http://thelansingblog.com The premier source of Lansing news online. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:18:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/12/06/heres-the-lansing-city-council-committee-of-the-whole-agenda-for-dec-6-meeting/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/12/06/heres-the-lansing-city-council-committee-of-the-whole-agenda-for-dec-6-meeting/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:52:48 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=2245 Lansing City Council Committee-of-the-Whole Agenda for Dec. 6 meeting

Share|

]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/12/06/heres-the-lansing-city-council-committee-of-the-whole-agenda-for-dec-6-meeting/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/09/06/calendar-item-swiss-steak-dinner-this-friday-sep-10-at-christ-united-methodist-on-jolly/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/09/06/calendar-item-swiss-steak-dinner-this-friday-sep-10-at-christ-united-methodist-on-jolly/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:22:36 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=2080 Looking for a good old-fashioned church dinner in the Lansing-area? You might consider the monthly Swiss steak dinner that’s starting this Friday at Christ United Methodist Church, 517 W. Jolly Rd., on Lansing’s south side.  Here’s the notice from the weekly e-mail giving details from the South Lansing Community Development Association:

Share|

]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/09/06/calendar-item-swiss-steak-dinner-this-friday-sep-10-at-christ-united-methodist-on-jolly/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/09/this-weekends-lansing-church-dinners/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/09/this-weekends-lansing-church-dinners/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:59:16 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=819 I just found this neat list of Lansing church dinners on the website of the South Lansing Community Development Asoccation. The organization’s website and its events calendar is worth checking.

Share|

]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/09/this-weekends-lansing-church-dinners/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/01/14/meet-marvin-williams-new-pastor-of-lansings-trinity-church-on-dunckel-road/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/01/14/meet-marvin-williams-new-pastor-of-lansings-trinity-church-on-dunckel-road/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:40:17 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=662 I just ran across this list of things that people can do for the people of Haiti who are suffering from the trauma of a major earthquake.  It’s from Marvin Williams who will start as the new senior teaching pastor in late February at Trinity Church on Dunckel Road in Lansing. The title of the [...]

Share|

]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/01/14/meet-marvin-williams-new-pastor-of-lansings-trinity-church-on-dunckel-road/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/01/14/prayer-request-lansing-haitian-church-members-worried-about-family-members/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/01/14/prayer-request-lansing-haitian-church-members-worried-about-family-members/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:14:38 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=660 Did you know that the city of Lansing has a church for its Haitian population?  It’s Calvary Church based out of Central United Methodist Church. Their members have family in Haiti and who still haven’t been contacted, according to this WILX.com story. The anxiety with minimal communication between here and the island nation and as [...]

Share|

]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/01/14/prayer-request-lansing-haitian-church-members-worried-about-family-members/feed/ 1 http://thelansingblog.com/2009/12/24/here-are-some-of-the-christmas-eve-services-in-the-lansing-area/ http://thelansingblog.com/2009/12/24/here-are-some-of-the-christmas-eve-services-in-the-lansing-area/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:36:03 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=459 As a child, I remember going to Christmas Eve services that were packed and where ushers had to set-up chairs in the aisles with people being crammed in one next to the other.  Does that still happen here in the Lansing-area? The Lansing State Journal lists 19 Christmas Eve services and events for today. I [...]

Share|

]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2009/12/24/here-are-some-of-the-christmas-eve-services-in-the-lansing-area/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2009/12/23/emerson-eggerichs-former-lansing-area-pastor-to-counsel-u-s-military-in-iraq-about-marriage-problems/ http://thelansingblog.com/2009/12/23/emerson-eggerichs-former-lansing-area-pastor-to-counsel-u-s-military-in-iraq-about-marriage-problems/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:19:22 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=454 Former Trinity Church pastor, Dr. Emerson Eggerichs is scheduled to go to Iraq next month to hold marriage workshops with U.S. military in Iraq. He is the author of the best-selling marriage book “Love and Respect” and who holds marriage conferences around the country. This WOOD TV story says that in fiscal year 2009, military [...]

Share|

]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2009/12/23/emerson-eggerichs-former-lansing-area-pastor-to-counsel-u-s-military-in-iraq-about-marriage-problems/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2009/01/01/did-you-go-to-a-christmas-eve-service/ http://thelansingblog.com/2009/01/01/did-you-go-to-a-christmas-eve-service/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:56:06 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=68 On Christmas Eve, the weather here in the Lansing (MI)-area made for pretty marginal driving, so we decided to go to the candlelight service at a neighborhood church–Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2727 Holmes Rd. on the southwest side of the city. The church borders two different neighborhoods, Averill Woods and Churchill Downs neighborhoods, one of the [...]

Share|

]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2009/01/01/did-you-go-to-a-christmas-eve-service/feed/ 2 http://thelansingblog.com/2008/12/29/how-would-you-rate-your-church-in-the-lansing-area/ http://thelansingblog.com/2008/12/29/how-would-you-rate-your-church-in-the-lansing-area/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:33:28 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/2008/12/29/how-would-you-rate-your-church-in-the-lansing-area/ On my ride to the dentist this morning, from the southwest side of Lansing to the near northside, I passed a whole slew of churches. On my three mile ride , I passed many different denominations with most being small or medium-sized. My question: What are the top churches in the city of Lansing? What [...]

Share|

]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2008/12/29/how-would-you-rate-your-church-in-the-lansing-area/feed/ 0