July 31-August 1, 2026
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Host:  St. Luke's, Kalamazoo
Supporting Locations:  First Presbyterian Church (across the street from St. Luke's)

YOU ARE INVITED!
The Big Provincial Gathering (BPG) is an opportunity to meet new people and connect with others who share your ministry passions.  It is structured like a "ministry fair" so that people may host workshops and conversations to share program and resource ideas with others.  Pre-event trainings will run from Thursday afternoon through Friday morning, The main event will begin at Friday, July 31, 12 noon ET.

Location of our events:
  • St. Luke's, Kalamazoo, Michigan
  • First Presbyterian Church
​Book Table
If you have books looking for a new home, bring them with you!  Tables will be available to drop available books.  
We will encourage everyone to look at books and take them home with them!
We have places to donate the books, so you are welcome to leave your books with us.

Sacristy Swap
Have liturgical items that need a new home?  Bring them with you!  We will have an area where others can look through items and take home new blessings.  If you have questions about what might be best, contact Brian Wilbert, 440-935-2183.
Please mark each item with your name.  You will need to take leftovers home with you.
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​Provincial Choir
There will be a choir, and everyone is invited!  There will be a sign up form created.

Meet our Musician!

Westley Art Hodges is a native of New Orleans and resides in Chicago, IL, as of 2018. Westley is the Director of Music Ministries at St. Mark's Episcopal Church (www.stmarksevanston.org) in Evanston, IL. Before being at St. Mark's, they served as Director of Music for The Annunciation of Our Lady Episcopal Church in Gurnee, IL, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Peoria, IL, St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, McDonough, GA, St. Aiden's Episcopal Church, Alpharetta GA, and St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, Long Beach, MS. Outside of church work, Westley performs as an accompanist and solo artist and teaches private music lessons to a studio of 24+ students.
Westley earned their Associate of the Arts in Music Education at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, MS, studied Clarinet Performance at Delta State University, Cleveland, MS, under Dr. Andrea Cheeseman, earned a Bachelor of the Arts in Liberal Studies with a Minor in Women and Gender Studies at The University of Illinois Springfield and is currently completing a Masters of the Arts in Liberal and Integrative Studies with a focus in Women and Gender Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield. 

Outside work, Westley enjoys spending time with their fabulous husband, Joseph, and their eleven-year-old black lab, Daylie-Lark. Westley and Joseph are both Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band (www.lakesidepride.org) members, and Westley is also the clarinetist in the Amethyst Wind (www.amethystwinds.com), a professional woodwind quintet in Chicago. For more information about Westley, please visit www.westleyhodges.com

THANK YOU to our sponsors!
We can only provide this amazing opportunity because of sponsors.  If you are interested in sponsoring the opportunity, please contact Heather.