Do you live in the light aware of the darkness or in the darkness aware of the light? In the gospel of John, he speaks of the arrival of Jesus as light coming into darkness. Something Jesus later proclaimed on multiple occasions, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness…” Light in the darkness, peace on earth and good will to all men. During Advent we will encourage you to live from a position of hope, peace, joy and love in a world that many times feels stuck in darkness. What can life look like when we actually live in hope vs. living in darkness with only an awareness of hope?

We are a diverse community made up of all kinds of cultures, races and socio-economic backgrounds. But we are united in what counts, the mission of Jesus. People leading people into a growing relationship with Jesus. 

We connect with God and each other, serve God and each other and share our lives with God and each other.  We do this through a weekly gathering, classes and groups that help us grow deeper in our faith and events that benefit our community. 

We rent a school facility to worship in and we are remodeling a 100+ year old building we do everything else in. We are driven to be a benefit to the community around us and make a generous impact in the world by helping where it hurts both locally and globally. 

You can expect some very friendly people and not just the ones who look like they were assigned a post because we are genuine around here. During the services we worship with singing, prayer and a message that is heavy on the use of scripture. We want everyone who joins us to experience Jesus, not just someone sharing some inspirational thoughts or a great show. This doesn't mean we don't have fun...we bring the fun. Especially for the kids! We value all ages experiencing Jesus so we provide kids life on Sundays and student life during the week in order to facilitate age targeted discipleship for every generation.  We keep it uncomplicated so that you can be a normal person with a life that begins resembling the ways of Jesus within the community.  We know the most powerful impact we can equip you to make is to be present with the community being a light and sharing the love of God to all who have yet to encounter it. This is our mission.

Thad & Dana Huff are the founding pastors of Open Life. They have a passion for people and love for the community. They started OL in 2010 after 13 years in youth ministry.  Dana serves as our Kids Ministry Lead.

Jadon & Dani Haynes have been at Open Life since the first year.  Jadon pretty much gets everything done around here in addition to being on the communication team & overseeing the worship teams.