Digital Giving Options
As you promote the 2020 Church Planting Initiative here are some links that can help donors give digitally. Donations can be made through the GLC Website, Give Plus App or by Text:
- Give through the GLC Website link
- Give Plus App (download instructions pdf) – enter “Great Lakes Conference” as the name of the church
- Give Plus Text (download text instructions pdf) – enter the number 734-304-8878
Fall TLC East
Please mark your calendars for the GLC Fall TLC (The Leadership Connection) on Nov 16.
National Covenant Properties will do a full day of Financial and Real Estate Training.
We will also have a ½ day Crescendo Workshop. We would love to hear from YOU and your church about any other workshops you would like to have presented that day! Please contact Jody at the GLC office (734-451-4670, [email protected]) with any suggestions.
Click here for event details.
National Covenant Properties will do a full day of Financial and Real Estate Training.
We will also have a ½ day Crescendo Workshop. We would love to hear from YOU and your church about any other workshops you would like to have presented that day! Please contact Jody at the GLC office (734-451-4670, [email protected]) with any suggestions.
Click here for event details.
Fall Pastors’ Retreat 2019
The Great Lakes Conference Ministerial Association is delighted to welcome Shaun Marshall as our speaker and leader for the 2019 Fall Pastors’ Retreat, Oct 28-30 at Mohican Lodge and Conference Center in Perrysville, Ohio.
Click here to Register and find information about retreat amenities and schedules.
Click here to Register and find information about retreat amenities and schedules.
GLC Happenings at Gather ‘19 – ECC Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting is the highest legislative body of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC), made up of representatives from Covenant churches throughout the United States and Canada. Delegates gather together for worship and fellowship, and to ordain ministers, consecrate missionaries, elect leaders, review finances, adopt a budget, and address the... Read More
Have You Planned Your Church Planting Sunday?
The GLC has the opportunity to plant 4 new churches in 2020. In order to accomplish this, the GLC needs to raise $75,000 for each one (total $300,000) by Dec 31, 2019. You can help by holding a “Church Planting Sunday” to raise money to birth our next 4 churches.... Read More
The GLC Welcomes Peg Wolter
We are welcoming Peg Wolter as our new Finance Assistant for the GLC. Kari Griebel, who was in that position previously, retired in April of 2019 to help care for her first grandchild. From 2011 to 2019, Peg worked as part of the finance team at Covenant Community Care, a... Read More
New Name “Covenant Living of the Great Lakes”
Now in full use for Senior Living Organization It was last September when the now former Covenant Retirement Communities announced approval from its board of directors for the new corporate name, new community names and identities. Now, with all of the legal filings and documentations complete, beginning June 25, the... Read More
GLC Annual Celebration Highlights
The GLC Annual Celebration was designed to incorporate the business of the Annual Meeting and a celebration of the ministry of all that God has done in and through the churches of the Great Lakes Conference during 2018. Ministry Reports and Delegate Documents were either given to delegates in attendance or... Read More
Embrace Webinar with Bruce Miller
May 29, 2019 Don’t miss the opportunity to join us for a special Embrace webinar conversation with Bruce Miller on his new book just released this April 2019, Leading a Church in a Time of Sexual Questioning! In a time when sexual norms are changing rapidly, how can a local church be a... Read More
In Memoriam – Russ Carlson
Retired Covenant pastor Russell “Russ” Carlson died Thursday, April 4, at the age of 63. He was born February 5, 1956, in La Mesa, California. Russ is survived by his wife, Laurie; twin daughters Bethany Swann (Dan) and Emily Nagel (Dave); and a son, Ben (Nicole). Russ earned a bachelor’s... Read More