What the Heck Is Happening to my Electric Bill? Have you noticed some changes to your electric bill recently?  Maybe you’ve just. chalked it up to normal increases in everything, or to variability due to the weather? It turns out to be a little more than that.  Last fall the Michigan Public Service Commission approved […]

Why Your Next Car Should be Electric On Sunday, July 11, People’s Church will be hosting an in-person electric vehicle (EV) event featuring Dr. Paul Pancella, Chair of the WMU Dept. of Physics, as well as an expo of electric vehicles put on by the Kalamazoo Electric Vehicle Association (KEVA).  Like our previous Eco Forums […]

June Special Collection The June 13th  Second Sunday Special Collection will be held to benefit El Concilio. El Concilio is a non-profit, community focused organization that seeks to help Latino residents support their families, contribute to society and appreciate their cultural significance in the region. For more than 30 years the Hispanic American Council, renamed […]

On Sunday, May 23rd, Dr. Charlae Davis, Executive Director of ISAAC (Interfaith Strategy for Action and Advocacy in the Community (https://isaackalamazoo.org) was our speaker. During our small group discussion in the virtual coffee hour afterward, someone suggested that we make her key points available here so that we all could reflect on the guidance, […]

Dear ISAAC Family and Friends in Michigan, The time is now to make our voices heard! Please click ALL of these 5 links below to send electronic messages to fight voter suppression in Michigan and to facilitate voter participation. We cannot go backwards as a Beloved Community in Michigan. Our voices must be heard so that these injustices do not continue. Please […]

Our annual pledge campaign is completed with 136 pledges for $275,000 for fiscal year 2021-22. This is slightly more money than last year, but from fewer people, reflecting lost contacts owing to the pandemic Zoom setting to our religious services.  We are extremely grateful to those who were able to step up their pledges to […]

The committee has been working since July, 2019 on reviewing and revising the constitution bylaw document of People’s Church. The process has been thorough.  As we stated in a February newsletter article, proposed edits have been based on our Mission and Vision statements, as well as current practices.  Completion of the first review has not […]

Just before the pandemic, the Green Sanctuary Committee (GSC) shared a letter with the People’s Board of Trustees in support of becoming an affiliate of the Kalamazoo Climate Coalition (KCCC), provided the church membership also supported affiliation during the 2020 Annual Meeting. After a year’s delay, we are once again proposing members consider KCCC affiliation […]