Germany Fundraiser / Vision Meeting

Hello friends, 

I wanted to follow up and personally invite you to a worship night that is acting as a fundraiser for our team that is going to Germany on May 14th.  We are taking 18 people overseas to minister to youth, leaders and evangelize in multiple cities.  It's going to be a powerful trip of encouraging the church leaders in Germany, pouring gas on the blazing hearts of the youth and seeing the lost become found.  

This Sunday we will meet at 7:30 pm for a night of worship and sowing into the kingdom at Hamlin Elementary School in Rochester Hills, MI.  GENERATE Worship will be leading the worship and this exact team will also be traveling to Germany.   We need your support as our expenses are well over $20,000.00.  We believe that our second invitation to Germany will bring great momentum to encouraging a great move of God there.  God loves Germany and we're honored to go.  

Additionally, as many of you know, Generation ONE is merging/expanding (with Salt River Church and Soulquest Ministries) and beginning it's journey in planting churches.  Our first work is going to be in Rochester Hills and will use this same school as it's launch space for gatherings starting June 3rd. If you would like to meet the new senior leadership team, gather information and hear the vision of this new work... we'd like to invite you out to a meeting on the same day (april 29th) at 5:30pm.  We will have refreshments to bridge the time between the two experiences.  

April 29th @ Hamlin Elementary School.  

Hamlin Elementary School

270 West Hamlin Road

Rochester Hills, MI 48307

Vision Meeting:

5:30-7pm

*Childcare provided for this meeting up to toddler.  

7pm Refreshments

Worship Fundraiser

7:30-9pm

*Childcare provided for this meeting up to toddler.  

Please contact me with any questions.  I look forward to connecting with you all!  Thanks for your support whether in prayer, attendance, love or financial donation. 

Do You Ask The Right Questions? Part I

Melissa and I's life has been a journey of many beginnings, we have it in our DNA.  Whether planting churches, going after real-estate investments, putting on a nationally headlined events, or planning to get up in front of thousands of people with a mission or cause,  we have seen successes and learning opportunities. Many of these results where predicated on what questions were asked before starting to execute the projects. Learning to ask the right questions before going after dreams, concepts, causes, vision or ideas makes seeing these things actually become reality and at the highest level possible.  So, what are the right questions?

They're actually very simple and I've found that many people think about the questions, it's answering them honestly and following through that seems to be the toughest part.  Some great questions to ask are:

1. What is the end result we want to have in our endeavor?
2. Who do we involve in our team to accomplish our overall goal?
3. What is our realistic budget and how do we stay within our means?
4. What are the core values that become our guidelines for sustaining the project's focus?
5. Are our goals realistic?
6. What will research tell us about our idea or experience?
7. Is it good or great?
8. Who is our target audience?
9. What is unique about our cause/product/idea that will compel people to engage?
10.  Can you explain your concept in three sentences?

God gave you a brain, so why not use it right?

Questions like these, when answered and used as a guide, set us up for greater success.  It's our responsibility as humans to utilize all the gifts and talents we are given.  Its our way of contributing to the beauty of us all being a "body fitly joined together" (Ephesians 4).  My journey has been full of "learning opportunities" though as I spoke earlier.  We all have the stories where if we would have just made one more adjustment, prepared more or just asked the right question, we would have had the success we were looking for in our endeavor.  I came across someone a few weeks ago that in two questions had me rethinking our conversation for multiple hours.  Questions should push us to know for sure what we believe we know.  Great questions are usually found in having the right people around us.


If you want to optimize your success, I've found that building a great team and surrounding yourself with loyal personal relationships creates a safe place for research, development and of course sounding board.


Having people who think from a different perspective work with you allows for the working out of a concept with rich depth.  This process requires patience, self-control and of course real love in what you're doing.  If you love it, it's worth putting through complete process of discovery that a healthy foundation can be built.  Many relationships are built on constant states of agreement.  I've found that instant agreement as a rule of thumb can create as much havoc as it can momentum.  When different people come together with different perspectives, questions get asked.  It's our job to be honest with the answer and believe in the outcome of that answer.  It takes real relationships to handle this dynamic, but it's possible.

So as leaders who embrace God as a true source in all we do, how do we ask the right questions, plan for the future and still live a lifestyle of risk/faith? I'll address that in my next post of "Do You Ask The Right Questions? PART 2"

Special News To Share With You!

I wanted to take a moment and let you know about something happening in Melissa and I's life that we're very excited about.

It's a new organization that is representing the movement of some regional metro detroit leaders. There are three entities that are coming together to form a more complete picture of what we believe God is doing today. Generation ONE, Salt River Church & Soulquest Ministries have decided that we are stronger together and are uniting as a team for greater exploits. We will restore and rebuild people thru local church. We will equip the generations through our school of ministry and also be a regional launching hub for many world wide or local ministries.

Our home base will be in Rochester but will be serving all of Metro Detroit, the Great Lakes and abroad.

One of the first foundation pieces we are setting in place is a church plant in Rochester.  This will be established with gatherings on sunday mornings in Hamlin Elementary School on Hamlin Rd. in Rochester.  Having three networks come together has allowed the launch of the local church to really hit the ground running. We have many people coming to establish this work as well as resources. There's a dynamic senior management team in Dave and Connie Bauer, Tony and Carrie Mancina, Andrew Mancina, and of course Melissa and myself, that are leading this together.

Please hold us up in prayer as we walk out this next step in our lives!  It's been an amazing couple of years and this will be icing on the cake.  I would  have love to have told many of you personally, but there's just so many people to get to. Feel free to contact me with questions or thoughts.  We will be posting official information about the new work in the coming weeks.  Love you all and thank you for your continued support.

Drew and Melissa Neal