New Candles, New Season At every Life Group and Youth Council meeting, students light a small beeswax candle it and share where they have seen God in their lives. The candle serves as a testimony to the steadfast love of God in the lives of these young people. At the...

Gigi Harris has been raising money in the Charlotte community since 1989, but in 2011 she was introduced to Freedom Schools and her life has not been the same.    “I just love those kids.”   And you can see that love on display as she cheers...

Owen Copps has skied 114 days in 2025.  After nearly three years as a Youth & Family Minister and with the encouragement of his discernment committee, Owen moved to Telluride to ski, lead an adventure camp, and enjoy God’s creation before heading off to seminary...

Over 30 years ago, Janice Mueller was visiting a church she had attended in Rhode Island. The choir director said, “We are singing Bach, just get a robe and join us.” That same choir director, after finding out that Janice and her husband were relocating to Charlotte...

As a little girl in Florida, Martha Alexander would watch crabs scurry across the sand, thinking, “It’s Sunday. The crabs must be going to church.”  Faith was woven into her earliest memories. Martha remembers receiving a small “mite” box for world missions,...