It has been a great week at the A29 conference & ministering at Providence Bible Church but I am massively ready to see my family! I am getting ready to board my flight & should see my babe & crew in about 5 hours – yeah! The gathering at PBC yesterday was very sweet. Nearly [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Thursday was packed full & very profitable. After being reminded in my morning jog that the elevation of Denver is, uh, slightly higher than Portland I hit the second & last day of the Acts 29 Bootcamp. Among several strong messages, Sam Storms preached from Acts 17, sharing 4 powerful truths for impacting our communities. [...]
When we were at Soma School we heard the “Story of God”. What a refreshing way to look at the Bible. The Bible is a story and should be read as one. The whole point of the Bible also is JESUS. From Soma Web Site: For thousands of years, stories and oral traditions were the [...]
Hello from the L2 Church facility (a renovated old theater) in Denver! This Acts 29 church planting conference began with a time of musical worship – I was gripped by the words “The power that conquered the grave lives in me.” Wow! Jeff Vanderstelt then spoke on making disciples who make disciples. Leadership is nothing [...]
Ex-Detroit Mayor Sentenced Today to 5 Years in Jail
Posted: May 25, 2010 by cletebontrager in Detroit Info, UncategorizedSo Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced today to 5 years in jail. A city that was once the crown jewel of the midwest, having been reduced to a shell of what it once was is punishing one of their own that was elected to protect their very interest. We are not so very different in some [...]
Tomorrow afternoon I leave for Denver to attend the Acts 29 church planting conference & then preach at Providence Bible Church, an inner city church. The theme of the Denver church planting boot camp is “ENGAGE: If God is in it, act like He is.” It begins Tuesday evening with a reception for A29 members. [...]
Requiem of Detroit, Part 4 ~ the Jewel of the Midwest
Posted: May 22, 2010 by mikehanafee in UncategorizedContinuing our series in the BBC’s Requiem of Detroit we learn about the post war growth of the auto industry. During this era Detroit was known as the Jewel of the Midwest. The materialism prevalent in our society to this day was greatly influenced by the marketing approaches of automakers – motivate people to constantly [...]
I am very grateful to share that I have been accepted into the Acts 29 church planting network for the planting of Restore Church in Detroit. You can now check us out on the candidate map. An Acts 29 candidate becomes a full member when he meets specified conditions (I was given none) & gathers [...]
If I want to reach my neighbor with the gospel I need to know him & the forces that have shaped his thinking. The same goes for seeking to reach a city. In that vein we are continuing our postings of BBC’s Requiem for Detroit. In this third segment we learn about the pre-depression growth [...]
Gathered Worship & Seattle Fellowship ~ Soma School: Day 6
Posted: May 17, 2010 by mikehanafee in Soma School, UncategorizedThe corporate gathering is not the point of the church but a punctuation & celebration of 24/7 gospel living. For that reason we were particularly excited to meet with the Tacoma missional communities this AM – what a celebration it was! Then with some new church planter friends from Missouri & San Francisco we enjoyed [...]
