by Arik Stewart, Youth & Business Pastor At Hope Community Church we are currently in a sermon series entitled, “Listening to Others: The Way of Jesus in a Distracting World.” Though much of our dialogue about this topic has taken place corporately on Sunday mornings during the service, we have heard of numerous discussions elsewhere: smaller groups…
Last week, the leadership team at Hope gathered together for a meeting with Alex Bricker and Ken Hoornbeek to discuss our Motivational Gift Mix (MGM). Some of you may remember Alex and his wife Mary from when they used to attend Hope. (They currently live in Ft. Collins, where they have a ministry to International…
by Nicole King There are probably an infinite number of reasons that we tell stories. As humans, it seems to be something we are hard-wired to do. There’s just something engrossing about narrative; a good story captures our full attention in the way nothing else can. I’ve always loved reading good fiction and grew up…
~ from Pastor Dean Why should we continually seek to live in a close abiding union with Jesus? Why ask for the Lord to be our only portion? Why read, meditate on and memorize His Word? Why cultivate a sensitive and responsive ear to the wise and loving voice of His Holy Spirit? Why pursue training and mentoring so we can reach…