Mary Martin and her husband Bob attended Hope Lutheran Church for the first time a few years ago and were impressed with the warm welcome. They had never heard such a wide open, come-as-you-are...
Despite living in Florida for 13 years, Evie and her husband, Frank, had never started the process of Church Shopping. “I guess we just put it on the back burner,” Evie shares. Thankfully, Evie’s friend...
When Brenda and Howard “Woody” Wood made the journey from Pennsylvania to Florida over ten years ago, they planned to take their time finding a new church...
When Pat and Bob O'Dell moved to The Villages 10 years ago, they immediately began looking for a church like the one they loved in Bloomington, IL, where they had been very involved in leadership...
David Redding was raised in a Baptist church and was attending a huge mega church that had recently built a sanctuary seating more than 5,000. But despite the huge scope of the...
When Susan Mitchell arrived at the Hope Lake Weir Campus Food Pantry, she had nothing left. After working as a caregiver for years, her client passed away and Susan found herself...
For most of Peggy Torda’s life, there has been an unrelenting call from God to pursue ministry. It was during the installation of a new pastor at her family’s...
Shortly after Gary and Phyllis Hill retired, they were invited to serve on a mission trip to Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The trip was multi-purpose. Among the travelers were...
Gisela Vos was born in West Germany before the start of WWII. Her mother died when she was young, and although her father remarried, there wasn't a lot of...
