...by Jo Anne Stas
Jim and Karen Bowman did a great job recounting the beginnings of Suncrest and how a small group of people, meeting in the backyard of a home in St. John, took a collective leap of faith to start what many of us now call our church home. That small group of people had a desire to live out Acts 1:8 and as a result, about a year after Suncrest started my family began attending.
The same year Suncrest started, my husband and I took a different kind of leap and began a home based service business. From the beginning, we realized God was in control and we would literally need to rely on Him for our daily bread. We taught our kids that every time the business phone rings it means God is sending work our way and we regularly thank Him for providing for us. We also realized that what God provides us is a gift and we have a responsibility to give back to God a portion of what He provides through regular giving (tithes) and special faith offerings.
We have had the privilege of being part of all the faith steps Suncrest has taken over the last 15 years. From the purchase of the St. John land, the building and expansion of the St. John campus to the start of the Hobart campus we have financially sacrificed along with many others to make it happen. But honestly, it doesn’t feel like a sacrifice because so much blessing comes back to us and we can never out give the One who gives us everything. Sixteen years later, we are still blown away at God’s faithfulness and we are excited to be part of another faith step at Suncrest. We know that being part of God’s bigger picture of reaching out to our local community, our region, and the world (Liberia), lives will be changed. We know this because 16 years ago a small group of people had the same vision and it changed our lives.
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