Sunday’s worship service had the potential to be the worst of the 4 gatherings we’ve had. Going into the first song, my spirit was not right. I mean, where are all the people who’ve been coming out or who we are walking with during the week, etc, etc, etc. Then Clete, in beautiful pastoral fashion, drew [...]
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Before & After
Posted: April 30, 2012 by mikehanafee in acts, preaching, Restore Church, Uncategorized1
Not because of great preachers but because all God’s kids get His Spirit for Mission
Posted: April 9, 2012 by mikehanafee in acts, Discipleship Groups, preaching, Restore Church, the gospel, UncategorizedI don’t know that we’ll have the bandwidth to post on every worship service now that we are meeting weekly but since so many of you have been praying I wanted to give a quick glimpse into yesterday’s Easter celebration. Wow, it was a beautiful time! We were honored to have fellow pastor (El Shaddai [...]
Blender & Vending Machine Theologies (& gas station toilets)
Posted: November 16, 2011 by mikehanafee in preaching, Restore ChurchWhen Jephthah vowed to God he would sacrifice the first thing that came out of his door he wasn’t thinking of Spot the family dog, Mittens the family cat, Fluffy the family lamb, or Elsie the family cow – he was undoubtedly thinking of a someone like a servant. Jephthah was appalled when his daughter [...]
Batting between Cabrera & Martinez
Posted: November 1, 2011 by mikehanafee in Friends, preaching, racism, Restore Church, VisionAfter a fast & furious few days I thought I’d share an update on what has been going on. Friday evening the Hanafees & Bontragers drove to Akron, OH for our sons’ Saturday football games. It was a fun road trip spending time with old & new friends, coaching the boys, watching the girls cheerlead, [...]
