I wanted to give an update on our Saturday summer sports outreach. For those of you who don’t know what we did every Saturday at noon let me explain. We played soccer on an outside tennis court. We called it indoor soccer outdoors. Hey, I know, “that don’t make no sense”, but really we did [...]
Archive for August, 2011
Summer Sports Outreach in the D
Posted: August 26, 2011 by cletebontrager in Restore Church, Uncategorized1
Sunday morning we began a series in one of my favorite books of the Bible, Colossians. Those early believers in Colossae were being told that while Jesus was great they needed something more. No doubt the struggles of life were validating this false teaching. They are not alone. Every time we think “IF ONLY I [...]
Pretty much weekly I send out an email or two covering what’s going down in connection to Restore. Here’s one I sent out yesterday. Let me know if you would like to get on our email list. Hey all, here’s a bunch of upcoming stuff for Restore. First, this Sunday (Aug 21) at 10:30 AM [...]
Update: 25 & 7…but Jesus is alive!
Posted: August 17, 2011 by mikehanafee in Detroit Info, UncategorizedI am updating this post as a friend just informed me that in several different incidents in Detroit last weekend 25 people (not 16) were shot and 7 were killed. Sounds like a report out of Iraq or Afghanistan. Sounds like something from post fall Genesis. Sobering. Last month a 5 year old girl who lives a few streets [...]
In several different incidents in Detroit last weekend 16 people were shot and 7 were killed. Sounds like a report out of Iraq or Afghanistan. Sounds like something from post fall Genesis. Sobering. Last month a 5 year old girl who lives a few streets away from our neighborhood was abducted at 3AM in a [...]
“What’s a white dude the wrong side of 40 doing planting a church in Detroit?”
Posted: August 4, 2011 by mikehanafee in Detroit Info, Friends, Restore Church, VisionA few weeks ago I was interviewed by Jim Essian, lead pastor of Paradox Church in Fort Worth, TX. (If his name sounds familiar it’s because his father, Jim Essian, was born in Detroit & played 12 years in the MLB before coaching the Chicago Cubs in 1991. Jim (Jr), raised in the Detroit area, [...]
Two Sunday’s ago I preached at Gospel Life Church in Madison Heights, MI on the unstoppability of the gospel advance. Drawing on an illustration from my Oregon days I shared how the gospel is like a logging train – nothing can stand it it’s way! From Acts 15 & 16 we saw how the gospel [...]
