Settled Pastor

Edgewood United Church is a progressive Christian community in East Lansing, the home of Michigan State University. We are listening to a still-speaking God to promote social justice, cultivate interfaith collaboration, and support the area LGBTQ+ community.  We are a welcoming community of seekers, and we value the wide variety of beliefs that can be found in our congregation. EUC is centered in a progressive Christian theology while welcoming persons with diverse beliefs who support the Edgewood congregation’s mission and goals. We come together to worship and to promote community, acceptance, and outreach to others. 

Throughout its history, Edgewood has focused on social justice and worked for change in the community and the world. Edgewood folks have been involved in building low-income housing, advocating for health care reform, supporting the civil rights movement, pushing for open housing in East Lansing, advocating for LGTBQIA+ rights, supporting reparations for African Americans, and much more. Edgewood is an Open and Affirming, Just Peace, and Environmental Justice church.

• Provide prophetic preaching sensitive to a wide range of theological and religious backgrounds.
• Encourage and guide Edgewood’s program/mission-oriented congregational structure, focusing on training and supporting lay leaders in a variety of areas of congregational life. 
• Supply pastoral care in conjunction with a lay-led team, which may include home and hospital visits, phone calls, officiating at weddings and funerals, and pastoral counseling.
• Assist in the redesign of our children/youth programming to encourage the attendance/membership of young families and support them in the life, work,  and community of the church.
• Inspire, lead, and support interfaith and ecumenical initiatives that build mutual understanding and collaboration to address current humanitarian needs and peace and justice issues.