One of my friends was going to a psychic medium and I was like you know, just out of curiosity... I’ve got a healthy dose of skepticism there right, but she’s this sweet little grandmotherly figure I adore and I said make an appointment for me too. So I went and one of the main pieces of advice for her was you need to find a church, so I took it to heart because I love this lady and I was willing to try. So that was the nudge, from a psychic... the Lord really does work in mysterious ways.

Nancy Ashmore has been a part of 11|28 since April of 2024. She found us online after moving to the area and has consistently attended on Sunday mornings ever since. Nancy recently joined a group and is exploring what it might look like to be a part of a serve team. Nancy loves to help people and wants to make the world a better place by offering up her skills, talents, and knowledge for that goal.

Believing can change your life, but trusting initiates your healing.

Mike Francisco walked through Jesus' interaction with Nicodemus in John chapter 3. Mike compared Nicodemus coming to Jesus in the darkness to our own seasons of wandering and searching. Many who call themselves Christian are spiritually dark. Jesus, the light of the world, invites us to move beyond belief into a place of trust, and a place of healing.

I was 16 years old and I got robbed at gunpoint at a store. That day I literally thought I was done. Literally one of the guys had the pistol right next to my head and it was just such a scary moment. I was just praying at that moment, like I just knew to go into prayer. My mom, you know, at that moment was a single parent and I was just thinking 'oh my gosh what’s gonna happen to her when she finds out that, you know, I was murdered'.

Joél and his family have been with 11|28 since before it had a name back in 2018 when it was just a dream. Joél is super generous with his time, often helping behind the scenes during the week with our mobile church carts, setting up or tearing down on Sunday mornings, or running the lyrics presentation. He loves singing and offers up his voice too.

Truth isn't a what, it's a who.

Mike Francisco brought a message from the book of John where Jesus told his followers that he was the way, the truth, and the life. Mike contrasted that with today’s world and the constant need to “fact check” everything. In a world where we don’t know what’s true or what’s good, we need a true north. Jesus provides for us a true north. A guide post. A direction. Jesus promises us that if we know him, we know God.

It was like six months of us hanging out and now like I’m gonna have a kid. It just really caught me off guard, you know. I kind of think that was God’s way of saving me because it was like the second I found that out, there was no more drinking. Realizing how much I was drinking at the time, it was just an eye-opener for me and where I was at that point in life and I needed that change.

Nichole has been a part of 11|28 for the last two'ish years along with her family. Nichole regularly serves on our music and creative team, volunteers her time for extra events, and shows up to just about everything!

This one is different. It's too fresh and too raw to fully describe and capture in just a few paragraphs. It's powerful and emotional. It's definitely worth the 6 minute listen.

Mel shared her story before being baptized at the Reunion and Baptism party on Saturday evening and was willing to have it shared on the podcast as well. Like all of us, Mel's story is still being written and has many unknowns. But she knows now that Jesus walks with her through it all.

A year after choosing faith in Jesus I was diagnosed with cancer. Tumor the size of a golf ball hanging out of my thigh. I noticed it playing sports and just wasn’t functioning as well. At the end of the day it was friendly cancer, as friendly as cancer can be. No chemo no radiation, just one bad surgery where they did a number on my leg.

Leading up to our Reunion and Baptism party this Saturday with Lakepoint and Revive we're listening in on a few stories from our extended family! Brian Hofmeister launched Lakepoint Church in his hometown of Muskego in 2012. Brian is passionate about helping people live out their Jesus mission in their everyday life and everyday circles.

Pastor Brian Hofmeister from Lakepoint Church in Muskego wraps up our Raised in the Likeness series before the baptism celebration with our family of churches on August 24, 2024.

Brian got into what Baptism represents, who should be baptized, and challenged us all to take a next step of faith in our journey with Jesus.