Learn a Little More about Living Hope EPC

Living Hope exists to live out the message:  “Knowing Jesus Changes Everything”

Some of our core values can be expanded though the letters H-O-P-E.   

Living 

Hearts that are Open and Powerfully Engaged

Hearts

We desire to be:  Jesus-focused, biblically-based and Holy Spirit-led.  

• worshipping God with passion because He is worthy of our allegiance
• yearning for God’s power and presence in our lives
• hoping in the Lord because He is the giver of all good things
• believing God desires to heal our bodies, minds and spirits

Open

We desire to be: relationship-oriented, led by grace, and multi-generationally active,

• accepting people as they are and where they are
• involving ourselves in each other’s lives
• walking together through triumphs and struggles
• investing ourselves in young people

Powerfully

We desire to be: faith-enabled, expectant of God’s active and powerful working

• acknowledging that while difficulty and hardship are a part of life, God can both use these things for our good and change them for his glory
• expecting God’s active intervention in our lives
• knowing that God’s character never changes; he always gives us his best
• releasing people to be who they were created by God to be

Engaged

We desire to be: outward reaching, kingdom-minded and culturally alert

• extending the message of God’s grace beyond our own walls
• investing ourselves and our resources to the needy
• reaching out to our culture while not compromising the essentials of the faith