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For our college ministry, we are finishing off our 2-part series called, “Mirror.” In Part 1, we covered the theme of “The Looking Glass.” I mentioned how, “we must see ourselves through the mirror of God’s grace.” It is God’s grace that fulfills us, frees us, and forms us.

Today we are going to go over the topic of “The Rearview Mirror” and how important it is for us to look back into our past. Too often we move forward without looking back at what we’ve experienced in our lives. This is why we constant repeat the same mistakes and fall into the same trap of sin.

If we are going to advance forward in our destiny, then looking back at the “rearview mirror” of our lives in order to see where we have been and how far we have come will be significant.

Join us tonight as we conclude this series!

 

 
 
 
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I know that this is a big announcement and I am sure that you have a lot of questions; therefore here is a FAQ.

The best is yet to come.
It is all for His glory!

 

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I am excited to go to Cambodia and Hong Kong with some of our HMCC worship leaders in late December. Music is a universal language that everyone understands. This is why when worship happens in Spirit and in Truth (Jn 4:24), Jesus is exalted and great things transpire.

After my trip to Asia in March 2013, I came away with several observations:
 

 
 
These are some of the reasons why we are going to Cambodia and Hong Kong to participate in God’s mission. We will be using the avenue of worship and music to spread the Gospel.

This is just the beginning. My hope and prayer is that we will open up many more opportunities for people in HMCC churches to use their passion and gifts with music to bring the transformative message of the Gospel to the nations.

Would you prayerfully consider supporting our first-ever Global Band Missions Project through prayer and financial giving?

It will be an investment that will have a huge impact for God’s Kingdom.

Please click here to help support financially.

There will be more updates along the way. Thanks for the partnership.

 

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This year’s theme for Missions Week is “Everyone. Everywhere.” Too often people see missions as something that only a select few get involved with or it has to be somewhere overseas, but this is a myth. All throughout the New Testament, we see that missions is something that every Christ-follower is called to do. Also, missions is supposed to happen wherever we are, no matter the boundaries.

It is my hope and prayer that every person in HMCC will see missions as something that “everyone” has a role to play and it is to be carried out “everywhere,” especially in our campuses, workplaces, and communities.

Our greatest example is Jesus Christ.

He came to this earth with a mission. Jesus presented the message of the Kingdom that was for “everyone” and it was to spread “everywhere” so that nations can be reached. Now, we participate in God’s mission because He has called us for a greater purpose.

I am looking forward to all the great testimonies that will come out of this week. God is going to ignite the fire for His mission to “everyone” so that we can bring the Gospel “everywhere” for His glory.

Will you join us?

 

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Have you ever been asked, “What’s on your playlist?”

In fact, you can find out a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to and what’s on their iPod. With every song, it shapes our mind and our worldview. There are lots of songs about love, relationships, success, identity and the list goes on and on.

This Friday we are starting a new Access series called, “Playlist.” As we look at some of the top charting songs, we will take a look at their message with fresh eyes. Some songs affirm good biblical values, while other songs promote the world’s philosophy that leads us to a dead-end. We want to use God’s filter and see what the Bible has to say about some of the issues that are brought up through the current music scene.

You don’t want to miss it.

So, what’s on your playlist?

 
I hope all of you are getting ready.

The question is: Who will take home this year’s H-Games’ trophy?
 
 
Game time: Saturday, October 5th, 12:00PM at Palmer Field
 
 
This is not for the weak of heart. “Those who stay will be champions!”
 
 
 

 

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The theme for this year’s 2013 Undergraduate Retreat is “Torrential.” The dictionary defines, “torrential” as:

 
We are praying that at this year’s retreat, God would pour out His Spirit in an overwhelming and abundant way. As we soak up God’s Presence, His love and grace will come like a hurricane. I am praying that no one will missed out on what God wants to do this year with the college students of our generation. May the torrential rains of His Spirit drench us.

Don’t forget to sign up.

Hopefully, some of these Vine clips will motivate you :-)
 
 
Here is a look back at some of the great things God did at last year’s retreat.
 
