My Hope story begins at the office building behind Perkins off Hickman Road in 1991. My husband, “Music Mike,” and I were newly married, and he was asked to play keyboard for a mission church. There were maybe 15-20 people attending, our first choir was 8-10 people, our first Vacation Bible School had six to eight kids, and there was a pastor and an interim pastor before Pastor Mike arrived on the scene. Soon after, God really started moving, and he hasn’t stopped. Church of the Land at Living History Farms was Hope’s next home. I was part of the first praise band when we started a contemporary service, and was also one of the first 100 charter members of Lutheran Church of Hope. Next, at Hope’s first location on Ashworth Road, the building grew in phases, often to meet the capacity of people who were already attending. God was on the move. I remember attending a conference in Arizona, and the pastor of that church shared with Pastor Mike that he was “called to lead thousands.” So,...