Wow, Sunday was a great day! Jesus was lifted up & the Spirit moved as we celebrated the power of the gospel to reconcile people back to the Father & to one another. The children & teens did a great job reciting Dr. King’s Letter From a Birmingham Jail, Wayne Stapleton of Grace Community Church [...]
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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 [...]
“Sign your burial form”
Posted: October 6, 2011 by mikehanafee in Colossians, Gospel Identities, Restore ChurchWhen David Sitton (barely 20 years old!) arrived in Papua New Guinea with just a suitcase, surfboard, & Bible, the veteran missionary leading his first patrol into the bush slid him a burial form to sign in case he died on that mission. Pretty alarming as you can imagine! But Sitton embraced the possibility of [...]
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.
Restore Church Gets Down & Dirty
Posted: April 21, 2011 by cletebontrager in Core Values, Gospel Identities, Restore Church, UncategorizedThis past Sunday (4/17/2011) we sponsored our first service project in our little corner of the world. We have participated in doing projects with other groups, but had a great time heading this one up. I want to thank Ruth Bontrager and Alaina Grojean for all the hours of planning and prep time to pull this off. Thank [...]
Apostle Paul- The Ultimate Supermodel?
Posted: February 4, 2011 by cletebontrager in Gospel Identities, UncategorizedWhen you think about the life of Paul, usually the thought of him being a supermodel doesn’t find its way into your mind. But, examine his life. He was the ultimate model of Christ Jesus or you could say he reached SUPERMODEL status. Of course the ULTIMATE MODEL for us is Jesus Christ. Paul wants [...]
The 32/6 Initiative
Posted: December 27, 2010 by mikehanafee in Core Values, Gospel Identities, Vision“When is your launch date?” That is a question we hear frequently. Certainly it is a fair question & a good question. And no doubt the approach of planning for & advertising a big launch service has worked in some contexts. As one who loves to preach & looks forward to regularly preaching again this [...]
In this video I share some brief thoughts on another missional implication, contextualization. This topic has received much attention in recent years, often more in the way of rhetoric & tradition, rather than reality & Scripture.
“This is the last time you’re going to church”
Posted: September 13, 2010 by mikehanafee in Core Values, Gospel IdentitiesIn this video I share a second implication of the missional church. Not because of any contemporary fads but because of the ancient text of Scripture the church rightly understood is not a time & place but the people of God empowered by the Spirit of God to make known the Son of God to [...]
