At present most of the resources are located at the Diocesan Center in Saginaw or at St John's, Midland, but we solicit other churches to share their resources located around the diocese. The directory also includes a calendar of helpful conferences, workshops, and meetings throughout the country. These entries include a contact person so that more information about an event may be obtained. A complete table of contents is included in the Resource Directory. Arguably the best way to bring new members into the Episcopal Church is the Alpha class.
Alpha is a ten week course that is a practical exploration of the Christian faith.
In reality, it is not specifically Anglican and it is used by other denominations with great success. This is the second workshop to be given in this series of four workshops. The purpose of this workshop is to assist the parish in gathering data about the people, resources and the programs of the congregation. Congregational and Leadership Development Papers and videos on how to develop your Congregation and the Leaders it needs. Percept offers a variety of tools to measure the fit of your services with the local community.