At Open Life we believe that every follower of Jesus should “go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.” (Mark 16:15, NIV) In Acts 1:8, Jesus instructs his disciples, and consequently you and me, to testify as his witnesses to the good news that there is peace with God through him (Acts 10:36). We are to carry this testimony to our Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of ...  Read More

Shifting Staff Roles at Open Life We wanted to make you aware of a couple of role shifts we have made at Open Life. As staffing availability and needs continually flex with different seasons of life, Open Life has always been flexible and agile, and this is one of those moments.  With the needs of being a new parent, Jadon Haynes has expressed the need to reduce his hourly investment at Open Life ...  Read More

The Missions Team to Chile is leaving June 22nd in the morning. We have designed a prayer page and will be posting updates from the trip that you can quickly access from the link entitled "Updates" on the page.Please follow the progress of our team, be praying daily for them and see what God does through the generosity of so many in both funding the teams and allowing us to be a part of the trip t...  Read More

Each year Open Life takes the final Sunday of the year off to allow our staff and volunteers to take time to rest, reflect, and give thanks to God for the year that was. In this attitude, we offer to you, the Open Life Church Top Ten of 2023. This (non-exhaustive) list is meant to jumpstart your own practice of looking back at the past year and finding things that you can be grateful to God for. W...  Read More

Every year at Open Life we walk through a series of messages at Christmas time called Advent. For generations the church has celebrated advent, which refers to the four weeks leading up to Christmas. Advent means the arrival of a notable person, and in our case, it’s when we remember Jesus’ arrival and anticipate his return. We will look back and look forward with great anticipation, being filled ...  Read More

On November 18th, 2023 you came together with other friends, neighbors, classmates, teammates, co-workers, businesses, faith communities, and community organizations to pack and deliver 1,500 Thanksgiving meals to our local communities. A few key stats we can celebrate together:The meals we packed fed over 8,000 people on Thanksgiving.429 volunteers went out on 171 delivery routes to hand deliver ...  Read More