We had a very long road to get to this point today. Mine is 60 years, and Marie is 56 years; together, 116 years of helping others in ministry.

Who is Eric Michel, and what are the ministries?

The evolution of a ministry
Please keep in mind the story of Eric Michel Ministries did not started as what we know today, like many other organisms it change adding and removing parts of it, we say:”It evolve” due to time and new discoveries, but the root, it’s reason to be is and always be the same “Helping the needies” also it’s founder (myself) state of mind toward faith

Eric Michel, born November 2 1951, is a pastor and chaplain for first responders and truckers, a member of the CVFSA and the Royal Canadian Legion, best known for having been a street outreach worker at the Drug Abuse Intervention and Prevention Center of the ‘Outaouais 1993-2000.

Biography
French born in Gatineau (Hull), Quebec in 1951 I’m a father and grandfather, Bi-vocational Pastor and Founder and Commander of Eric Michel Ministries International which I founded in 2010, I was ordained in 1988 in a Johannic Church and now I’m a Catholic Minister in New Life Franciscan Catholic Ministry community, devoting in helping people since my oath as a wolf cub pack member (Boy Scout) in 1960 and I never stop since. A large part of my life was to give my spare time to the community as a volunteer, and I was a member of many non-profit organizations (more than 20), in which I got involved as a member of boards with titles of director, Vice-President and President. Also sitting at round tables of social comity for the well-being of the community in different aspects of health, social, and, most importantly, primary necessities. I’m a professional outreach worker with 7 years of experience as a Travailleur de Rue at the Centre d’Intervention et Prevention en Toxicomanie de l’Outaouais.

• Ordained Minister (priest) on December 7, 1988, as a bi-vocational pastor, he first exercised his ministry in Outaouais, then in Trois-Rivières, where he met the Reverend Marie Arnold in 2012.
• Ordained bishop on November 30, 2010, he became archbishop by-election on May 6, 2011.
• On August 1, 2012, he was re-ordained a Unitarian Minister at the Open Door Open Faith Unitarian Church in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Also, for a short period, he served as a celebrant pastor with the Evangelical Christian Church of Lorraine and worked in its chaplaincy ministry. In July 2011, he became a chaplain. Founder of the Eric Michel Ministry and Chaplaincy, which became Eric Michel Ministries International, a non-profit religious corporation registered in Canada on July 14, 2014. In 2017, the African United Methodist Church of Malawi, the Pentecostal Church of Andhra Pradesh in India, and the Evangelical Christian Church in Uganda united under the ministry of the Interdenominational Assembly of Churches.

Eric Michel, né le 2 novembre 1951, est pasteur et aumônier des premiers intervenants et des camionneurs, membre de la CVFSA et de la Légion royale canadienne, et surtout connu pour avoir été intervenant de rue au Centre de Prévention et d’Intervention de l’Outaouais de 1993 à 2000.

Biographie
Né à Gatineau (Hull), au Québec, en 1951, je suis père et grand-père, pasteur à temps partiel et fondateur et commandant des ministères internationaux Éric Michel, que j’ai fondés en 2010. Ordonné prêtre en 1988 dans une église johannique, je suis aujourd’hui ministre catholique au sein de la communauté franciscaine Nouvelle Vie. Depuis mon engagement comme louveteau chez les scouts en 1960, je me consacre à aider les autres sans relâche. J’ai consacré une grande partie de mon temps libre au bénévolat et j’ai été membre de plus de vingt organismes sans but lucratif, où j’ai occupé des postes de directeur, de vice-président et de président. J’ai également participé à des tables rondes de la communauté pour le bien-être de celle-ci, notamment en matière de santé, de socialisation et, surtout, de besoins essentiels. Je suis un intervenant de rue professionnel et j’ai travaillé pendant 7 ans comme travailleur de rue au Centre d’intervention et de prévention en toxicomanie de l’Outaouais.

Ordonné ministre le 7 décembre 1988, en tant que pasteur-travailleur, il a d’abord exercé son ministère en Outaouais, puis à Trois-Rivières, où il a rencontré la révérende Marie Arnold en 2012.
Ordonné évêque le 30 novembre 2010, il devient archevêque par élection le 6 mai 2011.
Le 1er août 2012, il a été réordonné pasteur Unitarian a l’Open Door Open Faith Unitarian Church in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. De plus, pendant une courte période, il s’est associé à l’Église chrétienne évangélique de Lorraine en tant que pasteur célébrant et a exercé son ministère d’aumônerie. En juillet 2011, il devient aumônier. Fondateur de l’aumônerie, le ministère Eric Michel International, une corporation religieuse à but non lucratif au Canada, le 14 juillet 2014. En 2017, avec l’association des églises de l’African United Methodist of Malawi, de l’Andhra Pradesh en Inde et de l’Église chrétienne évangélique en Ouganda, réunies sous le ministère de l’Assemblée interconfessionnelle des Églises.

