Stories of Hope

  I didn’t grow up a Christian. I didn’t have the opportunity to know Jesus and live with a certain measure of hope in my life - knowing what waited for me at the end of my time on this earth. But since accepting Christ, that has all changed. I have been redeemed. I get to live a life filled with hope.

  Did you know that there are 650 prayers in the entirety of the Bible, and that approximately 450 of them got answered?! That’s almost a 70% success rate for how faithful God’s promises are that when we knock, He answers!

  As a staff member of the church, I am blessed with the opportunity to attend Willow Creek’s Global Leadership Summit. This is a two-day event described as ‘drinking from a fire hose’ in regards to learning leadership skills.

  November 2016 we hosted our first young adults conference called Misfit Generation.  Many new faces attended to check out this new thing happening in Courtice, Ontario.   One of those new faces was a young man named Josh from Frankford, Ontario.  I had the privilege of spending my Saturday lunch break with him, hearing a bit of his story, his experience with church, and his desires - the why behind his decision to drive the hour to attend the conference.

  As a somewhat newly appointed staff member at Hope, I was rather excited to attend my first Leaders Retreat which took place this past weekend at Kingfisher Bay. There’s something to be said about a church that always allows room for the relational aspect of community to take precedent over ‘business’

YOUTH: Door2Door4Hope   Halloween is one day of the year that I’m sure many parents wish didn’t even exist; a day most youth wish they were still young enough to go trick or treating; and a day where the theme of fear runs rampant throughout the world. But have no fear because the youth of Hope Fellowship have a completely different view of Halloween. They see October 31st as a time to engage their community and bless many neighbours

  Hope Fellowship. Have you ever wondered what exactly the name ‘Hope Fellowship’ means? I imagine in a way it means something a little different to everyone, but for myself, I was curious what the root origins of these words were, and what I discovered was quite interesting

  Who doesn’t love to have their cake & eat it too?! Attending a Christian conference with big name speakers & well-known worship bands is a lot like eating cake. It’s sweet, it’s exciting, it leaves you feeling like you can conquer the world! Cake is good, but I’ve also seen the down side of cake and have learned firsthand how important it is to balance out that cake with a weekly dose of vegetables so that you don’t experience what most parents we refer to as the ‘sugar crash’. Those vegetables are your classic Sunday morning church services led by the local passionate body of Christ. A healthy diet by many means!