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What does it mean to serve our city, while we seek for the coming new heavens and new earth? How do we live in this tension in the neighborhood that God has called us to? Join us this morning as we finish up our 3 week sermon series refreshing our vision as a church.

What does it mean to be the church? Before we know what we are to do, we must know who we are? At City Hope we are seeking to be a diverse people saved by Jesus, centered on Jesus, and sent by Jesus to extend the hope and fellowship of God to our city. In other words, we are seeking to be a church in the neighborhood and for the neighborhood. Join us to learn more!

City Hope Fellowship is moving! And, to be honest, it feels less like a move and more like coming home. Over the years, many of our members have strategically moved into this neighborhood. Now we will literally be walking to church — a church in the neighborhood, for the neighborhood. We are coming home, not just to worship here but to be a blessing to this city. Will you help City Hope come home? https://hopeformuncie.org/cominghome

City Hope Fellowship is moving! And, to be honest, it feels less like a move and more like coming home. Over the years, many of our members have strategically moved into this neighborhood. Now we will literally be walking to church — a church in the neighborhood, for the neighborhood. We are coming home, not just to worship here but to be a blessing to this city. So, what does it mean to be a blessing to Muncie? Join us as we refresh our vision for what it means to be City Hope Fellowship.

In the face of injustice, should we stay silent or should we speak up? How do we know when to speak and why? Join us as we continue looking at the book of Proverbs to learn about our responsibility to speak up for the vulnerable.

The book of James tells us that the tongue is like a flame that can set the whole world on fire. What does the book of Proverbs teach us about how we should use our words? Join us as we apply the phrase Stop, Drop, and Roll to how we use or don't use our words.

What does it mean to honor God with our wealth? Is it just tithing and giving? In order to understand what it means to honor God with our wealth, we need to back up and answer a different question first: what belongs to God? Join us as we look to the proverbs for ancient wisdom in an artificial time.

In what are you trusting? We often say that we are trusting God, but our actions tell a different story. Join us as we dive into the Proverbs to learn about trust, worship, and money.

Last week we looked at why we work to discover ancient wisdom on a complicated question. This week we continue on the topic of work, but dig into the how of work? What ancient wisdom does the book of Proverbs provide for the ethics of our work? Join us to find out.

How do we understand work? Is it meaningless? Is it cosmic? Join us to learn some wisdom from the book of proverbs to understand a theology of work.

One feature of life in the modern world seems to be there is always a camera around. If there is a camera, there is an audience. How does this reality train us to constantly be performing? And how does this performing warp our understanding of grace? Join us this morning as we continue looking at the book of Proverbs to learn ancient wisdom.

Join us this morning and welcome our guest Pastor Jonathan Balmer. Jonathan is one of the Co-Pastors of First Baptist here in Muncie, IN. His Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History is from Georgetown College in Kentucky. Jonathan received his Master of Divinity from Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University in 2020. Before serving as a pastor, Jonathan worked as a youth minister, taught high school English in the United States and middle school English as a Foreign Language in South Korea.

Trying to make a tough decision? What happens when you plan, prepare and finally make a tough decision, only to have it result in a whole bunch of bad unintended consequences? Today, join us as we continue looking to the book of Proverbs to learn some ancient wisdom on what to do with unintended consequences.

Matt James offers reflections on following Jesus, enduring difficulty, and being thankful for community :(

Technology and culture continue to make life more and more frictionless. On the surface this seems like a really great thing and in many instances it is wonderful. However, what if I push for less and less friction leaves us worse off and not better? What if we need friction and resistance for growth? Join us as we continue looking at 7 questions for ancient wisdom from the book of Proverbs. Where's the sandpaper?