Point of Hope Church

Hello Friends,

As some of you may know I am helping with a church plant in Truro Iowa. I thought I would share with you a little blurb I wrote up for the website.

The quote

“What the world offers is shallow and complex. What GOD offers is simple and deep.”
- Mr. Rogers

The blurb

“It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. It’s a beautiful day for your neighbor.”

The words above were the theme song to Mr. Roger’s neighborhood. What I admire about Mr. Rogers is he believed that it could be a beautiful day in the neighborhood and for his neighbor. He lived to try to make the theme song of his show a reality.

Those of us at point of hope church realize that for many of us a beautiful day in the neighborhood is not always the reality of our lives. However, we also know that it can be and should be. So what does it take to make a beautiful day in the neighborhood and for your neighbor?

We believe that it takes an effort on our part to try to improve the quality of life of those around us. It is so tempting to think that in order to improve the quality we must focus on improving our own lives. The true key to seeing the quality of life improve is to seek to improve the quality of life of those around you. As you do you find the quality of your life also improves.

Secondly, and most importantly, we believe that we must look to GOD in order to have a beautiful day in the neighborhood. It is true there are many problems in the world today. It is equally true that many people have problems that threaten the beautiful day in the neighborhood. These problems are not as complex as we may think. GOD knows everything, so when we turn to him seeking change for ourselves we discover a simple solution to life problems in CHRIST JESUS. This enables us to then seek to improve the quality of life of those around.

Point of Hope church wants to be known as a church whose contribution to the community helps to improve the quality of life of those who live there. We want to do our part to improve the quality of life of those around us. In order that regardless of the problems and trials our community may face those within can wake each day with peace in there hearts and the attitude that they can make a difference. We want to play our part in helping others to say…..

“It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for your neighbor, could you be mine? Would you mine? Won’t you be my neighbor?”




a servant of JESUS CHRIST,
Joe W Hartsell Jr