As we seek to continue to keep connected as a church family, please read through this week’s email update. We invite you to join as we worship and serve the Lord together!
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Dear Church Family and Community,
Each summer, our family gets a “cabin” a little over an hour away. It’s always a blessing to spend some intentional time in nature. Surrounded by hills and valleys, trees,…
As we seek to continue to keep connected as a church family, in this week’s email update you will find several ways to participate in worship, prayer, and service with others from HBIC. We invite you to…
Dear Church Family and Community,
The first sermon I ever preached was Christmas Sunday, in 1997. I was a high school sophomore, fourteen years old. I remember thinking that this was such a giftto me, because…
Dear Church Family and Community,
I hope this finds you all well. Though we are mostly apart these days, I am grateful for the Holy Spirit who unites us, our Christ who leads us, and God…
Dear Church Family and Community,
I was thinking this morning about my first real job. Growing up, I had always helped out here and there. There was taking out the trash for Mrs. Stauffer in our…
Dear Church Family and Community,
When the Spirit planted the seeds of our current sermon series in my head/heart, my hope was for us to use this time to be intentionally growing in our faith,…
Dear Church Family and Community,
The primary definition of gentleness reads like this: the quality of being kind, tender, or mild-mannered. I found this striking for several reasons. One, when I first think of gentleness, I think…
Dear Church Family and Community,
I still remember Amadou Diallo. He was from Guinea but actually born in Liberia. Two bordering countries, but with borders that are largely arbitrary, people all across Africa cross countries like…