Off Campus Lighthouse

Starting next Thursday (10/11) and for the rest of October, Lighthouse is going to be off campus - that is, off Hope Center campus. Why? What's the point? Glad you asked!

1. To help those who may not be able to be involved on Thursday nights at Hope Center
2. Easier to coordinate service projects when we are not forced to meet on Thursday

Firstly, we have at least 8 high schools represented in our group spanning from Pleasant Hill (duh!), Martinez, Walnut Creek, Concord, and even Brentwood. We are so blessed to have such a diverse group, but we also face challenges. Each student has extracurricular activities in different seasons, some have much longer commutes to Hope Center, and sometimes Thursday evenings do not work best.

Secondly, last year we did our first Serve Thursdays (often mistaken for SURF Thursdays). We coordinated service projects to serve the elderly, help the disabled, clean a school, babysit, and serve meals that heal to those in our congregation. Without a doubt, we need to do this more often but it is not easy to find service projects on Thursday evenings.

So what are we going to do? Again, great question! I am empowering our Lighthouse small group leaders to pick a location and time - kind of like the Lifegroups that our church promotes. Now many leaders at this point may not change the Thursday night time, but will change the location. That is fine and 100% their decision. So please contact your teen's small group leader to get more details, click to the "Meet our staff" page http://lighthouseloop.blogspot.com/p/meet-our-staff.html

I pray that this will lead to more students in Christ-centered small groups and more service projects!
Paul / paul@hopecenter.cc