On Attending the Worship Services of Your Church

The following is a blog post from Kevin DeYoung and is taken from his blog at the Gospel Coalition.  It addresses the very important issue of the commitment of the modern Christian to the church.   The Scandal of the Semi-Churched This is one of those posts I’ve...

The Unity of Worship

I recently thought about the very first song that we sang at Hope in our first worship service.  The song was “He Reigns” which was recorded by the Newsboys (click here to read all the lyrics – or here for a video of the Newsboys).  Here are the...

Why is “Community” in our name?

One question that I’ve been asked on a number of occasions is “Why did you use ‘Community’ in your church’s name instead of ‘Presbyterian’?”  Before I talk about the reason, let me first say that we are not in any way...

New Website and Blog

A lot of things are changing at Hope.  Our church particularized this past Sunday (9-15-2013).  That simply means that we are no longer a mission church.  We now have our own Ruling Elders and Session.  This has been a long process, but one that has been marked by...