 

 

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The American Heritage Dictionary defines, “contagious” as:

 
The early Church was contagious. All throughout the Book of Acts, we get a glimpse of what it was like for the early believers to live out their faith. In fact, we see that their experience with the resurrected Christ was so real and life-changing that they enjoyed the favor of all the people; and the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved (Ac 2:47).

We want to see that kind of contagious faith and community in our church this coming year. Therefore, we are starting a 5-part series:

 
It is my hope and prayer that as we experience transformation, we will become a contagious community where the world will see Christ in us. Then the message of the Gospel will continue to spread throughout the nations. We want God to first start the ripple effect with us here in Ann Arbor, then to the ends of the earth.

Join us for our Sunday Celebration or watch online.

 

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We have started a new sermon series for Access, our college ministry. In this new series called, “Game Time” we are going to draw some parallels from the different aspects of a football team to the start of a new semester.

The different parts are:

Join us as we start off the 2013-2014 school year.
It is going to be an awesome year.

 
In our generation, we have domesticated the Gospel. When Jesus challenged people to follow Him, He demanded their lives. There was a cost involved in following Him; but we have drifted away from Jesus’ initial call.

This is the reason why when we hear the Gospel message in a clear and unadulterated way, it cuts to our hearts. We must preach the Gospel and lay out the cost in following Jesus. Then, we must allow the Holy Spirit to work on the hearts of people and draw them to Christ.

Watch this video and be challenged again with the high calling of following Christ.
 
 
 

 

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Every September, as we start a new season of ministry, I would lay out the theme for the year. The purpose behind this is to help us, as a church to focus on what God is calling us to do for that particular year. It becomes our compass as we try to move towards the direction that God has revealed to us.

In some seasons, the focus was on spiritual growth; and in other seasons, the emphasis was on evangelism. But every year, God does something different. He knows exactly what we need as a church in that particular time. For this, I am truly thankful.

This year, God has revealed to us that the theme for the 2013-2014 year will be: Forward in Faith.

All throughout the Bible, we see stories after stories about people moving forward in faith in order to experience the fullness of life that God has promised. But sadly, many of us choose to live a subpar life because we are crippled by fear, doubt and apathy. Sometimes our desire for comfort, safety and security cause us to become complacent. We become too easily satisfied with lesser things.

But this is not the life that God has for us.

God promises us a life that is full and abundant (Jn 10:10). But in order to experience this type of life, we will have to take some risks and step out of the boat (Mt 14:22-33). Yes, there is always a cost, but the reward always outweighs anything we give up.

Therefore, if we are to move Forward in Faith, we will have to actively pray for God to work. Then we will have to respond by aggressively participating and going through the doors of opportunity that God will open.

In order for us to practically take some steps forward, we need to:

This is going to be a great year. Join us in this journey of moving forward in faith!
I can’t wait to hear all the awesome testimonies that will come forth, as we move Forward in Faith.

 
It is hard to believe that we have started our 18th year of our church this September. This time of the year always brings excitement to my heart because we get to reach out to a new crop of students.

The vision of transformation never stops. For the last 18 years, we have seen people come to the University of Michigan with different issues; but by the time they graduate, they experience God’s grace through the transformative message of the Gospel.

This will never get old.

This is my passion.

This is what I live for.
 
 
 

 
Are you one of those people who always read the Chinese horoscopes on the place mats in Chinese restaurants? Why is it that we always read them again even though, we read it last time? I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s our desire to “know” and to be “known.”

But for all of you, who have always wanted to “know” and dreamed about analyzing a person’s personality just from their handwriting, this is for you. Take this for what it is worth. To me, these things are similar to Chinese zodiacs – they describe just enough character traits that are general in order for a person to say, “This is me!” and “That is you!” Nonetheless, they are always fun to use to tease people :-)

The following chart is originally from www.fastcodesign.com
 
 
 

 
It is hard to believe that Dick and Rick Hoyt ran their first marathon in Boston back in 1981. Since then, they have ran in more than 1,000 races. They were going to end their career with the 2013 Boston Marathon, but in light of the Boston tragedy, they decided to run one more race in dedication to the people who were affected by the Boston bombing.

What a powerful story!