Back The Church At Station Hill prepares for February 28 launch
February 19th, 2010
In less than a month, The Church at Station Hill—Brentwood Baptist's first regional campus that will meet in Thompson's Station—will launch its first service.
For several years now, preparations have been made for the launch of this new congregation. Jay Strother, Station Hill campus teaching pastor, said, "This is the long-awaited launch we've been waiting for. We've been in pretty serious research and development since 2006 when the process got rolling."
In January 2008, more than 50 Brentwood Baptist families committed to journeying south to help start the new church. By October 2009, 25 more families decided to join them after Sunday Night Worship at Brentwood Baptist became the visible training ground for the new church family and others became involved in what was to come.
"This is in our DNA," Jay said. "Brentwood Baptist started meeting in the basement of the Tennessee Baptist Children's Home more than 40 years ago with the mission of reaching a growing community of young families with the message and hope of Jesus Christ. We're no different."
Station Hill's mission is simple: To connect people to the freedom, hope, and love of Jesus Christ by believing in the gospel, belonging in relational community, and becoming servants on mission with Jesus where they live, work, and play. Even simpler is their motto: connect, believe, belong, and become.
Jay said, "One question people have had is, 'What is our plan to advertise?' But really our people have done our advertisement. They are already inviting their unconnected neighbors and friends. They've already done a great job for us."
With members already actively inviting people in their communities, the come-as-you-are, family-friendly environment will be inviting to local young families as Station Hill makes its mark in that area.
Jay said, "Nearly everywhere I go, people are stopping and e-mailing me about it. A lady came up to me in a restaurant and said she's so excited about Station Hill and will be there on the Sunday we launch. I didn't know who she was, but someone from our campus invited her."
The new church will focus on encouraging their members to serve in all areas: worship and music ministry, preschool, children, and student ministries, adult ministries, and missions.
"We want to do the basics well in worship, discipleship, and service," Jay said. "That will give people time to build relationships where they live, work, and play in their neighborhoods and it will also give them time to just be a family in a commuter culture. Two of our distinctives are simplicity and relationships."
Station Hill Weekly Schedule:
Sundays (Begins February 28 at Heritage Middle School)
9:30 AM Worship, Preschool, Children, & Middle School Bible Studies
11:00 AM Worship (worship care for birth-4 years)
Children's Marketplace (once a month)
5:00 PM LifeGroup, Option 1 (childcare provided)
Wednesdays (Begins March 3)
6:30 PM Childcare (birth-4 years)
KidLife (4 years-grade 5)
Student LifeGroups (grades 6-12)
LifeGroup, Option 2
7:15 PM Station Hill Choir Rehearsal
By Kaylan Christopher