JOIN A SQUAD
A BAND OF BROTHERS
“Find like-hearted kings living in the same direction. Sign treaties. When one kingdom is at war, both are at war.”
– Dan Allender, Intimate Allies
The U.S. ARMY is divided into UNITS: Fire Team (3-4), Squad (8-12), Platoon (15-30), Company (80-150), Battalion (300-800), Brigade (2000-4000), Division (10,000-15,000), Corps (20,000-40,000) and ultimately a vast Field Army (80,000+) of men.
BASE CAMP @ Founders Brewery in Grand Rapids, MI is a Company of Men networked with several men’s ministry Platoon, Squad and Fire Teams of men; the combined spiritual equivalent of a M.A.S.H Unit, Forward Command & Communications Center, Mess Hall, Resupply & Reconnaissance Base from which to launch our domestic and international men’s ministry events.
On Sunday August 12, 2018, several Companies, Platoons, Squads, and Fire Team men’s ministry units throughout West Michigan and beyond will gather @ BARN BASE CAMP – an annual fundraiser for a BATTALION of BROTHERS who feast & fight for each other as soldiers & sons. Fierce lords will gather in a fair land to listen to unforgettable stories & songs of love & war, shared & sung under sun & stars by Warrior Poets in the cavernous wooden hall of a BIG RED BARN @ Wildwood Family Farms, Alto, MI.
A Company of Men in a BREWERY and a Battalion of Men in a BARN has its place of honor and healing, but the greatest life impact happens in a Squad/Fire Team of Men. We recommend the following Squads of Men to experience maximum life impact like a Band of Brothers gathered around a blazing bonfire, feasting and fighting for each other’s hearts in some foreign forgotten field:
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CAMP I
Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM, Bar Louie’s/Woodland Mall, 3195 28th SE, Kentwood, MI 49512
Contact: Kevin DeVries, kevin@GraceExplorations.com, 616.916.5909
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THE ASTRONAUTS
Thursdays @ 6:00 AM, Cornerstone Church , 1675 84th St SE, Caledonia, MI 49316
Contact: Stan Bristol , stanbristol50@gmail.com, 616.915.6019
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THE NARROW ROAD
Fridays @ 6:30 AM , Cornerstone Church – Heritage Hills Campus , 48 Lafayette Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Contact: Jason LaFountaine, jason.lafontaine@shawinc.com, 810.513.9594
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MEN OF ADA
Meets on various days/times at four Ada Bible Church campuses: Cascade, Knapp St, Kentwood, East Paris
Contact: Ben Vaught, bvaught@adabible.org, 616.622.3216 www.adabible.org/men/
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FREEDOM FIGHTERS
Wednesday @ 6:30 AM, Kentwood Community Church – Ground Zero Room (Door A), 1200 60th St SE, Kentwood, MI 49508
Contact: Tommy Diaz, tdiaz@kcconline.org, 616.293.2644
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MEN OF IMPACT
Mondays @ 6:30 PM & Wednesdays 10:00 AM Impact Church – Lounge, 1069 Lincoln Lake Ave, SE, Lowell, MI 49331
Contact: Daniel Boon, daniel22boon@yahoo.com, 616.581.5208
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A FATHER’S WALK SINGLE DAD MINISTRY
Single Dad’s Small Group, Wednesdays 6:30-8:00 PM, Kentwood Community Church, 1200 60th St SE, Kentwood, MI 49508
Contact: Matt Haviland, afatherswalk@gmail.com, 616.581.4409
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CELEBRATE RECOVERY
Men’s Open Share and Step Study groups
Mondays @ 7:00pm, Kentwood Community Church, 1200 60th Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49508
Contact: Aaron Bailey, awbailey74@gmail.com, 616.644.0800
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GRANT MEN’S MINISTRIES
2nd Saturday Every Month @ 7:00am, Oakridge Restaurant, 9103 Mason Dr, Newaygo, MI 49337
Contact: Cal VanSingel, cvansingel@gmail.com, 231.250.5909
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NEW CANAAN SOCIETY
1st & 3rd Thursdays, THe ROC/Rockford Construction, 601 First St NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Contact: Bob Sprotte, bob@sprotte.com, 616.822.6943 http://newcanaansociety.org/grand-rapids/about/
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CHRISTIAN SERVICE BRIGADE
A Boy Scout Alternative Father & Son M
Meets @ various churches throughout W. MI
Contact: Kevin DeKam, MA Licensed Professional Counselor, West Michigan Wellness Group,
8375 Ridgestone Dr, SW, Suite D, Bryon Center, MI 49315 kdekam@csbministries.org, 616.647.7716
If you’d like to start a BAND of BROTHERS near you, please contact Nick Koogler, Area Director for Man In The Mirror Ministry @ nickkoogler@maninthemirror.org, 616.255.6700
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“He is lucky…to be in such company. Especially when the whole group is together; each bringing out all that is best, wisest, or funniest in all the others. Those are the golden sessions; when…after a hard day’s walk have come to our inn; when our slippers are on, our feet spread out toward the blaze and our drinks are at our elbows; when the whole world, and something beyond the world, opens itself to our minds as we talk; and no one has any claim on or any responsibility for another, but all are freemen and equals as if we had first met an hour ago, while at the same time an Affection mellowed by the years enfolds us. Life — natural life — has no better gift to give. Who could have deserved it?”
– C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
“And all the host laughed and wept, and in the midst of their merriment and tears the clear voice of the minstrel rose like silver and gold, and all men were hushed. And he sang to them, now in the Elven-tongue, now in the speech of the West, until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed, and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
