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Welcome! Forming Students who hear and do God's Word. (James 1:22) This is a place where students and leaders gather together to dive into God’s Word together on a weekly basis, as we strive to be more like Christ and point others to Him. It is our desire to help middle and high school students become well equipped in being able to live a life worthy of the calling God has given each one of us. Our desire is to raise up the next generation of leaders that will advance God’s kingdom, no matter their career choice or platform! Have questions about how to get your student(s) plugged into our ministry? Contact our Student Pastor, Michael Pleasant. Summer Programming During the summer, all rising 6th through recently graduated 12th grade students are invited to join us for MIDWEEK, on Wednesday evenings, from 6:30 - 8:30 PM for a time of food, games, worship, Bible study and small groups. We meet in the Basement (located under the main worship center) and would love for you to join us! Pizza & soda is available for $1 each. MIDWEEK 2025 will meet on the following Wednesday evenings over the summer: 6/4, 6/18, 7/9, 7/21, 7/23, and 7/30 Summer 2025 Calendar Monday Afternoons I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. All students are invited to join us on Monday afternoons in July, we'll meet at Lost Mountain Park, 1 - 3 PM for some summer fun in the sun. Make sure to bring a water bottle! Check the MHS instagram on Monday mornings to see what field we'll be at. Thursday Afternoons I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. On Thursday afternoons in July, rising 9th - 12th graders are invited to join us for a High School bible study at Mars Hill. We'll meet in the Basement, 1:30 - 3:00 PM We'll be studying 1 & 2 Peter using "A Field Guide to 1st & 2nd Peter" by Ethan & Diane Jago Friday Nights I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy. All students are invited to join us on Fridays in July for some summer fun! Each Friday will have a different theme/event which is TBD. We'll meet at Mars Hill 6:30 - 8:30! We'll meet for Friday Nights on the following Fridays: 7/11, 7/18, and 7/25. Our Student Ministry Team Michael Pleasant Mail Michael has served as our Student Pastor since June of 2023. A graduate from Liberty University, Michael studied Church Ministry with a focus in Theology and Apologetics. Michael loves leading students in their walks with Christ, encouraging them to know why they believe what they believe. Katie Dunn Mail Katie has been on staff with Mars Hill Students since 2021. She loves encouraging students to read God's Word and study it for themselves. She has a passion for students to know their Savior on a deep and intimate level. Small Group Leaders Mail Our group of small group leaders serve weekly to encourage and lead their students. They serve with grace, diligence and fun. Our leaders follow their group from 6th - 12th grade ensuring they build deep and meaningful relationships with their students. All volunteers are 18+ and background checked to ensure a safe environment for our students.

