Crossover Bible Fellowship (CBF) has been an incredible example of Godly hospitality. Many teams are coming in from ALL over the country and being facilitated here at Pastor Blake Wilson’s church. They are loved on by the members of this amazing congregation in incredible ways. HNW Church has had the privilege of teaming up with…
DONATION DISTRIBUTION CENTER Karen Stamps, Team Lead | [email protected] We have been working diligently to unload trucks from all over the city to then send out this afternoon to shelters all over TEXAS! Cool stories are happening EVERYDAY. God is the God of logistics. He is TRULY working out certain details we have no idea…
DAILY UPDATE | Tuesday, 9.5.2017 Although rescue has completed for the city, we’re working towards relief, recovery and rebuilding in different parts of the city at the same time. What does that look like at HNW? CASH DONATIONS: Thank you to everyone who has given so generously through welovehou.com! Our goal is to raise $500,000 to give…
DAILY UPDATE | Monday, 9.4.2017 Moving from RELIEF to RECOVERY. As we do that, here’s some information you need to know: DONATION DISTRIBTUION: Donation distribution at HNW has moved from being a drive-thru distribution to now being a distribution center where we will be pushing the donations out into the city. We have mass quantities of items…
DAILY UPDATE | Sunday, 9.3.2017 We are now moving from RELIEF to RECOVERY. The city of Houston is NO WHERE near being fully restored from the flood. There is so much more to be done and it will certainly not be done overnight. So, if you live near by or you’re out of town, just…
SATURDAY UPDATE | 9.2.2017 Church Family, Wow. We have seen God do an amazing work over the last few days in the wake of great devastation. You all have answered the call and helped us communicate and fill the many needs that have arisen. The Church has shown up! Not just HNW, but believers from…
FRIDAY UPDATE | 9.1.2017 Some of our greatest needs right now include: Donations……We will stopping our donation drive-thru at 2 p.m. Saturday 9.2 | We will be receiving donations. Our church will be shifting into a distribution center. Volunteers……We have a massive volunteer need. We need 100 people per shift to go out into the…
THURSDAY UPDATE | 8.31.2017 We just want to share with you that right now HNW is engaging the community in the following areas. We are taking donations and distributing those donations to families in need, other churches, and to shelters around Houston. We continue to update our Facebook page with a current list of donation needs.…
WEDNESDAY UPDATE | 8.30.2017 Here’s what you can do!! Pray. Let’s ask the Lord to provide so for all in need and for the people of Houston to be generous at this time. Sign up to help. Sign up to help by texting “@hnwserve” to 81010. Several of our church families, along with our neighbors have been…
TUESDAY UPDATE | 8.29.2017 Here what you can do!! Pray. Let’s ask the Lord to provide so for all in need and for the people of Houston to be generous at this time. Sign up to help. Sign up to help by texting “@hnwserve” to 81010. Several of our church families, along with our neighbors have been…
Reflections on the Multi-Faith Future of the Globe On Friday morning, I was seated at a restaurant bar, sharing breakfast with a Jewish rabbi and a Muslim imam. Since I’m an evangelical pastor, you might be wondering if this is the set up for a rather terrible joke. But, no, it’s actually what I was doing last Friday. Let me explain: Last…
“For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility.”—Ephesians 2:14 I’ll never forget the moment I realized my pastoral duties had changed. It was the night George Zimmermann was acquitted in the shooting of Trayvon Martin. That evening I scrolled through the social media posts of countless…
He is your praise. He is your God, who has done for you these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen.—Deut. 10:21 I am often stunned at the things that strike me when reading the Bible. In 2008, one of my mentors challenged me to read the Bible in its entirety each calendar year. I practiced regular Bible reading at…