgiving, not only as a gesture of welcome and inclusion, but as a celebration of the deepest truths of our faith: all are one in Christ Jesus.

🌊 A new edition of The Feast is here! Click the link in the comments for the latest opportunities, updates, and stories from our diocese and all across the church.

A new edition of The Feast: Bite Sized is here! 🌊 pray & give for disaster resilience, 🌊 participate in our survey to learn more about spiritual practices & congregational health, & 🌊 check out the final reminder about the CCD registration deadline. Read the details at the link in the comments!

Help support disaster recovery and resilience in our diocese through your gifts and prayers. Learn more about you can support our neighbors recovering from flooding now and about our nascent work to better-support and prepare for natural disasters at the 🔗 in the comments.

💌 👥 Invite a friend! We're exploring the connections between spiritual practices & congregational health & we want to hear from a lot of different voices! We've heard from many of you, but we still want to hear from more people. Consider inviting a friend to respond if you already have!

🌊 We need your voice as we learn more about spiritual & parish health & growth in our dio. Take a survey! Join a focus group! Whether you've been Episcopalian forever or are brand new, your voice matters. Thank you for helping us listen well. Check out the links in the thread!

We have a downloadable half letter sheet that contains a prayer specifically written for the search for our first Bishop. Print out or distribute freely in bulletins, handouts, or similar for your local community to join with our whole diocese in prayer.

How does thinking about Jesus as a refugee change how we view the Church as the Body of Christ? Read this week's Lenten devotional from the Sanctuary & Support team at the link in the comments.

"The wilderness of Lent is not a place of despair. It is where we are stripped of pretense & returned to what is essential." In the wake of yesterday's attack on Temple Israel, we are called to prayer, solidarity with our Jewish neighbors, & renewed commitment to our Baptismal Covenant.

Archbishop Tutu considers the need for Ubuntu, hope, and reconciliation in our darkest times. Without them, he believed the oppression and authoritarianism of Apartheid could never end in South Africa. In Xhosa, Ubuntu means “a person is a person through other people”.

A tornado touched down in SW Mich yesterday, killing 4 and injuring more than 12 others, leaving significant damage in its wake. We've heard from the leaders of the Episcopal communities in that area at Trinity Three Rivers and St. Gregory's Abbey. They report that their people are safe.

"In Hebrew, Leviticus means 'And He called.' God calls us to action. Calls us to show kindness and hospitality to the stranger, to remember that... we are all children of a loving creator..." Keep reading the Lent 2 Devotional from the Sanctuary & Support Team at the link in the comments.

"Love thy neighbor, uphold the case of the oppressed and bring justice... God will deliver the oppressed and crush oppressors (Pr. 22:22-23). It is up to us to stand with the oppressed..." Keep reading the Lent 1 Devotional from the Sanctuary & Support Team at the link in the comments.