“Today we extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, partnered, divorced, or are a member of the LGBTQIA+ community. You are welcome if you are a crying newborn, dirt poor, filthy rich, have brown skin, black skin, white skin, or any color of skin, speak perfect English, broken English, or four different languages. 



We welcome you if you can sing like an operatic soprano or if you shouldn’t even sing in the shower. You’re welcome here if you’re “just browsing,” just woke up, or just got out of jail. We don’t care if you’re more Catholic than the Pope, believe in God only some of the time, or all of the time, or have never set foot in a church.

We extend a special welcome to those who are over 60 but not grown up yet and to youth growing up too fast. We welcome soccer moms, NFL dads, starving artists, tree-huggers, latte-sippers, vegetarians, and all junk-food eaters.

We welcome those who are in recovery or still addicted. We welcome you if you’ve been having problems, down in the dumps, or if you don’t like “organized religion”; we’ve been there too.

We welcome you if you cannot hear or see or are a person with a disability. We welcome you if you are inked or pierced or both. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, had religion shoved down their throat as a kid, or just got lost in Shelby Township and ended up here by mistake.

We welcome tourists, seekers, doubters, bleeding hearts ... AND YOU”