MLHS Alumni News – May 2025
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Upcoming Events
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2025 Titan Golf Outing
Join us for a day on the course to support ML’s tuition assistance fund.
Head to https://michiganlutheran.org/golf to sign up your team. If you are interested in volunteering, contact a committee member below:
Matt Veine (269) 235-2140, Ken Kruck (269) 252-2899 , Ryan Kepner (269) 208-0106
50th Class Reunion – 1976 YOU ARE ON THE CLOCK! (May 22-23, 2026) – Save the Dates!!
The Class of 1975 reunited on May 23 for a dinner, tour, and time to reminisce, celebrating their 50th reunion. A number of the class then returned on Saturday, May 24, to lead the processional of graduates during the commencement ceremony. They were also recognized during the service. What a joy it is to have these opportunities to celebrate God’s continued grace throughout the years as ML’s alumni population nears the 1500 mark.
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Email any of your milestones or newsworthy items to alumni@michiganlutheran.org so that we can celebrate together!
Mission Trip
Jayden Duensing Beck (2023), Audiology Assistant at Professional Hearing Services, recently returned from a profoundly moving mission trip to the Philippines, where she joined Dr. Gyl Kasewurm and the Starkey Hearing Foundation to provide hearing care to underserved communities. This marks Jayden’s third humanitarian outreach, following her first mission to El Salvador in November 2024 and her second mission trip to the Dominican Republic in January 2025
In just two days on the ground in the Philippines, Jayden and Dr. Gyl fit more than 850 people with hearing aids—each one a powerful, personal story. From elderly individuals finally able to hear their grandchildren’s laughter, to young children hearing their parents’ voices for the first time, every fitting was a moment of transformation.
Pastor Mitchell
Ryan Mitchell class of 2017, graduated with his Masters of Divinity from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary on May 23!
He was assigned to be pastor at Christus Lutheran Church in Delavan, WI.
Proud Alumni Parents of Graduates
Stacey (Williamson) Howe (2001), Cheryl (Bell) Zehner (1990), Hethe Janke (1991), Clint Swisher (1993), Brian Stegman (1989), and Amy (Zielke) Abele (1996) all had sons or daughters graduating today, making their kids 2nd generation titan Alumni!
Alumni Trivia Contest!
Congrats to Beth (Dumke) Weiss (1997) for correctly naming the alumni in the picture – Kari(Kepner) Holmes, Jim Ashmead, and Jeremy Barbott. Congrats, Beth and thanks to all who chimed in! But, you have to be quick!
God’s Blessings to a number of our Titans alumni who are now graduating from the next level of school. Feel free to share more milestones or newsworthy items to share with the ML Family to alumni@michiganlutheran.org
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Help your Alumni Association
The Alumni Association plans to meet quarterly to build on our network of nearly 1500 alumni and find ways to continue to impact the school we love! These meetings are open to ALL Alumni who would like to find out what is going on with the Association and find ways to plug into the events and opportunities at ML. Read the notes from the meeting and mark the dates on your calendar. We even have ZOOM options if you’d like to attend virtually and give feedback.
August 3, 2025
Alumni Association Committee
Jeremy Barbott – 269-588-2153 – jbarb1312@gmail.com
Becky (Biedenbender) Briney – 269-358-2998 – bbriney@michiganlutheran.org
Julie Duensing – 269-930-7542 – julieduensing@gmail.com
Beth (Bomke) Anderson – 269-313-3014 – Bbomke@hotmail.com
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