Acts 29 was blessed this month by the hardworking, enthusiastic students from the Crown College Spring Break Mission Team. Their open hearts to come and serve the city and aid us in reaching the lost have blessed us and added to the work and witness of Christ in the city.

Throughout their trip they participated in outdoor outreach events, served our neighbors and supported the ministry through construction work, engaged in cross cultural ministry in ESL, helped disciple our youth, worked with Bible quizers, added to our prayers and much more.

Their willingness to walk away from their studies and put themselves second in order to come and serve in long days, hard work and intense ministry has been encouraging and inspiring.

The team’s readiness to enjoy ministry, love people, and seek God for the heart of the city has renewed our vision, reminded us of God’s heart for us and for the world and His emphasis on people.

Their fresh eyes and open hearts gave us the opportunity to pour out our vision and heart into them and see another generation blessed by the calling of God. May they be continually blessed and reminded of their time with Acts 29 and may we be freshened and blessed by their fresh wind in our lives.

The past week has been a time of enormous blessing and encouragement as we have enjoyed the service and passion of a mission team from Spring Arbor University. They have brought a fresh hunger and energy to our lives and blessed us with their fresh eyes and hearts for the city and the ministry. They give us the opportunity to share our lives and the work of Jesus with others.

Throughout the week they have participated in outdoor outreach events, served in Axis doing construction work, helped our neighbors with odd jobs, engaged in cross cultural ministry in ESL, youth ministry, worship and much more.

We’ve kept them hard at work, but we have been blessed by their excellent attitude, their heart to worship and know the Father and their eagerness to learn.

Though we keep our hands and feet busy fulfilling the mission of Christ’s body here on the earth, we always make time for fellowship and rest in His presence. Breaking bread with the Spring Arbor team has been a joy.

The passion and worshipful hearts they’ve brought to the city have reminded us of the open doors and windows we have in heavenly places and added to our fellowship with the Father, Son and Spirit as they work through us to reach the city for Christ. May we continue to advance the gospel and continue to receive encouragement and blessing from faithful mission teams who support our work. We hope they are as blessed as we are to have them and that they return to their campus challenged and changed by the power of God.

We are looking for teachers who can make a consistent commitment to teach or assist an entire class and maintain a strong Christian witness. In addition to classroom opportunities, we would be blessed by teachers and assistants who are available to visit with students in their homes and engage in cross-cultural relationships. If you are a proficient English speaker and reader, have a living relationship with Jesus Christ that you are willing to share, and a warm heart you are perfectly qualified to teach English with us. On-the-job training in teaching English and cross-cultural ministry will be a part of the process. Please pray about this opportunity and tell your friends, churches and church members.

 Acts 29 Fellowship will be hosting a special Christmas service on Tuesday, December 20th at 6:30 pm. Bring your friends and family for warm holiday cheer and joy in the presence of Jesus. We will not have service on Christmas Day.

On January 4th at 6:00 pm, the FYRE youth will be hosting and leading a special New Year’s service. Come see what God is stirring on the hearts of our young people.

“Back to school” for Acts 29 means back to Mrs. Housey’s 6th grade class to help her students with social studies through academic quizzing. The year starts out with the class dividing into groups in which the students meet their coaches and come up with a team name and flag design. Then once a week, the team of coaches visits Mrs. Housey’s class to teach the Social Studies material to their group. At the end of the class period, the students compete in a quiz competition based on their study material. The students also learn a new character principle each week, usually from Proverbs. The Lord has blessed us with this opportunity to share Christ’s love with the city in helping Holbrook Elementary School. Because the Lord has provided hands to help, resources, an open door, and prayer support, Mrs. Housey has seen her students’ grades improve.
This year, we have been blessed with help from a Pastor from Ward Presbyterian, a Wayne State Student Intern and women who attend Acts 29 Fellowship. These coaches are investing in their students weekly and loving them. One of the teams has won three times and has celebrated their accomplishment at a ‘Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Party’ held at Acts 29. Please pray that this ministry would bring glory to God. Pray also that the students, being mostly Yemeni, would hear the Gospel through history, social studies and fellowship time with their coaches.

On November 9^th and 10^th Acts 29 Fellowship partnered with Grove City Alliance to host our first missions and prayer conference. The Be Light conference was a dynamic event saturated in prayer and filled with mutual encouragement, discovery and evangelistic opportunity and inspiration. The two nights of fellowship included guest speakers Pastors John Mark and Janine Nguma and Jacob Moulē from Gabon, Africa who shared a stirring encouragement to live a life of daily demonstration to the world of the truth of Jesus Christ. Our guest speakers also provided an authentic African dinner for our fellowship as we sang praises to God for his provision of friends, food and a worldwide missions family.

The following night Evangelists Alberto & Patricia Salazar from Peru provided Peruvian cuisine and gave a passionate testimony and call to salvation and discipleship to our fellowship. Pastor Alberto focused on our young people specifically as the Lord gave him a heart to see them changed and to see Hamtramck become a “factory” for men and women of God. The conference was encouraging, even as it fueled our passion and burden for our city. Unity with our partners in missions around the world gives us a fresh heart and a fresh look at the work of God within us and within our city.

1) to nurture mature disciple-makers and
2) ‘push back the darkness’ in a spiritually dark community.

The following positions are open:

BUILDING MAINTENANCE COORDINATOR
PUBLIC RELATIONS COORDINATOR
FINANCIAL / ACCOUNTING ASSITANT for OUTREACH MINISTRIES
AXIS ASSISTANT
YOUTH MINISTRY COORDINATOR
CAMPING MINISTRY COORDINATOR
ELEMENTARY MINISTRY COORDINATOR
MIDDLE SCHOOL MINISTRY COORDINATOR
SCHOOL BASED MINISTRY (ACADEMIC QUIZZING, HOMEWORK ASSISTANCE)

Acts 29 Fellowship is seeking mature believers who are

 faithful
 filled with the Holy Spirit
Acts 29 Fellowship is seeking mature believers who are willing to:
 participate in discipleship/leadership training
 raise support for daily bread and ministry financial needs
 “ be taught and to be led”
 “reproduce” and train others to replace oneself
 be commissioned by the body of Christ in 2011

Short term and temporary positions will be considered, as the Spirit leads.

All inquiries should be directed to:

Rev. Sharon Buttry
12101 Joseph Campau
Hamtramck, MI 482122
(313) 365-2287
sharon@acts-29.org

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Hamtramck city Population Growth: Census 2000 to Census 2010