Acts 29 Fellowship of the Christian and Missionary Alliance

Holbrook Elementary School opened in 1896 and is one of the oldest schools in continuous use in Michigan.   Acts 29 Fellowship has the wonderful privilege of walking in the doors of Holbrook School every Thursday to take on Ms. Housey’s sixth grade social studies class.  Thirty-two students and five coaches enter the imaginary State of Punxatawney  (the school cafeteria space)  and Governor John (our own Pastor John) delivers the laws and directions for the Mayors of five cities.   The laws come from Scripture such as, “A gentle answer turns away wrath” and “Flee evil, cling to good!”   Each ‘city’ is responsible for good citizenship and to study hard for the quiz competition  using jump seats and interrogative questions, (similar to Bible quizzing format) at the end of the day.

When a city team wins three times, they earn a celebration party at the Acts 29 facility.  Our prayer is that we can build relationships with these students and their families, to transform the school culture in academics and character building.   Three of Ms. Housey’s students are part of our Bible quizzing teams and have been actively sharing the good news of Christ with fellow students.   The class represents the south side of Hamtramck:  Yemeni, Bengali, African American, and Polish.