Circle of Hope - South Philly

05/14/2024

Hey everyone! Circle of Hope no longer exists. Our South Broad congregation now goes by the name Open Door Church. We meet at 1415 S. 9th St. Philadelphia, PA 19147, in the Dandelion Project building every Sunday at 5pm. The last Sunday of every month, we have a potluck.

Please reach out to this page if you have any questions or want to get connected. We are currently working on changing the details. We hope to meet you soon!

07/19/2022

Right after the Love Feast this Saturday.

07/05/2020

It was really encouraging to talk about Walter Wink's book "Jesus and Nonviolence" with these brilliant people today. There are a lot of tensions and concerns to balance when trying to engage in nonviolent conflict, but we are talking it out and building a community of nonviolent resisters. Hopefully you can join us next Sunday at 10AM!

05/23/2020

This is great. Discernment is about understanding how we know God.

Rod White talks about how we get planted in new soil. Discernment is a vital process of growth for all who follow Jesus. God is with us and wants to be known...

02/07/2020

A new podcast from Circle of Hope called Resist and Restore.

12/06/2019

Jimmy Weitzel brings us a message from John the Baptist this Sunday: prepare the way for the Lord.

Week 2 of - John the Baptist.
500 years of silence. Then John. He is the last of the Old Testament prophets. Let’s compare him to those who came before him. He takes people into the water to be reborn as a symbol of their repentance. How do you wait when the discomfort of change is upon you? Who are the prophets who make you uncomfortable? Can you stay in that discomfort and be changed?
Join us on Sundays during (circleofhope.net/locations/), as we look back into the Old Testament to see the repeating story of God’s salvation, culminating in Jesus; from Israelite slavery and exile, to the birth of the savior, to our own time and context. We long for Jesus to make his kingdom where we live.
The theme of deliverance is elemental to the gospel accounts of Jesus’ birth. The New Testament writers understood God’s self-revelation in Jesus as a retelling and expansion of the promised deliverance that began in the Exodus narrative. God rescues God’s people.