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We are a family of Christians of about 150 members, ranging in age from a few months old to over eight decades.  We are a group with diverse backgrounds.  Of the 60 or so that you will find in church on a given Sunday, some are attending grade school, some are high school graduates and some are PhDs.  While some of us don't have much money and some are well off, all of us are rich in friends, especially in time of need.

If you attend a service you will be warmly welcomed and you may well meet someone a lot like yourself.  You will not feel alone, but you may feel challenged to make your own decisions based on the readings presented.  Everybody is welcome but no one is told what to think.

Our ministry is not just the actions of the Bishop or our Priest or Deacon.  Every church member has a ministry.  It is what we do to share the love of Christ, the word of God, with one another and the world.

Things we do within our family< Click for more detail When we Worship together, we are Greeters and Acolytes and Lectors and Chalice Bearers. We sing and make music, and take care of our small children in the Nursery. After the service we have Coffee Hour and our Altar Guild takes care of the things used at the altar and prepares for the next service. We visit the members of our family who are sick or can't come to church to say hello or to bring them Communion. We have Sunday School for young people and adult discussion. Every month we have a Sunday Pot Luck at church and in the summer we have a Picnic.  During Lent we have a study group as a part of our preparation for Easter We make decisions by electing the Vestry.  They and the committees they appoint - Building, Education, Fellowship, Finance/ Budget, Food Pantry, Outreach, Planning, Stewardship and Visioning - guide and act for the church between our Annual Parish meetings.

Things we do outside our family<Click for more detail We have taken responsibility for the cleanup of a 2 mile length of M-57.  On a continuing basis we donate food and other needed supplies to the food pantry run by our sister parish St. Paul's Lutheran. We make donations to the Greenville Women's Shelter.   Our Parish Hall is used by community organizations such as T.O.P.S., A.A. and the Flat River Community Players. At Thanksgiving we donate and assemble food baskets with turkey and trimmings and deliver them to folks who need them. At Christmas we support the United Memorial Hospital Tree of Lights and God's Kitchen in Grand Rapids. In the summer, we offer a Vacation Bible School, usually in conjunction with the Congregational Church across Cass street from us. Our Outreach committee directs budgeted funds to outside organizations we feel are doing good works. This year we will send funds to Habitat For Humanity, A.L.S. of West Michigan, Episcopal Relief and Development, and of course to our own diocese.