History of MCYPAA Host Cities and Convention Themes

Convention	Year	Host City	Theme
45	2024	Port Huron	"A Power Greater Than Ourselves"
44	2023	Southfield	"We Are Not a Glum Lot"
43	2022	Grand Rapids	“Saved From A Living Death"
42	2021	Auburn Hills	“Our Roots Grasped a New Soil’
41	2019	Detroit	“Archway to Freedom”
40	2018	Grand Rapids	“Rescued From Shipwreck”
39	2017	Oakland County/ Novi	“Sunlight of the Spirit”
38	2016	Ann Arbor/ Ypsilanti	“Survive and Rediscover Life”
37	2015	Lansing	"Rocketed into a Fourth Dimension of Existence"
36	2014	Flint/ Auburn Hills	"Position of Neutrality"
35	2013	Northern Michigan/ Traverse City	"If you persist, remarkable things will happen"
34	2012	Mt. Pleasant	"There Is a Solution"
33	2011	Lansing	"New Found Faith and Hope"
32	2010	Grand Rapids	“Faith Without Works is Dead”
31	2009	East Side/ Port Huron	“Willingness is the Key”
30	2008	Monroe	"Life Will Take on New Meaning"
29	2007	East Lansing	"A New Beginning…"
28	2006	Kalamazoo	"We Have Been Rocketed into a Fourth Dimension"
27	2005	Grand Rapids	"Spiritual Structure Can Be Built"
26	2004	Ann Arbor	"Join us on the Broad Highway/Age of Miracles"
25	2003	Lansing	"Life Will Take on New Meaning"
24	2002	Battle Creek	"To Be Helpful is our Only Aim"
23	2001	Grand Rapids	"True Freedom of the Human Spirit"
22	2000	Northern Michigan	"The Realm of the Spirit is open, we believe, to all men"
21	1999	Dearborn	"A New World Came Into View"
20	1998	Flint	“To Thine Own Self Be True”
19	1997	Grand Rapids	"Carry the Message"
18	1996	North Oakland	"We Shall be with You in the Fellowship of the Spirit"
17	1995	Metro Detroit	"Life Will Take on New Meaning"
16	1994	East Lansing	"We are not a glum lot"
15	1993	Ann Arbor	"Alone No More"
14	1992	Grand Rapids	"Back to Basics
13	1991	Charlevoix	"Dreams are Miracles"
12	1990	Benton Harbor	"Just For Today"
11	1989	Lansing	"Free To Reach Your Dreams"
10	1988	Southfield	"To Thine Own Self Be True"
9	1987	St. Joseph	"Going to Any Lengths"
8	1986	Southfield	"Be With The Winners"
7	1985	Grand Rapids/ Muskegon	“Unity, Service, Recovery: Trust God, Help Others, Clean House”
6	1984	Ann Arbor	"Unity, Service, Recovery: Trust God, Help Others, Clean House"
5	1983	Flint	"Unity, Service, Recovery"
4	1982	Kalamazoo	"Unity, Service, Recovery: Keep the Miracle Happening"
3	1981	Lansing	"Unity, Service, Recovery"
2	1980	Detroit	"Unity, Service, Recovery: People Who Need People"
1	1979	Ann Arbor	"Unity, Service, Recovery"