Volume I West Michigan Conference 2018 Historical Reports 2018 REPORTS 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Detroit and West Michigan Conference Leadership Team .................................................................... 2 Summary of 2018 Budget .................................................................................................................... 2 Africa University ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Archives and History, Commission on ................................................................................................... 4 Church and Society, Board of ................................................................................................................. 4 Clark Retirement Community .................................................................................................................. 5 Cooperative Ministries Committee .......................................................................................................... 6 Disability Concerns, Committee on......................................................................................................... 6 Equitable Compensation, Commission on ............................................................................................. 6 Evangelism, Board of ................................................................................................................... no report Finance and Administration, Council on ................................................................................................ 7 CF&A Joint Presidents ......................................................................................................................... 8 Global Ministries, Board of ...................................................................................................................... 9 Conference Secretaries of Global Ministries ...................................................................................... 10 Mission u ............................................................................................................................................ 11 Town and Country Committee............................................................................................................ 11 Grand Rapids Metro Ministry ................................................................................................................. 11 Higher Education and Campus Ministry, Board of .............................................................................. 12 Adrian College.................................................................................................................................... 14 Albion College .......................................................................................................................... no report Central Michigan University Wesley Foundation ................................................................................ 15 Ferris State University Wesley House ................................................................................................ 15 Wesley Fellowship at Grand Valley State University ................................................................ no report Wesley Foundation of Kalamazoo ..................................................................................................... 16 Michigan State University Wesley Foundation ................................................................................... 17 Committee on Hispanic / Latino Ministries ........................................................................................... 17 John Wesley Association ............................................................................................................. no report Lake Louise Christian Community, Camp and Retreat Center ........................................................... 18 Laity, Board of ............................................................................................................................... no report Methodist Children’s Home Society ...................................................................................................... 19 Michigan Area Communications ................................................................................................. no report Michigan Area Emergency Preparedness / Disaster Response Team ............................................... 20 Michigan Area Episcopacy, Committee on the .................................................................................... 21 Michigan Area Haiti Task Force / Michigan Haiti Covenant Partnership ........................................... 21 Michigan Area Loan Funds .................................................................................................................... 22 Michigan Area United Methodist Camping ........................................................................................... 23 Michigan Area United Methodist Historical Society ............................................................................ 24 Michigan Area Youth Ministry Development ........................................................................................ 25 Michigan Conference Human Resources Committee .......................................................................... 25 Michigan Conference Protection Policy Transition Task Force ......................................................... 26 Michigan Indian Workers’ Conference Executive Committee ............................................................. 26 New Church Development Committee .................................................................................................. 30 Revitilization ....................................................................................................................................... 31 Ordained Ministry, Board of ................................................................................................................... 33 Candler School of Theology ............................................................................................................... 36 Duke Divinity School .......................................................................................................................... 37 Gammon Theological Seminary ......................................................................................................... 38 Methodist Theological School in Ohio ................................................................................................ 39 United Theological Seminary ............................................................................................................. 40 Pension and Health Benefits, Board of ................................................................................................. 40 Prison Ministry and Restorative Justice Concerns, Committee on.......................................... no report Racial Ethnic Local Church Committee (RELC) ................................................................................... 41 Religion and Race, Commission on ...................................................................................................... 42 School for Pastoral Ministry ........................................................................................................ no report Status and Role of Women, Commission on .............................................................................. no report Trustees, West Michigan Conference ................................................................................................... 42 UMCOR/Hunger Committee ......................................................................................................... no report United Methodist Community House .................................................................................................... 43 United Methodist Foundation ................................................................................................................ 44 United Methodist Women ....................................................................................................................... 44 2 WEST MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2018 DETROIT AND WEST MICHIGAN CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP TEAMS 2017 was a year of unification for the Detroit and West Michigan Conference Leadership Teams. We met jointly throughout the year working with and for the Design team and the conferences. It was exciting to come together, listen to one another and learn from each other. We saw glimpses of how each conference has traditionally worked, came to understand what each conference valued most, and began a new path together. It has been exciting to envision new ideas together. As the Conference Leadership Team is dissolved following the 2018 session of the annual conference, we are so appreciative of the all that our conference boards and agencies have done this past year. They have worked together as unified entities to implement the next steps to forge the Michigan Conference. The leadership and collaboration have brought us to this point in which we are ready to become one. We offer words of appreciation to Ned Weller, for his leadership as the West Michigan Conference Leadership Team and for all he gave in his service and commitment to the Church. We also offer thanks to Jerry DeVine for his leadership as the Detroit Conference Director of Connectional Ministries.