Author Archives: Steve LaMotte
5 Reasons To Be Excited About LIFEgroups
Hope Church will be launching LIFEgroups in September as the foundation of our disciple-making process. LIFEgroups are small communities of people who regularly gather for study, fellowship, prayer, and service as part of Hope Church. As we prepare for LIFEgroups- … Continue reading
Get Off Your Ask
I read a post yesterday from Perry Noble, who is Pastor at New Spring Church in South Carolina. Perry regularly post about his church, leadership, and ministry- and many of his post are list, which I appreciate. His particular post … Continue reading
A Church In The Marketplace
This Sunday, I will be preaching on Acts 17:15-33. It’s the passage of Paul encountering the philosophers on Mars Hill in Athens and telling them about Jesus. I think it’s pretty applicable to where we are as a local … Continue reading
5 Reasons Why You Should Be Excited for Hope’s Kick-Off
1. Hotdogs– no one does hotdogs quite like Hope. We’ve got it down to a science! Hotdogs, chips, cookies, and more! 2. Inflatable Games– They are actually for the kids, but we know adults would love to jump in the … Continue reading
Life Groups Coming to Hope
I wanted to take a moment to share about the vision for Life Groups at Hope Church. We’ve streamlined our Disciple-making process to three steps where anyone can know how to begin the discipleship journey at Hope. First, we want … Continue reading
Even More
In Sunday’s message- we looked at Acts 3:1-10 where Peter and John heal a man in 40’s who was born lame through the power of the Holy Spirit. Our focus was on expectations because this man expected to receive silver … Continue reading
Why I’m Excited for Kick-Off
The first pre-season football games is in the books- and in a few short weeks, many of us will be spending a large chunk of time watching football on Sunday afternoons. I love football season (well, because I like football) … Continue reading
The Pittsburgh Pirates and The Second Coming
I’m a Pirates fan. Recently, that has become easier to say in public, but it doesn’t take a good memory to recall that the Pirates have not had a winning season since 1992 (20 years total). In terms of baseball … Continue reading
Back From Vacation
If you’ve checked in here recently- you may have wondered where the new post are. Well, I just got back from a two week family vacation. In week one, we visited my parents and sister in Western Pennsylvania. My sister … Continue reading
Sunday Follow-Up: Living as Peacemakers
This Sunday, at Hope Church, we are in our next-to-last week of our series on the Seven Deadly Sins. As we’ve looked at each deadly sin- we’ve examined one of the Beatitudes of Jesus in Matthew 5 that show us … Continue reading
Exiled Community 