Hopwood is a community with a passion for worshiping God, seeking His will, and being Christ to the world.

Welcome to the Hopwood Website!

Posted March 24th, 2007 by admin

SpringWelcome to Hopwood! We are a group of believers who live and serve our Lord together in the beautiful foothills of East Tennessee (and throughout the wide world!) We hope this site will be a great asset to help us build real community and to share with others what God is doing among us.

While you're here, listen to the audio from our worship services, read over the text of old sermons, check out pictures of Hopwoodians, and read entries from our senior minister's weblog. We're continually adding information designed to keep you in touch with the congregation.

If you have any questions or comments about the website, please feel free to send them via the Contact Us form. If you're new to Hopwood, "Welcome!" We hope you visit us in person before long. God bless you.

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Schedule of Services

Posted May 15th, 2006 by AngieLee

Nativity WindowJesus' baptism Come join our weekly worship services and Sunday school classes. Classed are available for all ages. Sunday School starts at 9:00AM and Worship Service at 10:00AM. Evening gatherings are at 6:00PM, locations vary, so keep an eye on the Sunday Bulletins.

Directions: Follow the Milligan Highway (Exit 21 on Interstate 26 or from Elizabethton) to the entrance of Milligan College. Turn into Milligan, cross the bridge and make an immediate right. You're here!

Kenya 2009 Pictures from Tim

Posted June 29th, 2009 by TimRoss

Check out a few Kenya pictures at: http://hopwoodcc.org/node/6227

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Rosses in Kenya!

Posted June 29th, 2009 by TimRoss

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Lodwar, Kenya, the Turkana desert

View pictures at: http://hopwoodcc.org/node/6227

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Namibia Pictures

Posted June 21st, 2009 by TimRoss
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Namibia Pictures
Namibia Pictures

Here are some pictures from Tyler and Tim's 2009 Namibia sabbatical journey

Namibia Report 2

Posted June 19th, 2009 by TimRoss
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Hi there everyone. We’re doing great. Just got back into Windhoek, to catch our flight to Jo-burg and on to Nairobi tomorrow. We’ll do some shopping today, have a nice dinner, spend the night in the Nott’s flat here (they’ve got a place here and a place in Omaruru), then head out early for the airport.

We’ve spent the last several days traversing the far north of the country, West to East. We crossed Etosha National Park, where there is a HUGE salty pan that is usually dry, but is now very wet after the best rains in 35 years. The park was fun.

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Hello From Namibia!

Posted June 19th, 2009 by TimRoss

Greetings from the world’s end. After driving all day through the desert, we arrived late last night at Wereldsend, “World’s End,” the home base and camp of Namibia’s IDRNC: “Integrated Development and Rural Nature Conservation.” Our hosts, the Notts are a part of this organization. Trevor builds rural campsites; Karen wears a dozen hats, but is immersed presently in helping the Himba people harvest myrrh from the desert commiphora plant, which will then be developed into skin-care products by a major cosmetic company in France.

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Tim's Sabbatical Prayer Journal

Posted May 17th, 2009 by TimRoss

If anyone would like a copy of Tim's Sabbatical journal that includes an itinerary, prayers, scripture readings and some spiritual readings, hit the link listed here.

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Tim on Sabbatical Journey

Posted May 15th, 2009 by TimRoss

With joy, anticipation, and a hint of nervousness, our family embarks on a three-month sabbatical.  Thank you all for helping make this journey of faith possible.  This sabbatical will provide opportunities for retreat, rest, renewal, pilgrimage, and will provide opportunity for ministry in other places.  With a kind grant from the Lilly Foundation, I journey with the hope of returning a stronger servant of Christ for the ministry at Hopwood.  For the first two months I will be out of touch and out of sight; but we trust in God who ever binds us together.  You will be in my prayers

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Lent 2: Carrying our Cross

Posted March 10th, 2009 by TimRoss
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“My prayer is not the whimpering of a beggar nor a confession of love. Nor is it the trivial reckoning of a small tradesman: Give me and I shall give you.
My prayer is the report of a soldier to his general: this is what I did today, this is how I fought to save the entire battle in my own sector, these are the obstacles I found, this is how I plan to fight tomorrow.
My God and I are horsemen galloping in the burning sun or under drizzling rain. Pale, starving, but unsubdued, we ride and converse. “Leader!” I cry. He turns his face toward me, and I shudder to confront his anguish.
Our Love for each other is rough and ready, we sit at the same table, we drink the same wine in this low tavern of life.”

Date: 
Mar 8 2009 - 8:30am
Preacher: 
Tim Ross
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