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Good Friend

Ministries

Good Friend Ministries, Traverse City, Michigan, providing retreats and counseling for Michigan District (LCMS) pastors and wives, for rest, renewal, and encouragement.

The Inn

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Good Friend Ministries (GFM) provides retreat facilities and counseling services, enabling pastors and their wives to rest, pray, reflect, and return to their ministry setting renewed, refreshed, and re-energized for Christ-centered service. Our charming Inn is nestled in the vineyards and woods of the Old Mission Peninsula between the east and west waters of the Grand Traverse Bay, Traverse City, MI. In addition to Michigan District clergy, we are available to provide, on an individual basis, marriage intensives for clergy couples from across the church body.

Good Friend Ministries is a 501c(3) non-profit retreat ministry that is also a Recognized Service Organization of the LCMS. The ministry was established in 2022. Board members include: Rev. Dr. Rick Wolfram, Luke and Faye Pickelman, Jan Johnson, Dan Galbraith, Thad Wolfram, and Jon Pickelman. Our Executive Director and licensed counselor is Rev. Dr. Mark Hannemann.

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A peek inside...

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