Date/Time
Date(s) - August 27, 2014
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Coastal Church
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International rock artist Manafest (real name: Chris Greenwood) knows the saying well; his uphill climb began at age five when his father committed suicide. Years of childhood insecurity and fear gave way to a promising skateboarding career, but then an injury took that away, too. Music soon filled the void, and it would prove to be a perfect fit.
Putting words to driving rhythms gave Chris a way to be a visible light (“manifest”) for other people wrestling with their own junk: strained relationships, betrayals, loss, broken dreams. He knew plenty about getting through the past and working toward the future.
“I’m always there to give you the don’t-give-up message,” he says in a quiet offstage voice that balances out his amped up live presence. Since 2001, Manafest has battled his way into the business—playing a thousand shows in nine countries, winning an armload of industry awards, and gaining recent victories like his first No. 1 hit, “Bring the Ruckus.” 2010’s The Chase blew up in Japan, quadrupling sales of previous efforts, but it looks like 2012’s Fighter is going to be the real knockout.
What is Regeneration?
We believe in communicating God’s unchanging truth in a relevant manner – through the use of various media that are most effective with our generation. Our vision is to see the young people of our city reconnect with God, and for this generation to inherit God’s plan of hope and purpose in each of their lives. If you share the same vision, then we welcome your support and involvement (either as a church group or an individual believer) on the REgeneration team – as nothing brings revival more effectively than the unity shown when different parts of the local church body come together.
“For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”
– Titus 3:3-7 (NASB)
DE-GENERATION
The description of the Apostle Paul’s generation during the early church in the verses above could be applied just as well to our generation today. The schemes of Satan are still the same; deceiving our young people from the Truth, enslaving them to various lusts and pleasures (and there’s more of that in the modern world than ever before), and disconnecting this generation from the God who loves and cares for them.
RE-GENERATION
Just as God revived the early church in Corinth and Ephesus, we believe that God intends to do the same for Vancouver, not by man’s good works, but by God’s mercy and grace – through submission to the lordship of Jesus Christ and empowerment by the gift of the Holy Spirit.
JESUS-GENERATION
Our vision is to see the young people of our city reconnect with God, and for this generation to inherit God’s plan of hope and purpose in each of their lives.
MISSION
The primary focus of REgeneration is to:
* REACH the lost
* RESTORE the prodigal
* RENEW the believer
We believe in communicating God’s unchanging truth in a relevant manner – through the use of various media that are most effective with our generation.
If you share the same vision, then we welcome your support and involvement (either as a church group or an individual believer) on the REgeneration team – as nothing brings revival more effectively than the unity shown when different parts of the local church body come together.
Please contact us if you are interested and would like more information about the event. Email: James Fam
http://www.coastalregeneration.org/2014-lineup/