Every church planter knows that uneasy feeling, as the start of the worship service nears, of not seeing a lot of faces you expected to see. Ugh! Sunday it happened to me so I slipped into a back room & prayed for a few minutes, “God, help me to keep my mind focused on you [...]
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Sunday’s Unusual Encouragement (MGOBLUE!)
Posted: May 21, 2012 by mikehanafee in Family, Friends, Michigan, Restore Church, Uncategorized1
“Making a move in faith.” Mom of 4 talks about the call to Detroit
Posted: May 4, 2012 by mikehanafee in Detroit Info, Family, Friends, UncategorizedIn our last post I mentioned a family moving to Detroit to be part of Restore Church. Here’s the story of this call in Jackie’s words… Had I been asked a couple years ago if I would be writing this, I might have given a nice eye roll along with a “um, yeah ooookay!” In [...]
So in a week we will be doing THE STORY OF GOD in our neighborhood. We love this story and want others to come and embrace this story with us! Most people have a Bible on their shelf, but unfortunately most people have not cracked open the book in a very long time. Most could [...]
Restore’s 2nd Trimester, Midrange Schedule, & an amazing gift!
Posted: November 18, 2011 by mikehanafee in Detroit Info, Family, Friends, Restore Church, VisionHey all, I like to tell people that we are entering the 2nd trimester in our embryonic stage of planting Restore Church. Hard to believe that next Tuesday (Nov 22) we will have been in Detroit one year. Wow, time has flown by! To let you know how to pray for the next few months [...]
Restore Church has FREE Yard Sale to Bless Detroit, but Recieves a Blessing
Posted: October 10, 2011 by cletebontrager in Family, Friends, Gospel Identities, Restore Church, Uncategorized, VisionRestore Church put on our service project for October this past Sunday (Oct 09 2011). Our goal was to bless our neighborhood by putting on a free yard sale. I think though we were blessed far beyond the blessing the folks in our neighborhood and surrounding areas received. So many people came up with tears [...]
Jesus has really big biceps & a huge heart
Posted: September 6, 2011 by mikehanafee in Colossians, Family, Friends, Gospel Identities, Restore Church, UncategorizedSunday about 45 people gathered at the Bontrager home for worship (I’m starting to wonder if we can build a balcony in their living room!). In message 2 in our Colossians series we looked at the supremacy & sufficiency of Jesus. You can check out the sermon & some pics below.
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 [...]
Six Months on the Ground
Posted: June 3, 2011 by mikehanafee in Detroit Info, Family, Friends, Restore ChurchA few days ago, Clete reminded me of something I had not thought of – we (the Hanafees) have now been in central Detroit for six months! I was not aware of this, maybe due to the strep throat (ugh!) I have battled the last week, or maybe just because of how busy we have [...]
Chicken Nuggets and N’hood Kids
Posted: May 3, 2011 by mikehanafee in Detroit Info, Family, Friends, Restore ChurchMike and Clete left for Buffalo, New York this past Friday to go to a conference. That gave Ruth and me the great opportunity to take all of our boys to play in flag football games Saturday morning at a neighborhood school. A Christian man who lives in the suburbs but has a heart for [...]
at the catholic seminary (& other things)
Posted: April 2, 2011 by mikehanafee in Family, Friends, Restore Church, Uncategorized, VisionSo I thought the title might raise your curiosity! Got ya;) On this post I just want to share a few pictures from some recent things we have done. Last week we attended our neighborhood association’s annual meeting in a large room at the Sacred Heart Catholic Seminary just down the road. This well attended [...]
