HAPPY BIRTHDAY Hillcrest Family!


Thank you for your incredible generosity to end 2023 as we look ahead to all God has for us in 2024! Thank you for joining in the investing of building His Kingdom here through Hillcrest as it already is in Heaven; not giving TO Hillcrest, but rather through Hillcrest for His Kingdom come in 2024!


Last week, on January 9, 2024, we celebrated 34 years of changed hearts and people finding life in Jesus through the collective investment of the Hillcrest family. Each new year provides an opportunity to pause, look back, and look ahead, and we wanted to take a moment to share some of what we hope the next 34 years will hold.

 

We believe that God’s work in us is to grow where we are PLANTED as a HUB and grow into a SENDING STATION and release more joy filled, multigenerational communities in Southern Wisconsin.

 

As Jesus says in John 7, as rivers of living water flow from within us and more thirsty souls are satisfied in Jesus, we do not want to fill a reservoir, rather see these waters overflow and saturate neighborhoods and communities where Hillcrest is becoming a SENDING STATION for Gospel proclamation, reaching the lost, equipping the saints, and planting more joy-filled, biblically saturated, multi-generational communities of faithful disciples and we are taking another step this year to see that direction in three, meaningful ways.




One...Our Everyday Missionary Fund. If you have an idea for something that would foster and enhance the relationship between you and people on your pray-watch list and truly embody what it means to be LIVING PROOF of a LOVING GOD. We would love to hear about it and help you make it happen.

EDM Fund - Apply Here

Two...Developing an internship greenhouse to train and develop our next generation of faith leaders. In the summer of 2023 it included Tori Lancaster and the fall of 2023 Hunter Jackson joined as our middle school intern as we begin to build an internship framework to replicate and build upon.



Three...The biggest and most long-term initiative is prayerfully continuing our buy and build, Planted initiative! We will continue to hold it loosely, trusting God for next steps, but filled with anticipation of what this year will hold. 


PRAYER IS THE WORK!

 

Head to hillcrestbiblechurch.com/planted-initiative throughout 2024 and PRAY with us with desperate dependence for all that God has for us and our church family for the days ahead.


 

“GOD, what are you

inviting us into in 2024!”



Elder Team