Being a Deacon at Living Hope

Greetings Living Hope family! I am John Paul Blair, 2009 Deacon Chair.
My wife Leslie and I began attending Living Hope in the late 80's when dating as WKU students. We now have two children, John Robert ("Jack", age 10) and Margaret Grace ("Maggie", age 5) growing their faith as a part of the Living Hope family as well. What a blessing our church has been and continues to be!

What a pleasure it is to serve the Lord as a Living Hope deacon! As
deacon, our primary role is to serve the membership by extending the
reach of the pastoral and ministry staff. On Sundays, you see us
prepare and serve Communion, and you may notice us congregate in the
front of the worship center to assist in decision counseling. We enjoy
these parts of our ministry.

During the week, every member of our team (38 strong) makes visits to
hospitals and long term care and rehabilitation facilities, including
Nashville. We visit funeral homes and follow up at least once with all
we've touched. We visit not only those from our membership, but also
regular attenders, family members and friends of our congregation. This
also is a joy.

We help care for the widows and widowers in our fold through service
projects and special events. We are joyfully exploring ways to serve
our shut-ins (members who cannot make it to church on Sunday) and to
help welcome new members to our church family.

What a joy it is to serve alongside our staff and to serve as a vessel
for the Lord to work through! If we have visited you, our hope is you
were blessed as much as we are to serve His Kingdom.

Thank you church family for your recent nominations to add to our
ranks. Thank you for allowing us to serve you. We are blessed.

John Paul Blair
2009 Deacon Chair