EVERY SUNDAY AT 6:00-8:00pm | 6th-12th Grade Welcome! Forming Students who hear and do God's Word. (James 1:22) This is a place where students and leaders gather together to dive into God’s Word together on a weekly basis, as we strive to be more like Christ and point others to Him. It is our desire to help middle and high school students become well equipped in being able to live a life worthy of the calling God has given each one of us. Our desire is to raise up the next generation of leaders that will advance God’s kingdom, no matter their career choice or platform! Have questions about how to get your student(s) plugged into our ministry? Contact our Student Pastor, Michael Pleasant. Wednesday Nights During the summer, all rising 6th through recently graduated 12th grade students are invited to join us for MIDWEEK, on Wednesday evenings, from 6:30 - 8:30 PM for a time of food, games, worship, Bible study and small groups. We will study TBD during the summer. We meet in the Student Room (located under the main worship center) and would love for you to join us! Pizza & soda is available for $1 each. MIDWEEK 2025 will meet on the following Wednesday evenings over the summer: 6/4 6/18 7/9 7/21 7/23 7/30 Throughout the Week Deep Dives: All 6th - 12th grade students are invited to join on the first Wednesday of the month from 6:30 - 8 PM! Deep Dive is a discussion based time, where students and leaders discuss cultural topics from a Biblical perspective and response. Snacks are provided at all Deep Dives. Spring 2025 Deep Dive Dates: February 5th, 6:30 - 8 PM March 5th, 6:30 - 8 PM April 2nd, 6:30 - 8 PM May 7th, 6:30 - 8 PM Hangouts - Typically on the last Wednesday of the month we have "Hangouts". These events are designed for fun and fellowship within our ministry. Spring 2025 Hangout Dates: January 29th, 6:30 - 8:30; Bowling @ Stars & Strikes February 26th, 7:00 - 8:30; Karaoke Night @ MHCC March 26th, 7:00 - 9:30 PM, Mario Kart Tournament @ MHCC April 30th, 7:30 - 9:00 PM, Bonfire Night @ MHCC Parent Information & Calendar Our Summer Calendar will be out soon! The remainder of our Spring 2025 events are as follows: 5/11 - No MHS 5/14 - Deep Dive 5/18 - Senior Sunday & Summer Send Off We'll take a 2 week break after 5/18. We'll resume with programming Wednesday June 4th! Our Student Ministry Team Michael Pleasant Mail Michael has served as our Student Pastor since June of 2023. A graduate from Liberty University, Michael studied Church Ministry with a focus in Theology and Apologetics. Michael loves leading students in their walks with Christ, encouraging them to know why they believe what they believe. Katie Dunn Mail Katie has been on staff with Mars Hill Students since 2021. She loves encouraging students to read God's Word and study it for themselves. She has a passion for students to know their Savior on a deep and intimate level. Small Group Leaders Mail Our group of small group leaders serve weekly to encourage and lead their students. They serve with grace, diligence and fun. Our leaders follow their group from 6th - 12th grade ensuring they build deep and meaningful relationships with their students. All volunteers are 18+ and background checked to ensure a safe environment for our students.

Parent Resources Unit 30 - The Church Begins: As the church began, Peter played a key role, following the example Jesus had set. Like Jesus, Peter preached the gospel, healed people, and confronted sin—all so that others might come to know Christ, too. Key Passage: “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?” Romans 10:74 Unit at a Glance 1 5/18: Peter Continued to Preach (Acts 4) 2 5/25 & 6/1: Peter Confronted Sin (Acts 4-5) 3 6/8: We Are To Tell Others about Jesus (Romans 10) 4 6/15: The Church is Open (Acts 5)

"Jesus said, 'Let the little children come to me...'" Matthew 19:14 Large Groups Mars Hill Kids has three large group environments; preschool, elementary (K-3) and Club 45 (4-5). Each week, large group leaders teach biblical truths through music, Bible teaching and creative media. We use a mix of live teaching and dynamic video elements to teach the Bible with age appropriate concepts that the children can apply. Small Groups Every Sunday, your child will attend the same small group classroom. This is a great way for the children to establish friendships and build relationships. Here, the topic for the week is introduced through age-appropriate activities. After the Large Group experience, they return to the classroom and are taught how to apply the weekly lesson to their lives. Curriculum Our mission is to partner with you as you bring up your children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord (Ephesians. 6:4). The Gospel Project consists of weekly lessons that help all ages dive deep into the big story of the Bible—God’s plan to rescue His people through His Son, Jesus Christ. Because we recognize that you are the primary discipler of your kids, we provide you with resources to continue spiritual conversations at home. Find out more by clicking the button below. Parent Resources Kathleen Pratt Preschool Director Mail Danielle Holbrook Elementary Director Mail FREESTYLE DAY CAMP MH Kids is joining Sanctuary and Vintage 242 to host Woodlands Freestyle Camp on July 7-11, 2025 It is our hope for your children to have many opportunities to form solid, godly friendships as they "grow in wisdom and knowledge of Jesus" (2 Peter 3:18), and this is just one way for them to have fun and form deeper connections with their friends at church. Woodlands Freestyle is a day camp program for elementary-age kids (5-12). Rising 6th graders are encouraged to attend! The cost is $235 per camper and camp is Monday, July 7 through Friday, July 11, 8:30 AM -4:00 PM. Helpful Links: Daily Schedule Frequently Asked Questions Field Guide for Families on Camp Register Your Child Questions? If you are interested in serving in children's ministry, or have questions for our children's ministry directors, fill out the contact form! If it's your first time at Mars Hill Community Church, please check-in at the Children's Ministry desk. We will be happy to assist you with the short registration process and help you and your child find their classroom. Or, if you would like to save time on your upcoming visit, you can pre-register your child by clicking below. When you arrive on Sunday you will just have to provide your last name, and you're all set! Pre-Register Your Child First Name Last Name Email Message Send Thanks for submitting!