Academic Background:

• UQAH Course in Small Group Communication Skills
• Dominican College Faculty of Theology Bible Study
• Académie de Formation Professionnelle de Pastorale Pastor-Celebrant Training

Social Intervention Street Outreach Worker

1. Certificate: Participation in basic training for volunteers, Regional AIDS Action Bureau
2. Maisonneuve College Certificate: Drug Addiction and AIDS: Dependence and Lifestyle, Sexual Experience and Risky Behaviours, Intervening with Injectable Drug Users
3. EduCom Training Service Certificate: Conflict Management and Mediation
4. Regional AIDS Action Bureau Certificate: A Human Face to Drug Addiction
5. Drug and Alcohol Certificate: Myths and Realities
6. Certificate for Intervening with Adolescents: Myths and Realities
7. Conflict Management and Mediation Certificate
8. Mental Health Training Certificate: Intervention Procedures under the Act Respecting the Protection of Persons Whose Mental State Presents a Danger to Themselves or Others
9. Attestation: Street Outreach Training I & II
10. Certificate: AIDS, the Law, and Me
11. Attestation: Palliative Care Training for AIDS Patients
12. Certificate: Crisis Intervention (Field-Based)
    After 45 years of study and research, I received a Learned Theologian, Theological Certificate and a Doctor of Divinity in 2010.

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Marie Arnold Born Feltmate
In May 2012, Rev. Eric Michel was with a new life partner, the Rev. Marie Y. Arnold, who was ordained in 2011 at Sedona University in Metaphysics and Counselling and was named senior chaplain at Eric Michel Ministries and Chaplaincy. (Chaplaincy was renamed International in 2014).

Rev. Marie Yvonne was ordained by the University of Metaphysics at Sedona on January the 31st 2010, and appointed Bishop of EMMI on October 4, 2013. The Rt. Rev. Marie Yvonne Arnold, Bishop and Chief Chaplain, Co-Founder of the EMMI Chaplaincy Ministry, Founder of EMMI New Hope Ministry and Mission & Counsellor

• House of Bishops President, Bishop Emeritus the Very Reverend Marie Arnold, an Ordained Minister in the World-Wide International Metaphysical Ministry in 2010.
• Canadian Baptist Minister, Ordained to the Episcopa in 2015
• Rt Rev Marie Yvonne Arnold Bishop, Chief Chaplain, EMMI Community Co-Founder and Member of Clergy Advisor Committee & Counsellor
• Co-Founder of the EMMI Chaplaincy Ministry, Founder of EMMI New Hope Ministry and Mission, and Bible Counsellor

Mother of 4 children and many grandchildren. She has been an ordained Metaphysical Minister. She is now a Baptist Minister. In the 1980, she was a Sunday School Teacher and Sunday School Superintendent and also a member for many years of the Jeddore Women’s. Missionary Society. Most of her life was dedicated to the well-being of others, mainly through counselling in her community, which led her to explore a counselling course she wants to continue in her ministry and has informed her decision to enter the ministry today.

In the 1970’s and 1980s, she was also an assistant Deacon, an assistant trustee and a volunteer. During the 1970s, she was also a member of the choir and helped with the youth group. During my time as Sunday Superintendent, we had an average attendance of 100. She also began the first adult Sunday school class, which got the interest of many and was well
attended. These years taught me compassion in dealing with people from 3 years to adults, and that has followed me into my decision to go into the ministry today.

Interest
Her interests are in Metaphysics, History, Spirituality, World Religion, Science, Human Development and Children and Adults in Crisis.

As A Pastor
She studies at the University of Metaphysics in Sedona, Arizona. Through correspondence, she holds a Bachelor’s degree as a Metaphysical Minister, Counsellor, and Practitioner. She is qualified to perform weddings, funerals, baptisms and baby namings.

Faith:
Her religious background is Catholic and Baptist; she became a practicing Baptist after marrying into a Baptist family and followed that faith for many years until she began to question many things without getting any answers. she began her search for the truth and was directed to the University of Metaphysics where she discovered the answers to her questions..Now she has discovered enlightenment in her quest for the truth.

Affiliation:
Jeddore United Baptist Church
Sedona University of Metaphysics

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