Hopkins Family Adoption Story
Our Adoption Story In 2013, our family started doing mission work in Mokanji, Sierra Leone, West Africa. We were working with an organization that was doing many things to help this deeply under-resourced village. One area of focus was starting a children’s home for orphans. That is where we first met Mariama Sesay when she […]
Adoption Story – Patrick Fucile
My name is Patrick Fucile and I was adopted in December 1990 from Bangkok, Thailand at age 7. I was raised in an orphanage in Bangkok, Thailand. In the orphanage I remember climbing on animal figures, playing musical chairs, and eating rice soup for every meal. While I was in the orphanage, I remember dreaming […]
Adoption Story – Patrick Fucile
My name is Patrick Fucile and I was adopted in December 1990 from Bangkok, Thailand at age 7. I was raised in an orphanage in Bangkok, Thailand. In the orphanage I remember climbing on animal figures, playing musical chairs, and eating rice soup for every meal. While I was in the orphanage, I remember dreaming […]
Adoption Story – Kelly & Tonio
I was serving as a missionary at Love & Hope Children’s Home in El Salvador when I met Tonio. I had taken a leave of absence from teaching and before returning I had prayed that God would change my life forever for having lived this experience at Love & Hope. It was a month later […]
Adoption Story – Kelly & Tonio
I was serving as a missionary at Love & Hope Children’s Home in El Salvador when I met Tonio. I had taken a leave of absence from teaching and before returning I had prayed that God would change my life forever for having lived this experience at Love & Hope. It was a month later […]
Toth Family Adoption Story
We grew our family through adoption in 2012, but it was not by choice. Kevin and I were married for 12 years at the time and had an amazing 7-year-old biological son, Noah. Adoption wasn’t something we ever discussed, and it certainly wasn’t on our radar. We were “one and done” until that September evening […]
Toth Family Adoption Story
We grew our family through adoption in 2012, but it was not by choice. Kevin and I were married for 12 years at the time and had an amazing 7-year-old biological son, Noah. Adoption wasn’t something we ever discussed, and it certainly wasn’t on our radar. We were “one and done” until that September evening […]
Worship in Suffering
By Nate Green, Worship Pastor No one enjoys suffering. Suffering is difficult. Whether it’s suffering for doing what’s right, or going through trials that God has allowed for various purposes that we may not understand, both are hard. So how do we continue to worship God in the midst of suffering? Let’s start by acknowledging […]
Faith
By Nate Green, Worship Pastor Worship is a declaration of faith in God. When we worship God, we get our eyes off ourselves and others and set our hearts on God, the only one who supersedes all things. Faith comes by hearing the Word of God (Romans 10:17). Therefore, large portions of this worship topic […]
Back to School Prayers
Deep down we know that we are to fight back against the spiritual attacks we experience daily by praying, by coming to God, and trusting in His strength, His wisdom and His power. Human strength and reasoning alone are not going to win the battle over temptation, anxiety, fear, and lies. We need to fight […]
God’s Presence
By Nate Green, Worship Pastor Let me begin by saying that I don’t fully understand God’s presence (obviously!), so this isn’t comprehensive, but what I write here are things that we know are true about God’s presence from His revealed Word to us. God’s Word is living and active, His presence isn’t something to just […]
Selecting Songs for Worship
By Nate Green, Worship Pastor There are so many worship songs that are widely available and accessible to the church these days. This is good because God’s Word encourages and commands us to “sing a new song to the Lord” (see Psalm 96:1, 98:1, 144:9 and Isaiah 42:10). The challenge for worship leaders is which […]
