Our Vehicles

 By sharpening our mission with our emphases and values, we have been able to develop particular vehicles - specific programs and activites that occur at New Hope from week to week, and that are both faithful to the Bible and relevant to our neighbors:

Vehicles for Worship

We celebrate the grace of God through historic worship – specifically, our weekly gathering on each Sunday at 10:30 AM and concluding at noon.  While the "feel" of our worship service is relaxed contemporary, and participatory, the elements of the service are derived from Scripture as interpreted by the orthodox and Reformed traditions.  Thus, we use extemporaneous as well as ancient prayers, choruses as well as hymns, and testimonies as well as creeds.  Each worship service includes readings from the Old and New Testaments.  One of these readings always serves as the focus of the pastor's teaching, which is designed to show how Jesus makes sense of our lives and our world.  We celebrate the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, the high point of Christian worship, on the second and fourth Sundays of each month.

Vehicles for Community

We cultivate the grace of God through intimate community – specifically, we meet together to learn, to share, and to support one another.  Children and adults gather on Sundays at 9:15 AM to learn in various Christian Education classes.  Younger children (Pre K – 3^rd Grade) meet together for further training during a portion of the Sunday worship service.  This time, called "Children's Fellowship," prepares young people to participate fully and intelligently in the worship and life of the congregation.  Sharing and support take place through youth ministries, men's and women's ministries, and adult Life Groups.  Full descriptions of these ministries are available elsewhere on this site.

Vehicles for Witness

We communicate the grace of God through hospitable witness – specifically, our monthly Body Life Events, our mercy ministries and marketplace ministries, our partnership with King's Castle Ministries (a new congregation that is serving the Clemmons Hispanic community), our financial support for and visits to foreign missionaries, and by building relationships with neighbors who use our facility.

Vehicles for Service

We demonstrate the grace of God through creative service – specifically, by supporting agencies with funds and volunteers (Clemmons Food Pantry, Solus Christus, etc.), by hosting community activities and exhibitions in our facility (Clemmons Community Theater, West Forsyth YMCA, Classical Conversations Homeschool Group, Local Artists and Quilters, etc.), by equipping members to be salt and light in their vocations and neighborhoods, and by inspiring neighbors with visions of truth, goodness, and beauty derived from the Gospel.