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Special Easter Walk Service Opportunity - April 4th
Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Midland Michigan Stake,
As we approach the most sacred season of the year, we are thrilled to invite you and your neighbors to a special Midland Stake event: The "Greater Love" Easter Walk.
On Saturday, April 4th, the Saginaw Chapel will be transformed into an immersive journey through the final week of our Savior’s mortal ministry. This "Easter Walk" will feature staged areas representing the significant moments of Holy Week—from the quiet reflection of Gethsemane to the glorious triumph of the empty tomb.
Event Details
Date: Saturday, April 4th (General Conference Saturday)
Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM (please sign up for time-slot below)
Location: Saginaw Chapel (Please enter through the South Entrance)
Experience: A self-guided scriptural journey, followed by a space for reflection and light refreshments.
A Note from the Stake Presidency
We recognize that this event falls on General Conference weekend. The Stake Presidency has endorsed this schedule, viewing the Easter Walk as a wonderful way to complement the spiritual feast of Conference. By holding this event on Saturday, we hope to provide a space for our members and friends in the community to "Talk of Christ and Rejoice in Christ" together. We encourage you to attend a session of Conference and then come walk the path of the Savior with us—making this a truly Christ-centered weekend for your family.We Need Your Hands and Hearts
To create this sacred atmosphere for our community, we are in need of many volunteers to help with staging, greeting, and hospitality. Whether you can give two hours or the full day, your service is what makes this ministry possible.
Please use the link below to sign up for a volunteer shift:
Volunteer Link to Sign-Up for Easter Walk
Attached to this email, you will find photos from last year’s event to give you a glimpse of the beautiful Spirit we are working to invite again this year. We look forward to joining with our Christian neighbors and with each of you as we celebrate the "Greater Love" of our Redeemer.
There is also a flyer with a QR code to sign-up. We will not require time slot reservations for the public, but we are asking members of the stake to do so, in order to control traffic and flow. You can also click here to register.
If you have questions about the event, please contact the organizer:
Esther Murdock (360)464-8069 esthermurdock@gmail.com
FOOD OF FAITH - WEST
At Messiah Lutheran Church
501 S. Catherine, Bay City
(on the corner of Henry & Thomas)
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PLAN AHEAD - MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!
- YOU, YOUR TIME, AND TALENTS ARE NEEDED -
This service is a Ward activity, please join us!
April 2, 2026
Messiah Lutheran Church on the corner of Henry & Thomas (501 S. Catherine, Bay City).
Come at 2pm to help Cook and stay until 4pm.
Three to four people needed for this.
Come at 4:15p to help Box Dinners & Serve you will finish about 5:30p.
Come join the Bay City community in this opportunity to serve those in need.
June 4, 2026
Messiah Lutheran Church on the corner of Henry & Thomas (501 S. Catherine, Bay City).
Come at 2pm to help Cook and stay until 4pm.
Three to four people needed for this.
Come at 4:15p to help Box Dinners & Serve you will finish about 5:30p.
Come join the Bay City community in this opportunity to serve those in need.
July 16, 2026
Messiah Lutheran Church on the corner of Henry & Thomas (501 S. Catherine, Bay City).
Come at 2pm to help Cook and stay until 4pm.
Three to four people needed for this.
Come at 4:15p to help Box Dinners & Serve you will finish about 5:30p.
Come join the Bay City community in this opportunity to serve those in need.
August 20, 2026 - come serve with the Reyes Family
Messiah Lutheran Church on the corner of Henry & Thomas (501 S. Catherine, Bay City).
Come at 2pm to help Cook and stay until 4pm.
Three to four people needed for this.
Come at 4:15p to help Box Dinners & Serve you will finish about 5:30p.
Come join the Bay City community in this opportunity to serve those in need.
October 29, 2026
Messiah Lutheran Church on the corner of Henry & Thomas (501 S. Catherine, Bay City).
Come at 2pm to help Cook and stay until 4pm.
Three to four people needed for this.
Come at 4:15p to help Box Dinners & Serve you will finish about 5:30p.
Come join the Bay City community in this opportunity to serve those in need.
