Hope?

Retrieved from the Detroit News. Can you imagine? 25,000+

 I hope you are having an amazing Resurrection Sunday Celebration. Jesus is our hope; He is for me and for all of those who haven't had the opportunity to get to know Him yet.

As promised, I am bringing you the first of 40 Two-Word Stories. Today's is

Hope? Hope.

Why hope?

Because, this hope that lies within us was birthed by Jesus. Paul said that we need to be ready to give reason for the HOPE that lies within us. Our story. If Jesus hadn't risen from the dead, our faith would be in vain and we would be without HOPE.  (1 Corinthians 15: 12 - 19)

The EACH campaign is aimed at the Detroit Metro area. As mentioned in my last post, the world is watching. Can Detroit rise from the ash heap? Yes, with Jesus it can. Below is an excerpt from the Detroit News. As you read, I pray hope rises in your heart for not only Detroit, but our nation.

More than 500 city and suburban churches and faith-based organizations collaborated to plan the walk as part of EACH, which stands for Everyone a Chance to Hear, an organization established in the fall. The event kicked off with remarks from local pastors and songs of praise and worship led by the Selected of God Choir, featured in recent Chrysler television commercials.

"There needed to be a demonstrative effort from the community of faith in this region to bring people and like believers together and to also impact this region with good news and good deeds," said Bishop Edgar Vann, of Second Ebenezer Church. "We're bringing the faith community together to help bring solutions to the issues and the problems that we have in this community. We believe anything dead can rise."

Organizers estimate about 20,000 people participated in the 1.6-mile walk from the baseball field to the Spirit of Detroit statue and back again. And 5,000 to 7,000 volunteers are expected to sign up to help provide 10,000 meals a day for 40 days starting Easter Sunday, along with other community service projects.

Council President Charles Pugh said he was impressed by the huge and diverse crowd.

From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20110416/METRO/104160367/Detroit-Prayer-Walk-draws-at-least-20-000-people#ixzz1KQ0CXEcs

It's been a pleasure to visit with you.