Have you ever felt like you don't belong, like an outsider looking in because of your faith in God? The Bible uses terms like strangers, outsiders, or exiles to describe this reality. This was not just a feeling for the people of God in Scripture; it has shaped the overarching narrative of the entire Bible. It reflects a longing for home, for eternity, and for the full fellowship with God that existed in the Garden of Eden. During this series, we explore this yearning for home, on earth as it is in heaven, and how we are called to love the world around us. Come discover a fresh sense of hope and the inspiration to share that hope, even though we are strangers in this world living as exiles through our faith in Jesus.

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.