Dead Trees Lead to Community Growth
A project that started with noticing a few dead trees on St. Andrew’s property has grown into a significant community engagement project!
November 12, 2025
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A project that started with noticing a few dead trees on St. Andrew’s property has grown into a significant community engagement project!
Deacon Beckett Leclaire is among the contributors to this new Advent resource.
Fr. Mike Wernick serves as Ecumenical and Interreligious Officer for our diocese which means he works in spaces of cooperation and shared ministry across Christian denominations and across different religions. From time to time, he shares important updates from this work with us, reminding us of our values of shared ministry and shared love and care for the world, values which transcend markers of religious difference.
We live into our call to embody the love of Jesus Christ with grace, hope and joy in many different ways across the Mitten. Check out these updates from parishes in our diocese.
Throughout the summer, we invited you to share your part in our story to welcome Bishop Anne and help her get to know us. We hope you enjoy reading this small collection!
After the unjust arrest of 18-year-old Ernesto, who was legally in the U.S. under Special Immigrant Juvenile status, Rev. Dr. Steven Pankey of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, KY, helped organize an emergency prayer vigil, drawing 100 community members in just over a day to call attention to ICE’s actions and advocate for justice. The vigil, coordinated with local pastors and civic leaders, emphasized Ernesto’s humanity, engaged the wider public through prayer, media outreach, and candle lighting, and sparked deeper reflection and activism within participating congregations.
Fr. Mike Wernick serves as Ecumenical and Interreligious Officer for our diocese which means he works in spaces of cooperation and shared ministry across Christian denominations and across different religions. From time to time, he shares important updates from this work with us, reminding us of our values of shared ministry and shared love and care for the world, values which transcend markers of religious difference.
The Rev Jim Perra of Grace Traverse City has been selected to be a 2025 Leader’s Way Fellow at Yale. The Leader’s Way is a