Vision for our Future

Believing that God has called us to make His name known in the Durham region, we at Hope Fellowship CRC envision:

• A growing church
• Facilities and staff to support growing numbers
• A vibrant youth program that welcomes and nurtures young people throughout the region
• Small groups that embrace all participants
• Dynamic and culturally relevant worship
• All participants using their discerned spiritual gifts in areas of ministry in the church

Strategic Plan

Hope Fellowship has developed a Strategic Plan to help us make this vision a reality.  This Plan is updated regularly with the next major update due in March 2011.   The current version incorporates ministry planning from 2008 through 2010.

Property Visioning

When we selected our current location for our church (the former South Courtice Public School) we approached the owners of the land immediately south of us to see if we could purchase a few acres to build our sanctuary.  The owners indicated that they were willing to sell 20 acres to us as they only wanted to retain a small portion of the land for themselves.  We have since used approximately 3 of those acres to build our current building and parking lot and to develop a soccer field in partnership with the municipality of Clarington for community use.

The remaining 17 acres is now the focus of an ongoing visioning process as we strive to find the most appropriate and stewardly way to use this gift that we have been entrusted with.  We have commissioned a Property Visioning Team to help us create a vision for this land that will, God willing, be a blessing to Courtice and the Durham Region. 

The first phase of this process involved asking the church and the community for their ideas of what we should do with the 17 acres.  The Team presented a report on their activities to the Administrative Board in May 2010.  A copy of the report can be found here.

The next steps will include determining which options we will pursue in the short term and long term and then implementing those plans as resources permit.