Pastor Greg Buchner
What Pastor Greg Believes
Pastor Greg Buchner (pronounced boo-K’-ner) is a disciple and follower of Jesus Christ, created by God the Father, sustained by the Holy Spirit, to love God and love others.
Wesleyan in belief, Pastor Greg believes that the Holy Spirit is not finished with any of us yet. Since we carry the name of Christian, by God’s grace, everything the Bible says about Jesus Christ is what we should strive to be. We’re not perfect yet, but we continue to work towards God’s holy truth that will one day set us free. Jesus said so, and John, Charles, and Susanna Wesley lived their faith in an honest, down-to-earth, and helpful expression of grace and love.
Methodist in practice, Pastor Greg believes in grace and love tempered with holiness.
Our minds, hearts, and hands have to go together. More and more, as we become like Christ, loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and loving and serving others as we’d like to be, has to be our goal. And when we miss that mark, forgiveness, grace, and mercy should be our specialty, both to those inside and outside of our churches and community. God has first forgiven and loved us to show us how.
Available by choice, Pastor Greg is also available before and after worship, during church office hours, and during the week by contacting 734-252-9110 (cell) or at pastorgreg.ncd@gmail.com.
He will come to you, or meet at the church, whatever is needed. Confidentiality is maintained as long as you're not going to hurt yourself or others. Let's get together soon!
Pastor Greg's Creds
Pastor Greg is currently a full elder in the United Methodist Church after completing a rigorous ordination process that included interviews, papers, and evaluations over many years. It was a rigorous process of self-examination as well. Over 20 years, he has ministered seven churches.
Before pastoral ministry, Greg worked at Meijer, and other food retail stores. Eventually he became a department manager while studying to receive his Bachelor of Business Administration, specializing in Food Marketing, from Western Michigan University in 1994. He received his Master of Divinity degree in 2003 at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, IN.
Pastor Greg's Family
Pastor Greg is also blessed to be married over twenty-five years to Dr. AnnMarie L. Buchner, Audiologist. AnnMarie is currently working for Mobile Medical Support, which is an ancillary provider of podiatry, dental, vision and audiology services, serving those primarily in nursing homes and PACE centers throughout the state. Her calling is to help people hear, and she’s willing to talk with anyone about their hearing issues.
Pastor Greg and AnnMarie have two adult children, daughter Jamie and son Matthew, who now live in Central Michigan.
