Can you believe that it’s been 40 years since Friendship Church was officially registered in the State of Minnesota? What amazes me more is the amount of ministry that God had done through our church. Over these 40 years, we have seen thousands of lives changed and mine is one of them. Since I first…
Category: Outreach
Community
When I was growing up in south Minneapolis, my family knew everyone living on our block and many near our home. During the summers, we kids played outside all day long and into the night. One of our favorite games was kick the can. As families, we would have picnics with others living on our…
Hope and Healing
Started back in 1991 by John Baker at Saddleback Church in California, Celebrate Recovery has grown to over 30,000 churches and 20 languages! It’s in over 32 countries and in prisons as well. This program/ministry really works. The CR curriculum is based on the actual words of Jesus, is biblically balanced and proven effective in…
Love Strangers
The word hospitality invokes many different ideas, thoughts and expectations. As you think about this word what comes to your mind? Do you have pictures of being invited to your friends’ home where you are met at the door? Is the home sparkling clean? Is it beautiful? Does it look like it could be featured…