Elemental

New Hope Church

Elemental

September 3, 2023 • Sam Price

In Element City, fire, water, land, and air residents live together… but very separately. Ember is a spirited and tough young woman from the fire community. She wants to make her father proud but often erupts into anger because of her annoyance with others. Ember’s unlikely friendship with a go-with-the-flow guy from the water community challenges her perceptions. Wade shows her a different way to view people from all walks of life, one that is based on love instead of animosity.

Introduction

We have a fun tradition every summer at New Hope called At the Movies. It’s when we take a look at some of the year’s new films to see where we can find principles to help us grow in our faith. It’s amazing what we can learn by looking through the lens of another person’s story. So, sit back, grab your popcorn, and let’s take a deep dive into four movies with some important lessons for us all.

Jesus Revolution

August 13, 2023 • Rusty Coram

In the 1970s, Greg Laurie and a sea of young people descend on sunny Southern California, looking for all the right things in all the wrong places. Inadvertently, Laurie meets a charismatic street preacher and a pastor who open the doors to a church to a stream of wandering youth. What unfolds is a counterculture movement; that becomes one of the greatest spiritual awakenings in American history.

The Covenant

August 20, 2023 • Rusty Coram

During the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his life to save an American soldier. When the soldier learns the interpreter and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he chooses to repay his debt by returning to the war zone to retrieve them before the Taliban hunts them down first. It is a true story of selfless courage and great integrity.