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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

"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations" Matthew 28:19 At Mars Hill Community Church we spread the love of God in our community and around the world through local and global outreach. We currently partner and support a number of local, domestic, and global missions. Through these partnerships we aim to help individuals discover their gifts and passions and deploy them into meaningful ministry. Application Open: Costa Rica, September 2025 Apply Now OUR GLOBAL MISSIONS PARTNERS OUR GLOBAL MISSIONS AFFILIATES OUR LOCAL OUTREACH PARTNERS OUR LOCAL OUTREACH AFFILIATES Matt Russell Missions & Ministries Pastor Mail

20s & 30s 20s & 30s Collective Our 20s & 30s Collective is a co-ed group that meets weekly in the Loft on Tuesday nights at 7:00 PM, currently studying Romans. Other social events take place on weekends and are listed under the group page in the Church Center App. This group is open to both singles and married couples throughout their 20s & 30s. Childcare is not available. Hill House Hill House is our monthly, young adult worship gathering. Come worship with us the last Friday of every month in the basement!

Colin Welch - Paris, France In 1905 the French government passed a law called La Laïcité. This was the beginning of the official separation of church and state. Though it was first presented as a “neutral position” on religion, it has resulted in an anti-religious mindset, growing to the point that part of the French identity is to be non-religious. Currently, France is ranked the 7th most atheistic country in the world—only 1.2% claim to be Evangelical Christians. Colin is serving in Paris, France with EFCA ReachGlobal in arts ministry, focusing on using art as a bridge to share the Gospel through relationships with artists. His vision is to see the healing of the disconnect between Christ and culture through the lives and work of artists. Website Donate