One of the biggest problems in our community is low education levels. In 2017, Data Driven Detroit reported that only 12% of third graders in OUR zip code, 48209, met or exceeded expectations for english and language arts. It’s no secret...
If you’ve heard Pastor Jim, Tyler, or I talk about the vision of Family of God in the last year, you’ve probably heard us talk about our effort to move from a defensive ministry to an offensive ministry. To quote an article Pastor Jim wr...
For over a year, we have been redirecting effort towards intervening into the lives of the youth who come to Family of God. We speak of going over to the offensive instead of the endless defensive efforts that have described our ministry...
Pan da Vida (Bread of Life) is a congregation of Hispanic Lutherans worshipping in their heart language, Spanish. This is a young and vibrant congregation, blessed with many children. Unlik...
This last Sunday, we received a surprise visit from a lady named Bryn. Bryn hadn’t been around for more than a year. The last time we saw her, she was well into a heroin addiction. She was about 5’’8” and about 110lbs, under 30 years ol...
Twice a week, we pray for the addicted and for the opportunity to show them Christ’s love and help them out of their slavery to sin. This last Wednesday, after the mid-week service, Trevor stayed behind to talk with us about his addictio...
