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
Suffering & persecution that comes from seeking to advance the gospel paves the way for the gospel to advance. Ouch! But it’s true…in the early church & still today. That does not mean we should seek suffering – probably not a great idea to start an outreach ministry called jerks for Jesus, “seeking to anger [...]
Sometimes people complain the Bible is hardcore. Know what? They are right! The Bible is hardcore because of God’s trifecta of Holiness. 2 guys are struck down for worshipping God the wrong way. Another guy is smoked for touching the ark. The ground swallows up a gang jealous of the leaders God had raised up. [...]
“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 [...]
Before & After
Posted: April 30, 2012 by mikehanafee in acts, preaching, Restore Church, UncategorizedSunday’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 [...]
I’m floored & humbled by the 1 Tim 4:12 kind of young adults who’ve been connecting with Restore. Last night 2 of them who are part of our new BoEd Dgroup, Matt & Maja Golden, poured into us some of the highlights of the recent T4G Conference. It was so good I asked Maja to [...]
Under the leadership of Tony McDuffy & John Ribbing, Restore Church is privileged to partner with Central Detroit Christian Community Development for a 6 week flag football league, April 14. Registration opens at 10:30 AM followed by games at 11:00 AM (ages 5-8), 12:00 PM (ages 9-12), and 1:00 PM (ages 13-16). Location is Hutchins [...]
Easter Egg Hunt & Cookout in Central Village
Posted: April 11, 2012 by cletebontrager in UncategorizedI want to give a quick update on what is happening in the Bontrager house. Around 4 weeks ago we moved to a house on Lawrence Street between Linwood and Dexter roads in the 48206. We have fallen in love with our neighborhood and have had a great time connecting with so many wonderful people [...]
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 [...]
Worship services are not the whole church pie, but they sure are a sweet slice of healthy body life. For that reason we are really pumped for the launch of weekly worship services this Resurrection Sunday. Launching weekly worship services was not the next “step” on some planning timeline. It’s the result of what God [...]
