Easter Brunch
An Easter Brunch will be served at the church on April 12 between the morning services (normal Sunday School hour). This is a great time to fellowship with other people.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Third Service
We are making plans for a Thursday night service at Hannaford for the summer months. This will give everyone the opportunity to attend church each week. Summer often includes company, travel, and some weekend activities. Some people also are required to work on Sundays. This should benefit many people.
Details of this service are in the planning stages. We will keep you informed.
Dick Crosby, Senior Pastor
Dave Ramsey Town Hall for Hope
Town Hall for Hope, The Economy, Your Money, Real Answers with Dave Ramsey http://www.townhallforhope.com/index.cfm?event=displayHome,will be broadcast at Hannaford via a broadband internet connection on April 23, 6:00-7:30 p.m. Town Hall for Hope is your opportunity to sit down with people in your community for a nationwide town hall meeting led by Dave Ramsey. Thousands of venues across the country will host the event, broadcasting Dave's live presentation. In the opening half hour, Dave will offer straight talk about the economy, recession, foreclosures, and more. He'll carefully explain where we've come from, where we are now, and what we should be doing with our money during this time. Then, Dave will spend an hour answering questions live!
Questions will be taken by phone, email, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and more! Check out the Get Involved page, http://www.townhallforhope.com/index.cfm?event=displayGetInvolved, to see all the ways in which you can join in the conversation! And remember, this is a free event!
Leadership Simulcast
On May 8th, Hannaford Street Bible Church will host a leadership
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Mizpah Camp Update
Mizpah is finishing a busy winter. The month of February included three weekend ski trips and lots of snow. The next several months are filling up fast. We have two retreats scheduled in May and June, July, and August have many camps and retreats in place.
It is difficult to do a great amount of work during the heavy snows of winter, but there has been a great amount of planning going on. Please pray for progress in our water and septic permitting. We have had several people who have put an incredible amount of hours in designing the system and preparing it for submission.
Several work days are being scheduled for the summer and fall. Also, mark your calendar for August 22—the tentative date of our open house. More details will follow.
Monday, January 26, 2009
From Where I Sit
From where I sit in my church office I see a good deal of what God is doing in this church. I cannot see everything; but from what I do observe, I see God working in wonderful ways. I want to share some of these blessing with you.
From where I sit, I see the hand of God blessing a number of ministries. I believe this stems from 225 people who have volunteered to pray. They pray for requests which are emailed weekly to them; they pray for at least five minutes per day.
From where I sit, I have seen several people respond to the invitation to receive Christ recently. Many of these are young people who are seeking for spiritual meaning in their lives.
From where I sit, I am excited about several ministries in the church but two of the men's ministries have captured my attention recently—the Battle Zone discipleship ministry and the Outdoorsmen ministry. The Outdoorsmen ministry has two weekly Bible studies for men; it’s not just chasing elk and shooting ducks. It’s important to me to see men in the Word of God.
From where I sit, the Externally Focused ministries are developing and impacting our city. Open Arms, Feed the Homeless and Food for Stewart Homes are three that currently jump out. I know MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) has a pending project, and others are soon to be launched.
From where I sit, Mizpah Christian Retreat has great potential to impact not only our church and city but also regionally. Eventually even a wider scope of people will be reached for Christ.
From where I sit, I see that despite the cold temperatures and more typical Montana winter our church attendances are at an all time high. During the months of December and January, the weekly attendances and offerings have been outstanding. Praise God!
From where I sit, I believe this is occurring because over 200 people are praying every week for God to put His hand on this—His ministry. Praise Him!
Dick Crosby, Senior Pastor
Visual Impact In Worship
Would you or someone you know like to be a part of creating the visual impact of our gathered worship services at Hannaford?
If you know computer basics and would like to creatively arrange and select weekly song backgrounds, titles, and movies - please let us know soon. We have an immediate need for some passionate individuals who would like to get involved today. Contact Pastor Eric soon for more.
Eric Powell, Pastor of Worship Arts
