Hope Rising

Partnership a covenant relationship between individuals characterized by mutual cooperation and responsibility, for the achievement of a specific goal! Hope Rising

Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said:  “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. Hope Rising

“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’ Hope Rising

“Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples. Hope Rising

“Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.” “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out. “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.” Luke 14:25:35 Hope Rising

[Our] church, and the story to which it is accountable, has some very definite ideas about the goal of life, the purpose of human existence. [Our] worship is not just another narcotic in an anesthetizing culture. Worship is our attempt to listen to God [and learn our story]. Hope Rising

We begin with the assumption that many of us are in pain today, drifting, unhappy, unfulfilled, not because we have not tried to find pleasure, direction, happiness and satisfaction, Lord knows we’ve tried. We are miserable because we have been looking for fulfillment in the wrong places, fulfilling our hungers with cheap nourishments, attempting to base our lives on the lies rather than on the truth. We come to church empty and numb. Hope Rising

Church is not just a place to go, It’s who you become! Hope Rising

We were created by God, We Believe Authority Hope Rising

We Believe We were created by God, for a relationship with God, Authority Disciples Hope Rising

We Believe We were created by God, for a relationship with God, to live in eternity in God’s family! We Believe Authority Disciples Mission Hope Rising

to Change Lives as disciples of Jesus. Our Mission Hope Rising

Our Mission to Inspire others to follow Jesus, to Intentionally Invest in become like Jesus, to Impact the world as disciples of Jesus. Our Mission Hope Rising

To Awaken the soul to the Majestic. Inspire To Awaken the soul to the Majestic. Hope Rising

Inspire - Awaken the Soul to the Majestic These days you are considered a weirdo if you live without a phone. Yet nobody cares if you live without a reason to get up in the morning. Anything wrong with that picture? Hope Rising

Inspire - Awaken the Soul to the Majestic “Everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” (Ephesians 5:13-14) Hope Rising

Inspire – Awaken the Soul to the Majestic “Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. From then on, you are inflamed with a special longing that will never again let you linger in the lowlands of complacency and partial fulfillment. The eternal makes you urgent. You are loath to let compromise or the threat of danger hold you back from striving toward the summit of fulfillment.” J. O’Donohue   Hope Rising

Celebration - Challenging – Practical Inspire - Awaken the Soul to the Majestic Celebration - Challenging – Practical 10% increase in avg. Worship attendance. (210->235) Hope Rising

Inspire - Awaken the Soul to the Majestic “In darkness there is no choice. It is light that enables us to see the differences between things; and it is Christ who gives us light.” C. T. Whitemell Hope Rising

Awaken the Sleeping Giant that is the Church. Invest Awaken the Sleeping Giant that is the Church. Hope Rising

Invest- Awaken the sleeping giant that is the Church! “I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.” John 13:15 Hope Rising

Invest- Awaken the sleeping giant that is the Church! Discipleship means being willing to move on every level, leaving the old life behind, following Jesus wherever he may lead, sitting at his feet so to speak, taking in not only what he says but who he is on the deepest level of our being, allowing our lives to be reoriented and ourselves (our deepest self) to be transformed. This is no small, simple or superficial task. Hope Rising

Invest- Awaken the sleeping giant that is the Church! We Believe Growing People are Healthy people We Believe You Can’t Do Life Alone. Hope Rising

Invest- Awaken the sleeping giant that is the Church! "Every time you make a choice, you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before. And, taking your life as a whole, with all your innumerable choices, all your life long you are slowly turning this central thing either into a Heaven creature or into a hellish creature – Hope Rising

Invest- Awaken the sleeping giant that is the Church! either into a creature that is in harmony with God, and with other creatures, and with itself, or else into one that is in a state of war and hatred with God, and with its fellow creatures and with itself. To be the one kind of creature is Heaven: that is, it is joy, and peace, and knowledge, and power. To be the other means madness, horror, idiocy, rage, impotence, and eternal loneliness. Each of us at each moment is progressing to the one state or the other."C S Lewis Hope Rising

Invest- Awaken the sleeping giant that is the Church! GOAL: 50% Partnership Connection Giving increases 5% Avg. SS Attendance increased 10% 2 NEW Covenant groups Constantly Communicate Legitimate Leadership Hope Rising

Radically Unleash the Compassion of God Impact Radically Unleash the Compassion of God Hope Rising

Impact- Radically Unleash the Compassion of God! It isn’t what we say or think that defines us, but the mark we leave in the lives of others. Hope Rising

Impact- Radically Unleash the Compassion of God! “If you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.” Isa 58:10 Hope Rising

Impact- Radically Unleash the Compassion of God! We Believe Found People, Find People We Believe Saved People, Serve People. Hope Rising

Impact- Radically Unleash the Compassion of God! “In darkness there is no choice. It is light that enables us to see the differences between things; and it is Christ who gives us light.” C. T. Whitemell Hope Rising

“As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” Impact- Radically Unleash the Compassion of God! What would be the impact of every Christian sharing their story with one other person and changing our church from a “caught” mentality to “catching, coaching and sending” mentality? “As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” John 20:21 Hope Rising

Impact- Radically Unleash the Compassion of God! GOAL: 100% Mission-Minded Teams 2 Conference Mission Projects 2 Regional Mission trips 2 Outreach Initiatives Inviting Faith Conversations Hope Rising

Hope Rising Flood Relief Crew July 2015

We Believe We were created by God, For a relationship with God, To live in eternity with God’s family! Hope Rising Walk for Life 10.18.15

Our Vision To be a community so alive with irresistible enthusiasm that can only be explained by the presence of Jesus! Hope Rising