Well,  I have a lot to tell you.  

Since our super successful summer camp we have had some outstanding growth.  We have really been blessed by what is happening with Detroit Hope.  God is smiling, but as Ephesians 3:7-11 says, we will press on towards the goal. I must say a talk with Steve Kellogg from Central Mission really impressed upon my current mission. 

For those of you that didn't know about this summer, we have a computer technology center camp,  focused on peacemaking, and supported by a non profit who shares our building with us.  We put our church programs right up next to the end of the camp and our youth do the inviting.  Our Adults were active leaders, and they invited more children.  Eventually, our Adult bible study became a family bible study, swelling to numbers of 34-40 and it became more like a bible church than a bible study with that intimate learning setting. So we started a youth bible study. But who should volunteer to lead it but a Young Adult named Melissa McCray.  It has been a successful start, and now we have two bible studies. 

Fast forwarding to this weekend. We had mission center conference, and we had a lot of investment in it.  The conference voted to keep Detroit Hope alive, and sustain us with our utilities, and it was awesome to receive that support. But also some people were pledging to help us fix things around the church and actually take us under their wing.  I must say that this is really re-assuring as we are growing in ministry and sustainability.

Jeff Stoker, our Congregational Financial Officer, and Co-Pastor and myself were both voted, and ordained to the office of seventy.  The service was awesome, and we should also have it up on our facebook group Detroit Hope Supporters soon.  One thing that was awesome about this, was the fact that we had an invitation as a congregation to have anyone who had not previously been baptized to consider coming to the waters to seek out and commit to God.  Melissa was spoken to by the holy spirit. She was invited at our ordination to be baptized.  God was really with us all!  Yo Buddy!