August, 2007

Dear Forest Hill Friends and Family,

It has been my privilege to serve as Senior Pastor at Forest Hill Community Church since March of this year. Having had the opportunity to live and serve in Europe for a number of years and in California for the last ten, my wife and I were not sure what to expect when God called us to Memphis to be a part of this church. What we have found here at FHCC has been an amazing group of people, hungry to know God and to serve Him.

Let me tell you about us. You'll notice that our address is 650 Houston Levee Road, Eads, Tennessee.   But, that is not where our church is, that is where we meet. Our church is the community of people who have committed themselves to God and to each other. We come from a lot of different places and we are all at different points along the journey of life. We are not perfect, but we are committed to walking together as we seek to know God and to make Him known in our community and around the world. We are working to create a place where you can feel welcome whether you are someone just beginning to explore the claims of Christ or someone seeking to go deeper in your relationship with God.

We believe that Jesus Christ is Lord and that His church is the hope of the world. We want our church to be a place where we come together to worship God with all our hearts, connect to each other in meaningful, authentic relationships, grow in our faith and partner together to serve our world. We want to see our community transformed by God's life giving power one life at a time. We would love to have you come and join us.

On behalf of God's church as lived out at Forest Hill,

Pastor