The Place

The Place is a Christian community centered on the faith, love and hope of Jesus Christ.

Many wonder about the name and why 'The Place' was chosen to be the representative title of this community. 'The Place' is actually the English translation for the Hebrew name of God ~ "Ha'Makom". Through further study into this name, we began to understand that God is in all places at all times (omnipresent), but still has the ability to inhabit a single place. And not to be 'in' or 'at' a place, but He actually becomes THE PLACE. If we talk about a PLACE of an object, we are talking about that which underlies it and supports it. As we built this ministry, our goal was that we would be that place ~ the place where God would come and underlie and support... the place where His omnipresence would become present.

We are a simple community who would rather do a few things great, then a lot of things mediocre. With this in mind, we've narrowed the entire vision of the ministry into three simple words ~ Faith, Hope and Love.

Faith: At its simplest form, faith is simply believing. As a community, we are committed to come together and grow in our faith. This growth comes through education, but also through action and involvement. We will exercise our faith through our thoughts, words and our deeds. As the apostle James said, "For as the spirit without the body is dead, so faith without works is dead also." (James 2:26)

Love: We value love and God's "agape" (or unconditional) love toward us and the world. As John said in his gospel, "For God so loved ('agape') the world that He gave His one and only Son so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16) We believe that love is not an adjective or noun ~ but a verb. Love is something that we do. We are committed to being God's hands and feet. We are committed to action. The Place doesn't live in the bricks and mortar of a building, but in the hearts of every person that calls this community their home.

Hope: As believers, we have the one true message of hope and, as a community, reaching out to the hopeless is one of our primary objectives. We will be the voice of hope... the feet of hope... the hands of hope. We are called to those lacking faith... those lacking love... those lacking hope and will point them to the giver of all hope ~ Jesus. For the community of The Place has a deep understanding of the French Proverb, "Hope is the dream of a soul awake."

Through these three key components, we are able to fulfill the call of Jesus:
Faith: We are building up the body of believers.
Love: We are cultivating community.
Hope: We are reaching out with the hope of Jesus.

Please join us Sunday's 8:30am and 10:30am