Hope Community Launch - Week One

Yesterday we launched the first phase of Hope Community which is our overseas partnership with Compassion. 

We had such a great morning with the auditorium packed to the rear doors! It was so exciting to see Hope Church come out and be a part of where we are heading as a church. Right from the start there was just a sense of togetherness and anticipation. Our time of worship was significant and it felt like something shifted up a gear!

We announced our partnership with Compassion with our initial region of engagement being the Chang Mai region in Northern Thailand. Scott Hawkins from Compassion joined us for the day and so powerfully articulated the need across the globe to eliminate poverty. Hope Church responded in the best possible way with a stack of children being sponsored in the Chang Mai region. The exciting part of this was that every child that had been categorised as a ‘priority’ was sponsored. 

Over the weeks and months ahead we will continue to encourage more children to be sponsored as well as working on some dates for our first field trip to this region. As a church we cannot wait to head over and get involved with this community that we are partnering with. Watch this space for details.

Next Sunday we will launch the second phase of Hope Community which will involve various areas of local mission. Exciting times in the life of Hope Church!