Circle of Hope

I am really excited to go meet with this church called "Circle of Hope" next week in Philly. I love what they have to say about themselves on their web page.

"The next generation is not a mass market, and we didn’t want to treat it like a market, at all. Yes, yes, making church like a TV show “works.” A lot of things work that we wish did not work because people still don’t seem to understand what will kill them. Sometimes it seems pigheaded, but we don’t like to pander to people’s worst instincts just so they’ll come to a meeting, give money, or just like us. What we are trying to do instead is deliver the life and message of Jesus as a community in Christ. We want to be a safe place for people to explore God’s love as they are now. And we want to be discerning enough to keep our eyes open for where they are going to be next. We’re relevant and predictable at the same time. God knows how to speak everyone’s language, but that never makes the message inconsistent. Some people have thought it is a little suspicious when they realize that we’re hard to “pin down.” We may not have as well-developed and consistent character as we would like, but we are who God has. We accept that like he does. We’re not advertising ourselves. We are not a product. We’re a people."
Circle of Hope-Philadelphia PA