Image Description: The stamp for the Episcopal Diocese of the Great Lakes. The bottom of the stamp is a orange-yellow shield with a dark blue outline that reads "Estd. 2024" in highly stylized type with two Episcopal-style crosses. On the top of the shield, like it's sailing on it, is the two-sailed ship from the diocesan seal, along with the three stars in the sky. the largest of which represents our new diocese while the two smaller stars represent our two legacy dioceses.
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Image Description: The wordmark for our diocese that reads, "EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF THE GREAT LAKES." The first four words are in all caps in a simple-yet-wide sans serif font. "Great Lakes" is also in all-caps, but in a highly stylized font that is reminiscent of vintage sign art. The G, L and S all have added flourishes that look like waves. This is the horizontal orientation of the wordmark and it is shown in the warm gray (off-white) brand color.

Our Open Community

We’re not gatekeepers. Belonging in our community of the Episcopal Diocese of the Great Lakes doesn’t require you to sign a form, make a donation, believe a certain way, act a certain way or think a certain way. Our community is open to all because, really, it’s not our community at all. This is God’s community. We believe that each of us is made in the image of God and each of us is loved deeply and irrevocably by God, so we all matter, we all belong. You matter. You belong.

We’re an open-minded and open-hearted community. We strive to be a “big tent” church where people of all different faith expressions and experiences can belong together in common love, prayer and worship. Bring your doubts. Bring your questions. Bring your intellect. In fact, bring your full self with all of your identities – your socioeconomic experience, your gender expression(s), your favorite football team (Go Blue! and Go Green! Go White!), your sexual orientation, your career, your race, your culture, your fears, your favorite deviled egg recipe (plllleeeeeasssee, especially if you use that good mustard), your level of intro-/extro-version, your good faith experiences, your bad religious experiences, your hopes, your singing voice or your tone-deaf ear, bring your whole self. You don’t have to tamp down any part of who you are to belong. We’re here to celebrate, love, welcome and include your whole beautiful, made-in-God’s-image self.

If you’re looking for a church community near you in the Great Lakes State, check out our Find a Church page.

If showing up on site somewhere feels like a bit too much for now, we get it. You can check out our online Great Lakes Episcopal Circle Community to see more of what we’re about and how we live and move in this broader community.

If you’ve got specific questions or concerns, send us a message on our Contact Us page.

This website, like our diocese, is in the process of becoming. Thanks for your patience!
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