When it’s warm outside, we take turns hosting worship in our backyards on Sunday mornings. When it gets too cold to be outside, we rent space Sunday evenings at Skyridge Church of the Brethren. We usually move indoors in October, and we return outdoors around April.

Please reach out to the church office for information about where we’ll be each week during the warmer months.

We often have snacks first, allowing folks time to roll in and to catch up with each other. Some of us are there a half hour before worship, and some of us stumble in just in time. We gather in a circle once it’s time to start.

We sing religious songs together, read passages from the Bible, and take time to talk just to the kids. Sometimes we listen to a traditional sermon, but other times we discuss the Bible together or engage with it in less heady, more intuitive ways (like with art). We close by sharing prayer requests and praying together.

Afterwards, we talk some more. We enjoy being together!

Yes! Many of us have kids as well. They’re an important part of our community—noise and rambunctiousness and all.

We’re pretty casual, especially when we’re outside. Shorts and T-shirts? No problem. You may want to dress a little warmer for Michigan winters, though…

Some of us have food allergies, too! Let us know what your particular allergy is, and we’ll be happy to accommodate you. For example, we use juice and gluten-free bread when we share communion each month.

When we meet at Skyridge in the colder months, yes! There are ample accessible parking spaces, the sidewalk is flush with the asphalt, and there is no step up to the building. The front doors have an accessible button to open automatically. Inside, everything is on the same level with no steps, and there is no raised stage in the sanctuary. To access the restrooms, there are two doors to open: the first is very light and easily remains open, and the second has a button to open automatically.

When we meet outside at each others’ homes, accessibility is more difficult and depends on the house/yard.

In short, yes. But because we’re a small group, it’s not possible to be invisible; there’s no “back row” to quietly slip in and out of. (We sit in a circle!) We would love to greet you, yet we also understand if you need to duck out.

We do not currently record or stream our services.