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What To Expect When You Visit
We know meeting someone for the first time can be intimidating, and going to a new church can be nerve-racking. We want to help make your first experience at Hope Covenant Church a great one! So here's a little info about what to expect...
What we're all about...
At Hope, we approach Scripture as a living story of love, liberation, and justice, engaging it with both intellect and faith—wrestling with its complexity, challenging harmful interpretations, and embracing the questions that deepen our understanding and growth.
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Meet Our Pastor
Pastor Jon, age of 32, brings a fresh and compassionate perspective to the church. With a strong background in Biblical scholarship as well as history and ethics, his perspectives on the Bible are more in line with modern Biblical scholarship than surface-level teachings often seen today.
He's a loving husband and father to four, Matt (8), Oliver (4), Liam (3), and Baby Margot.
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Jon's journey towards spiritual leadership led him to earn his Master of Divinity (Mdiv) at North Park Theological Seminary. His education and experiences have equipped him to guide our congregation with wisdom and understanding.
We're honored to have him as our pastor, mentor, and guide as we journey together towards a more compassionate world.
Sunday Morning
In total, our service is about an hour long and begins at 10:00am. It consist of contemporary music with a small band, scripture reading, and a 25 minute sermon.​
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Kids are welcome to play with toys in the back of the sanctuary or downstairs with our children's programming.
We are a relatively small and diverse community with our average attendance ranging from 40-80 people on any given Sunday. This creates a beautiful space for that "local church" feel, where, over time, the faces grow familiar and the building starts to feel like home.
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Following service we all fellowship in the the Cafe together (light lunch provided).
What makes a Hope Service unique?
What sets us apart are our commitments to engagement, community, and depth.
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You'll immediately notice this in our "unconventional" layout of our worship space. Rather than sitting in rows auditorium style where the focus is the people up front, we sit in small tables.
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This fosters connection and conversation before, after, and even during the service. Regularly, we have 3-5 minute breakout times so that the "monologue" is turned into dialogue.
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The tables also allow for persons who might have impediments to typical worship setups (like those in wheelchairs, children with short attention spans, and those who need to move around) to be fully engaged and not relegated to another area (usually in the back)
Chat with Jon
If you'd like to talk with, or even meet with, our lead pastor; Jon, before checking out our Sunday morning service feel free to reach out here!