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…
Dear Hope, Recently a few people have asked me why I don’t preach every Sunday. I am grateful for their direct approach because their question caused me to realize that others may be wondering the same thing. So, for those of you who are curious why you hear Hope’s Lead Pastor preach for two or…
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…
You may have heard about Connections, the new group for moms at Hope. Here’s a chance to learn more about Jessica Holmes, the humble leader who shies away from the spotlight, but felt God’s consistent call to start this group. 1. Have you been involved in a mom’s group before? I have not! I worked in the nursery for MOPS a few times…
The focus of our Sunday morning teaching over the next year will be the topic of listening. God is continuing to form us into a relational, disciple-making community in which all of us are seeking to follow Jesus in all of life and help others to do the same. A key to living with and following after Jesus in this way is…
~ 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…
Meg Benedik didn’t plan on acquiring the unique skill set she brings to the Children’s Ministry at Hope in her new volunteer position as Mentor Teacher. As an undergrad with a major in Sociology and a minor in Psychology, her sites were set on social work. It wasn’t until she was working for AmeriCorps in the years following college that she got…
When Paul Zamora first began coming to Hope with his wife, Nicole, it was Fall of 2014 and he wasn’t reading Scripture. He had grown up in the Catholic church but his spiritual life was lacking a connection with the Lord. In fact, he had a lot of arguments with organized religion. But as he…
by Dana Yost, Director of Prayer Ministry Prayer Ministry is an important part of discipleship here at Hope. It’s a major “tool” God has given us to help free us from areas where we struggle and to bring about transformation and change in our lives. Some of the areas prayer ministry typically helps people experience freedom and healing include fears, anxiety, emotional pain, addictions,…
by Arik Stewart, Youth Pastor One of the greatest tools we have in our relational discipleship toolbox is prayer. Ten months ago, youth ministry began experiencing a few transitions. I was commissioned as our new youth pastor and I brought with me two students from the University of Denver, Bryan Yoshida and Nano Rodd, to be volunteers. The process of developing a…