Mars Hill Community Church (Powder Springs, GA) is an independent, non-denominational Bible church serving Cobb and Paulding Counties for over 25 years. We are resolutely focused on investing our lives in sharing Jesus Christ and growing His followers. We invite you to join in life-giving community, transformational Bible study, and kingdom-focused ministry. YOU ARE WELCOME HERE Mars Hill Community Church exists to invest our lives in sharing Jesus Christ and grow His followers. PLAN YOUR VISIT WHAT WE BELIEVE NEW? START HERE! LEARN MORE LIVESTREAM SERVICE WATCH NOW SUPPORT BY GIVING DONATE WELCOME WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE Mars Hill Community Church is an independent, non-denominational Bible church serving the communities of Cobb and Paulding Counties for over 25 years. We are resolutely focused on investing our lives in sharing Jesus Christ and growing His followers. We invite you to join in life-giving community, transformational Bible study, and kingdom-focused ministry. LEARN MORE LISTEN TO SERMONS UPCOMING EVENTS Address 109 Mars Hill Road Powder Springs, GA 30127 Phone (678) 797-0814 Email contact@marshillcc.com Connect STAY UP TO DATE Keep up with current events, sermons, & news from MHCC! JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOLLOW THE PODCAST UPCOMING EVENTS

WELCOME Join Us For Worship This Sunday! Mars Hill Community Church is an independent non-denominational Bible church. We are resolutely focused on investing our lives in sharing Jesus Christ and growing His followers. We invite you to come engage in life-giving community, transformational Bible study, and kingdom focused ministry. Our weekly services last about 75 minutes. We believe the Bible is God's word to us and therefore we highly value being Biblically centered across our ministries. Our sermons will be a mix of expository and topical teaching but always founded on God's inerrant Word. We endeavor to sing songs that direct our minds to biblical truth in a distinctly contemporary style, led by our worship team. Our dress is casual and we hope you will plan to hang around after the service for fellowship. NEXT STEPS 01 Contact Form Fill out this contact form so we can be expecting your arrival on Sunday! We want to meet you and your family! 02 Come to the welcome desk in the lobby When you visit Mars Hill, check in with one of our greeters so that we can meet you and show you around! 03 Get Connected If you enjoyed your visit, we would love for you to get connected in our church body! Segue is the best opportunity for you to meet our pastoral staff and ask questions about Mars Hill. Segue is a one-time event that provides prospective members the opportunity to hear staff and elders articulate the history, beliefs, and core values of the church. We offer regular Segue events throughout the year. Click the link below to register for the next Segue. Register for Segue

