Welcome

I feel very confident in saying that God has truly blessed Living Hope Church and being your pastor has been the most significant experience of my ministry life. We have come this far because of God's blessing and now we must press on toward what we believe God has for us. A little over fifty years ago our church began with the hope of a few families. Their faith and hope grew and they moved from their original location to a better one. Their greatest step or faith was the hope of having the location they needed in the northwest suburbs and they raised the funds, with God's help, and purchased this property and built this building. Now, after much growth, we no longer have enough classrooms, offices, foyer space, storage, and the list can go on. Most importantly, we face a challenge any church must conquer-not having enough space for our children, our teens, our people and the people God is sending our way.

Now is the time for us all to step out in faith and a growing hope that God can use us collectively to reach this goal. We need to build such a place so that more people can join us in this journey. The scripture says that these people can be "like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in season and their leaves do not wither. Whatever they do grows." This is a living hope, this is a real hope, this is a hope that grows. Join us in these steps of faith and in the adventure. The stakes are eternal.

In this world and culture around us hope falters and fades, but in this place we are in - HOPE GROWS!

With all my heart and a prayer,

Mike Gates
Pastor