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We extend a special welcome to everyone - the young and the old. We welcome you into our weekly gatherings - no formal ceremonies are found here. While we take our time together very seriously for our wonderful God, we encourage laughter, celebration, prayer and sharing. Just like families do.
You can come in your 'Sunday Best' if you'd like, but there's no pressure. Just come as you are. God looks on the inside, and we as a church want to see His people as He does.
In worship we encourage you to pursue intimacy with the Lord - there is always time for an encounter with the Holy Spirit in our time of worship, and we love to share Communion together regularly.
Worship and preaching go hand in hand - we believe that each are just as important as the other. God speaks to us through His word, and we in turn can glorify His name through song. When our band pulls out an old hymn from the past we celebrate and reminisce, however we believe strongly that God has given us the style of contemporary worship, so we choose to use it in the bulk of our worship. We also believe that we can use our creativity to worship God, so you'll often see artwork alongside our worship team.
We place a high value on prayer and the congregation ministering to one another. There is frequently a time of prayer or ministry in the service where the congregation is invited to gather around those in need. This gives people the opportunity to minister as well as be ministered too. The sound of children laughing is celebrated in our church, so if your child is too young for our Hope Kids program we invite them in to our service. We have a Parent's Lounge with a private feeding lounge located at the back of the auditorium for privacy if needed.
We take our coffee very seriously at Hope Community, so if you share our love for coffee please make the most of our coffee cart before and after the service! If you're new, let us know and the coffee is on us. And if you're not into coffee, don't worry, there is tea and hot chocolate as well. If after the service you would love to learn more about our church or a relationship with Jesus, please make sure your find one of our leaders and we will take care of you and answer any questions. We hope to meet you soon!