2024 Gift Offering December 3, 2024 Dear Mars Hill Family, One of Mars Hill’s best traditions is to give/receive a special offering at Christmas. We call it the “Gift Offering” (GO ). In light of God’s “over the top” gift to us in His Son, Jesus, we want to offer an “over and above” gift to His work on earth. We want this “offering” to be a special act of worship, a sacrificial gift above and beyond normal tithes and offerings. The GO gives us a very practical way to live out our commitment to being C ourageously G enerous. Every year we designate a specific use for the GO . This year we want the GO to be used to go towards the costs of our new building (“The Lodge”) and site development, and which will enable us to provide the additional group discipleship and ministry space we so desperately need right now. As we shared during our annual Marshillapalooza meeting this past summer—through the grace of God and the generosity of His people—we will pay off the remaining $545,000 we owe on our property and facilities, renew/redo our parking lot and provide 5,000 square feet of additional space in “The Lodge”. Also, ten percent of all that is given to the GO , will be dedicated to global missions. Our GO goal is that we will not incur any new debt for the completion of this project in early Spring 2025. If we reach our goal, we will not only continue building the great work He is doing among us right now but also be in a healthy financial position to be able to respond to whatever He is leading us to pursue in the future. The procedures for the gift offering are simple: Each individual and/or family should treat this as a spiritual and personal exercise of worship—praying, thanking God for the greatest gift—Jesus—and asking God to use our financial gifts to bring many people to know Him. Ask God how much He wants you to give for this “over the top” gift to His work. When you’re ready, before or after any service (December 8, 15, 22, or 24) come in a spirit of prayer together to the manger set up on the stage and put your gift offering in. We have special Gift Offering envelopes available for your use in the lobby or you can give online using this link: Gift Offering Investing our lives in sharing Jesus Christ and growing His followers, Tom Gray Senior Pastor Give Now All gifts must be received or post-marked by December 31, 2024 to count for 2024 contributions.

Prayer List To submit a request, click the button below. Prayer Requests will be kept on the Church Prayer list for 2 weeks, unless updates are sent in regarding the prayer request. Requests may also be kept confidential. Please allow some time for the list to be updated after submitting. Request Prayer Current Requests 4/29/25 Prayer for my mother Rosa who is at the hospital and is very sick Silvia Correa 4/28/25 Naomi Noelle Christa arrived on April 24. It was a very long really rough labor with a few issues. Baby is in NICU for low oxygen and she and Caitlin are both fighting fevers from infection. Update: Caitlin is feeling better physically and will be discharged today. Naomi will remain in the NICU, which breaks her mama’s heart. Naomi will be taken off of IV fluids today, which is good. She is nursing and taking a bottle very well. She will remain on oxygen a bit longer. She cannot leave the hospital until she has been off oxygen and doing well on her oxygen numbers for at least 48 hours. Please pray for Caitlin’s anxiety over leaving her and for Naomi to thrive. Second Update: Baby Naomi is HOME SWEET HOME! Our hearts are full. Our cup runneth over. Thank you Lord God for hearing our prayers! Claire Christa 4/22/25 Please pray for Gods will in regards to my career. Beth Green 4/22/25 Please pray for my mother, Sandy Blankenship. She had a light stroke Sunday afternoon but is recovering well. She’s been discharged today and is at home recovering. Kristi Papa 4/15/25 Prayer for Merrill Guice who is having cancer surgery tomorrow (Wednesday, April 16) at Northside Hospital. Please pray for the skill and care of the surgeon and medical personnel. Also pray for Merrill's healing and recovery. Kirk Pratt Upcoming Events Segue - 5/4 Friday Friends Live - 5/16 Hill House - 5/30 Summer Camp - 6/9-12 Power Up Club - 6/21-26 Semillas de Vida Mission Trip (Costa Rica) - June MarsHillapalooza! - 8/24 Transforma Mission Trip (Costa Rica) - September FCA Mission Trip (Dominican Republic) - September Fall Block Party - 10/25 Missions Partners Global Partners Asian Christian Academy Athletes in Action - Austria Bridge to Israel Colin Welch - Paris CULTURELink FCA Dominican Republic Semillas de Vida - Costa Rica Transforma - Costa Rica Global Affiliates Local Partners CRU Graduate Student - GSU, GT, KSU FCA North Atlanta Promise 686 Wellspring Living Local Affiliates Blue Skies Ministries Calvary Children's Home Cobb Pregnancy Resource Center FaithBridge Foster Care Mission 1:27 One Need The God Who Sees Samaritan's Purse Saving Susan Ministry

