The First Steps of Faith

The First Steps of Faith

For Amanda Desmarais, sending her children to 4th & 5th Grade Camp has given her kids the chance to experience God in a new way and realize that following Jesus is something they have to choose for themselves. Watching them take those first steps of faith has...
The Start of Something More

The Start of Something More

A teenage boy emerges from the water, and his friend pulls him into an embrace. Around them, arms shoot into the air. Cheers erupt from dozens of students gathered at the pool’s edge—but the noise fades into the background. For Miles Pleasants, Beach Week 2024 marked...
More Than a Moment

More Than a Moment

Under the glow of stage lights, surrounded by hundreds of students in worship, a group of girls in leis stand in the middle of a crowded room—hands raised, eyes closed, faces tilted upward. For anyone who has been to Camp Ocoee, it’s a familiar scene. But for Aniston...
A Safe Place To Land

A Safe Place To Land

May is National Foster Care Month—a time to pause and take a closer look at a system many have heard of, but few fully understand. Foster care exists to provide temporary safe homes for children who cannot remain with their families due to abuse, neglect, or other...
A Love That Lasts

A Love That Lasts

Each year, Bellevue Loves Memphis gives our church family the opportunity to step out and serve our city in tangible ways—through painting, landscaping, sharing meals, and meeting real needs across Memphis. But Bellevue Loves Memphis does more than fill a single...
The Other Side of the Tomb

The Other Side of the Tomb

The cross was not the end of the story. We spent some time last week sitting with the weight of what happened on Calvary—the reality of sin, the costliness of grace, and the broken body of Jesus bearing what we could never carry ourselves. It’s good to pause at the...