city charter. He authored the charter's preamble. The charter was adopted by an 80% majority. Alongside this work, Wagner acted as the chairman of the West Shore Committee for Jewish Christian Dialogue. While serving in North Muskegon, Wagner lead several community efforts, including the Community United Methodist Church Rocket Team, a student organization made up of students from Mona Shores, Reeths-Puffer and North Muskegon public schools that competed in the Michigan Rockets for Schools competition. Under Wagner's leadership, the team took home several awards, including a championship trophy and individual awards for tabletop display, website design, and actual flight. In 2006, Wagner was appointed pastor at Holt United Methodist Church in Holt, Michigan as the 45th pastor in the church's 161-year history. During his eight years of pastoral leadership in Holt, the congregation retired its debt, created more accessible and energy efficient buildings, expanded mission outreach to the community and became involved in Christian leadership training. He was named "People’s Choice" pastor for Holt by the Lansing State Journal three times in eight years and provided leadership for the Lansing District Board of Church Building and Location. Wagner returned to Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in 2010 to become a certified clergy coach through the school and the Samaritan Counseling Center. Following his service in Holt, Wagner succeeded Rev. Daniel Duncan as the pastor of United Methodist Church of the Dunes in Grand Haven, Michigan in July 2014. Wagner announced that he would be retiring as pastor at the end of 2016 in October. In August 2015, Wagner was selected as one of two co-chairs of the United Methodist Michigan Conference Design Team by Bishop Deborah Lieder Kiesey. The decision was made following an affirmative vote to combine the West Michigan and Detroit Annual Conferences. The Design Team, made up of 26 members from around the state of Michigan, have worked to design an annual Methodist conference for the over 800 United Methodist congregations in Michigan. As a result of Wagner and Kiesey's collaboration, 2016 saw the beginning of the two areas holding a joint conference in Acme, Michigan at the Grand Traverse Resort & Spa. In 2019, the Detroit and West Michigan Conferences will combine to form the Michigan Conference. In 2016, Wagner released his first book, entitled God-Incidents: Real-Life Stories to Strengthen and Restore Your Faith. Written Works God-Incidents: Real-Life Stories to Strengthen and Restore Your Faith (2016) References External