SERVING OPPORTUNITES We are always looking for passionate and dedicated individuals to join us in serving our church and community. Explore opportunities to serve in various ministries and make an impact in the lives of others. CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES: AV TECHNICIAN AV Technician - Positions include Computer Operator (worship and sermon slides), Audio Board, Camera Operator and Broadcast AV Support. Serve in the AV role most appropriate based on your desire, experience and skills. Open to Adults & High School Students Time commitment: TBD based on volunteer availability BASEMENT HOST Oversees one or both of the worship services in the Basement during either service (9:15 AM & 11:00 AM). This includes a minimal amount (10-15 minutes) of prep before and after each service, welcoming people and providing any assistance if needed. Open to Adults Time commitment: Minimum 1x/month (for one service). COFFEE TEAM Prep and manage the coffee offerings for the worship services each week in 3 primary locations (Cafe, Children's Ministry Lobby and Basement). Open to Adults & High School Students Time commitment: Minimum 1x/every 4-6 weeks. 8:15 AM-11:30 AM COMMUNION COORDINATOR Prepare communion elements 1x/month for the Communion Team to distribute at the Sunday morning worship services in the Sanctuary and the basement. This position also includes doing supply inventory 1x/month (same day as prep): Juice, bread, cups. Open to Adults & High School Students Time commitment: 1x/month; 8:00 AM for the first service preparation and 10:30-11:00 AM for the second service preparation. MORE INFO

Prayer Prayer is the common thread that runs through all areas of our Christian walk. Through prayer we can pursue a relationship with God that is both intimate and dependent. Mars Hill Community Church offers two corporate prayer times each week: Sundays at 8:00 AM in the Conference Room Tuesdays at 12:00 PM on Zoom Please join us for these! Request Prayer Open Form Prayer List View Prayer Zoom Link Tuesdays at 12:00 PM

Asian Christian Academy EDUCATE. ENLIGHTEN. EMPOWER. The Asian Christian Academy exists to model Christian service through the equipping of men and women to be Christian leaders and care for local communities. ACA is a diverse ministry involved in various kinds of theological education and social services including the Evangelical Theological Seminary, Agape Hospital, Asian Christian High School, Ray of Hope Center for Autism, Asian Christian College of Theology, Pastoral Training Program, Student Hostel, Asian Christian Culinary & Agricultural Science Institute and the ACA School of Media Studies. ACA is located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Donate Website Contact

Meet The Team Mars Hill Community Church is guided by our Staff, guarded by our Elders and gifted by our Congregation. What this means in practicality is that our staff is responsible for communicating vision within their areas of responsibility, developing ministry plans to support that vision and managing the ongoing tasks within their roles. Our Elders have four primary areas of responsibility: guarding our vision and doctrine, financial oversight, church discipline and pastor accountability. Leadership at Mars Hill is not exclusive to the staff and elders. Our congregation is made up of a wide variety of men, women and students who lead and serve along with the staff and elders to make up the Body of Christ, which is the church. TOM GRAY Senior Pastor Mail KIRK PRATT Executive Pastor Mail MATT RUSSELL Missions & Ministries Pastor Mail AARON CRAWFORD Groups Pastor Mail MICHAEL PLEASANT Student Pastor Mail CHRIS MARTIN Worship Pastor Mail JIM BURT Vintage Pastor Mail MARK TANNER Facilities & Technologies Pastor Mail CONNIE JENNINGS Women's Ministry Director Mail DANIELLE HOLBROOK Elementary Director Mail KATHLEEN PRATT Preschool Director Mail KATIE DUNN Children's & Student Ministry Assistant Mail CAMERON McALLISTER Communications Director Mail JESSICA LESTER Executive Administrator Mail ETHAN BERGQUIST Worship Leader Mail TORRE STANFILL Worship Leader Mail Our Elders Ken Cantrell Ryan Caskey Doug Dyson Tom Gray Kent Lilley Mike Miller Brett Pratt Kirk Pratt Matt Russell Nolan Ware Phil Weinmeister Please contact our entire elder team by emailing mhccelders@marshillcc.com