You can check out the Food of Faith - West Bay City Facebook page to learn more about them here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071021567957
FOOD OF FAITH - WEST
The Bay City Ward - Service In Action! - Thursday, July 31, 2025
Teach Institute Online as a Service Missionary!
Teach Institute Online as a Service Missionary!
Brothers and Sisters,
Do you enjoy teaching the Gospel and helping people along the Covenant Path?
An exciting new service missionary opportunity is available for individuals 26 years and older to teach BYU-Pathway Online Institute classes. Online Institute provides learning experiences that are Christ-centered, scripture-based, learner-focused, and Spirit-directed that can help students deepen their conversion to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. You will teach from the standard works, words of the living prophets and correlated Institute curriculum. Serving as an online service missionary is a rewarding experience that includes connecting with learners online throughout the week in Canvas and in a weekly Zoom gathering. Teaching these online Institute courses is an incredibly rewarding experience. Teaching consists of interacting with students online and gathering virtually with them once a week for 45 minutes. Online Institute Missionaries spend on average about 5-8 hours each week in this assignment.
Interested individuals can learn more about this opportunity and apply directly online at the links below:
Learn more about this opportunity by reviewing this interactive FAQ PDF: Online Institute Service Missionary Overview (includes contact details to schedule a meeting with an Online Director if you still have questions).
Read more about this opportunity: https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/service-missionaries-needed-teach-institute-online-byu-pathway-worldwide
Apply for this opportunity: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/si/serve/online-instructor?lang=eng
Thank you for your consideration to serve a mission teaching online institute!
Eldon A. Sala
Online Director | North America Northeast Area
CES Seminaries and Institutes of Religion
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Local Ways to Serve:
Local Ways to Serve:
Volunteer at Food of Faith which is supported by the Bay City Ward four times a year, the next one is Sept 26th and they need your help! SCROLL DOWN TO LEARN MORE.
Donate Blood
Pick up trash in a park, around your neighborhood or school
Walk a neighbor's dog
Offer to do yard work for an elderly person
Wash the dishes for someone
Donate blankets or coats for homeless children through adults
Send a handwritten card to a resident at an assisted living facility
Write a thank you note to a teacher, neighbor, church member, family or friend
Call an elderly friend or relative to talk
Offer to babysit for a friend
Send a letter to a deployed soldier OperationGratitude.com
Scroll all the way down and look for the list with red star bullets, then click 'SEND LETTERS.'
Make a fleece blanket for child in foster care: MyVeryOwnBlanket.org
Go to delivering blankets tab and scroll way down to click the link for Michigan for more local donations
Sweep a neighbor's walk
Bake cookies for a friend or neighbor
Help at a homeless shelter - here are some in our area
Good Samaritan Rescue Mission Bay City - click for details
Restoration Community Outreach for Men in Saginaw - click for details
Safe Haven House for Women in Saginaw - click for details
City Rescue Mission of Saginaw - click for details
Midland's Open Door - click for details
Volunteer at the Humane Society of Bay County - click for details
Take a meal to someone
Wash a car for someone
Ask a neighbor if you can help with a project
A story from Messiah Lutheran Church
Food of Faith
501 S. Catherine, Bay City
(on the corner of Henry & Thomas)
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Thursday, July 6th, 2023
What a great, short and easy service opportunity! The Bay City Ward served 210 meals to those in need! Great Harvest donated so much food that the only cost to the ward was $20 for coleslaw dressing.
Here's the story of one woman: Each time meals are served there is a woman who walks across the bridge no matter the weather, even in snow storms to get meals for herself and those in need where she lives who can't get there. She walks over the bridge again and again with batches of 10 meals to help. All we do is cook it, pack it up and hand the meals out.
This week when she arrived Sister Sheryl R. had set up a ride for her and they delivered 50 meals with her back to the community she lives in.
Thank you to Sister's Hale & Ripplinger and Elder's Boe & Shaw, without their amazing help Sister Sheryl would have been all alone! You all rock! Sister Sheryl was so grateful for their help preparing, packing and serving the meals this past Thursday!
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