Why Christian Kids Rebel

Why Christians Kids Rebel

Today Pastor Sam finished his series on Luke 15 with a message about "Why Christian Kids Rebel". Here are a few things that he said in the message today that are important for us to know.

Today, I mentioned how helpful it is for parents to know if they are dealing with a rebellious Christian young person or one who is actually not a believer.

Tim Kimmel, in his book, Why Christian Kids Rebel, suggests 5 questions to help parents discern if their son or daughter is regenerate:

1) Does he or she show remorse about doing things that break God’s heart?
2) Does he or she have a desire know God’s word, and are they convicted when exposed to it?
3) Does he or she long for and desire fellowship with other believers?
4) Does he or she want be used by God to strengthen the church, and reach out to lost?
5) Is he or she sensitive to the lost condition of people they go to school with or work alongside?

We will have the full sermon up later today. Have a great Monday!

Amazing, Amazing Grace

This is part two of Pastor Sam Shaw's Message Series on Luke 15:1-2;11-32.

Message begins at 8:25 in the time line

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93 degrees and a Cookout!

Tonight our church family and friends got together (in 93 degree weather!) and celebrated community! We had games for the kids, inflatable water-slide, zip-line, hotdogs and smores! We had so much fun and it actually turned out to not be that hot after all. Tonight is was a great visual for this passage...

1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble.

Our church is a great place to be!

Also, an update for VBS, we had over 200 kids there today! There is so much excitement about what God can do in these little ones lives and hearts. Be praying for Friday, when we offer up an opportunity for these guys and gals to respond to what Jesus has done for us. Hopefully we will see lots of lives changed!

Here are a few pictures from the cookout tonight. More updates about VBS to come soon.

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Long lines and beautiful skies


Scary!


Yum!

VBS Day 1

Today we launched VBS at Hope Church. Our theme this year is "Boomerang Express". Come and trek through the Land Down Under this week and discover how it all comes back to Jesus! Friday, June 19 at 12:15 p.m., there will be a worship rally for parents in the Worship Center at Hope. Our attendance today was 229 which is more than we had last year on the last day!!!

Also don't forget about the Hope Church Family Picnic this Wednesday Night. On Wednesday, June 17 there will be no regular services and everyone is encouraged to attend the VBS family picnic at the lake behind the church. There will be hotdogs on "the barbie" (open fire) from 6—8:30 p.m. Please bring buns and chips. The church will provide hotdogs, condiments, drinks and smores. Enjoy fishing, zip line and waterslide (if weather permits). Children, don’t forget your towel. If weather
does not permit, we will move to the gym.

G'day Mate!

Welcome

Welcome to our blog!  This blog will serve as our website for a few months as we prepare to launch our new website this fall.  We will keep you updated on a weekly and sometimes daily basis about what is happening at Hope Church.  

Here are a few events  coming up that you need to know about...

VBS- June 15-19 from 9am-12pm everyday

VBS Leadership meeting- Wednesday June 3, 6:15pm in the Connector

Check back often

God Bless