Grand Opening Prayers

Well, TUESDAY it begins!

Pray: We’ve cleaned and scrubbed and painted and fixed and fixed and fixed. We’ve prayed and we’ve planned and we’ve invited. Tuesday, we officially OPEN our Cultural Arts wing. We have 10 students who are registered, and we have two classes on Tuesday, Two on Wednesday and One on Thursday. We have incredible instructors and people to help tutor. We’ve built solid relationships with the administrators of the school district and with the elementary school next door. We are ready.
But – without God’s presence and power, we will just be singing and painting and taking pictures and scrapbooking and playing kickball – and that’s all it will be. We want God to create discussions with parents and let the love of Christ flow through us and encourage and bring hope to kids and families. Pray with us to that end.

And…
On Wednesday night, we begin our Bible study. Pray for those who have been invited, and the “re-invites” we will deliver tomorrow (Tuesday). Pray for me as I prepare. And pray for God’s presence to touch and heal and bring hope.

And…
Thursday, we begin our official “Harbor Hoops”. We’ve had some nice beginnings with the Basketball boys, but this week we become “official” – so pray that relationships will be built. We will work with the same 13 boys for 8 weeks straight – and hope that this will help us go deep, expressing love and hope to these guys. I’m not alone in this – Bob Goldston is my fellow leader and mentor as we teach these boys about basketball – and about life – and about God. Pray for us.

PRAISE: Again, I am overwhelmed with those who have given some amazing help around here. Portage Free Methodist have sent two teams – the most recent group did some super incredible work on some pretty complex stuff – super helpful! And Westland Free Methodist sent two groups who knocked out some amazing work – painting and scraping and on and on! And then, several smaller teams have come around to begin long range work that will help us with design and ministry.

And God continues to send us money, just in time! About the time I look at the bank book and see the numbers dwindling, a check shows up in the mail! Praise God for generous people!

Thanks again!

Pastor Mark, Mary and McKenna Cryderman
The Harbor