Mary Circle meets on the 1st Thursday of the month at 7:00 PM, September through June in the Ryder Lounge.  Mary Circle makes floral arrangements and wreaths for the Nature Nook booth at the Holly Berry Bazaar.  The members enjoy helping with Church potluck dinners and special events and are active in many areas of the Church.  We are always ready to welcome and nurture new members to our Circle and our Church.    Please contact Dolores Quackenbush at (616) 846-4986) for information about our Circle.

Ruth Circle meets on the second Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m.
at various members' homes, church, or other locations.

We are actively involved in the UMCOR Coffee project and offer Fair Trade coffee, tea, and
chocolates on an ongoing basis, with order forms by the church office.  We
have also just completed 3 mission goals as a circle by raising $50 to
support the Youth Mission Trip, $250 to support the Haiti Hot Lunch
Program and $1000 to support the Biloxi, Mississippi United Methodist
Church.  We set those goals in 2006 and raised the funds through our apple
dumpling and souffle sales and ongoing odd jobs that we are hired to do
for members.

We enjoy each other's company, wisdom, laughter, and sharing
of life's good times and bad.  We also enjoy being part of UMW with an
emphasis of mission to women and children.  Please join us!  Call Jill
Miller (847-8432) or Karla Wischmeyer Dunagan (231-865-3306) for more
information.

Hannah Circle meets the 1st Tuesday of each month at 1:30 p.m. in the Ryder Lounge.

Two or our projects are making candy for the Craft Sale and collecting socks, hats, mittens for Mary A. White and Ferry Elementary Schools in December. Please contact Sondra Metzler 844-5236.

Esther Circle meets on the Second Tuesday of each month at 1:00 p.m. in the Ryder Lounge.  We have approximately 35 members.  Several of our ladies winter down south, so our meeting size fluctuates seasonally.  Our meetings generally consist of devotions, a speaker or presentation, and dessert.

One of the big projects our circle does is the “Gifts from the Heart” Booth at the bi-annual Holly Berry Bazaar.  This year, we are also discussing some other charity/service projects that we can undertake. 

If you are not in a circle, are considering a change, or just feel like “checking us out”, please join us for a meeting – you are most welcome! 

Spiritual Sisters is a study group for younger women that meets every Wednesday during the school year from 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. at the same time as Son Club.

 If there are any questions, call Jan Lipfert at 616-846-6630 or e-mail

dlipfert6630@charter.net.  We would love to welcome new members or visitors to any of our meetings.