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Spring Retreat Recap
Over 35 people gathered in Rochester in Mid-March for the Living Hope Church Spring Retreat. Since many members of our team are still in the process of moving to Rochester, this was an important opportunity to gather together from Ames, the Twin Cities, and Rochester to deepen our relationships, pray, worship, and hear testimonies and teaching. Pastor Paul and Pastor Charlie both taught on the subject of “The Strength of a Church Planter.” While there are many wise strategies we…
How Did We Pick the Name Living Hope?
Wow, what a journey! Picking a name is hard! So much of your identity as a group of people comes from what you’re called. We brainstormed, got suggestions from lots of people, prayed, made lists, filled white boards with ideas, googled a whole lot of random stuff, prayed, dug through thesauruses, brainstormed some more, came up with the some great names that we already taken, prayed some more and so on and so on. Finally, as is often the case,…