Advent: Celebrating the Comings of Christ

Dear Hallows Family,The word advent literally means ‘coming.’ The season of Advent provides us with an intentional time frame to focus our minds’ attention and hearts’ affections upon the ‘comings’ of our King.Together, we reflect first upon Christ’s arrival in...

How the Church Becomes Family

A little over a year ago, I was leading a mission trip, and one of my co-leaders said she has hope in the family of God.  I didn’t understand what she meant.  Sure, I had a great church family that I relied on, but I’d been attending that church for a long...

A Testimony of God’s Grace

 I spent my life in church, but did not understand what the Gospel was. Starting in my fifth grade year I suffered from extreme depression, to the point of cutting and suicidal thoughts. Constant fear, heart-pain, anorexia, self-induced sleep deprivation, and even my...

God at Work: Andrei’s Baptism

We love celebrating baptism in The Hallows Church! Each time we do so, we declare that salvation comes by grace through faith in the life, death and resurrection of Christ. On October 23rd, our faith family celebrated that reality manifested in the life of our friend,...

God at Work: Overcoming Obstacles to a Praying Life

Erin is someone that is often asked for prayer because when you ask her to pray you do so knowing she will—and often. Often the Lord even uses her to speak truths into others’ lives in timely moments in answer to the prayers she has been praying. Yet...