As a young child I had Noah’s Ark themed bedsheets. Many nurseries are painted with animals on the ark. This is quite ironic, when you consider the catastrophic nature of the flood. It’s like having scenes from Hurricane Katrina on your child’s wall. And as one participant noted in Round 2 of THE Story, the [...]
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THE Story round two!
Posted: February 21, 2012 by mikehanafee in Soma School, THE Story, Uncategorized0
An Analogy from Black History Month
Posted: February 13, 2012 by mikehanafee in Black History Month, Detroit Info, Friends, racism, THE Story, UncategorizedAt the gracious invitation of friend & Detroit Library Duffield Branch manager Christine Peele I was privileged to sit on the panel of judges with Pastor Shaun Marshall (Citadel of Faith) and 3 others in the 34th Annual Albert H. Mallory Sr. Black Heroes Oratorical Essay Contest. It was a blast listening to over 20 [...]
THE Story
Posted: February 8, 2012 by mikehanafee in Detroit Info, Restore Church, Uncategorized, VisionWhat happened before time began? How did it all start? Who or what created me? How did I get here? Why do I exist. Does my life really matter? Does it have meaning? What happens after I die? Why is the world the way it is? [...]
Restore video & info blast
Posted: October 13, 2011 by mikehanafee in Restore Church, Uncategorized, VisionFrequently I send out an email covering what’s going down in connection to Restore. Here’s one I sent out today. Let me know if you would like to get on our email list. Hey all, If you haven’t seen it yet here’s a blogpost on last Saturday’s Free Community Yard Sale - it was a big [...]
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 [...]
While we are definitely not a building centered ministry, there is a beautiful old church less than a mile away that I dream about as a worship space & community center. Getting it would require the same power that divided the Red Sea! The place needs much work & would cost a lot to restore. [...]
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.
Summer Sports Outreach in the D
Posted: August 26, 2011 by cletebontrager in Restore Church, UncategorizedI 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 [...]
