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Feeling Like Family
FEELS LIKE FAMILY
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BY AMY COYNE BREDESON
Michael and Andrea “I will never forget the first Faber moved across the Sunday that my son and I country to be a part of came into the church and were Resurrection Christian Resurrection Christian Community Church received with such open arms Community Church. and a big hug,” Campos said.
Michael had started “And that hug was authentic.” attending the Hilton Head After Martha’s son died in Island church 11 years ago, Aug 2017, the church was very after meeting and becoming good friends with the church’s senior pastor, supportive of her. She considers the church as family now. Len Stubbs. He attended the church on Spanish Wells Road for almost a Stew Stewart has been a Christian most of his life but had a difficult year before moving to Las Vegas for work. After seven years there, he time finding a church home. He and his wife, Janis, had visited almost moved to Michigan to be closer to his mother. every church on Hilton Head.
Faber stayed in touch with Pastor Len all those years and watched Their daughter, Christen, invited them to Resurrection, and they his sermons online from afar. After Michael’s mother moved to the decided to check it out. They soon decided this was the church for them. Lowcountry, he and his wife decided to do the same. “We feel like we are a family here,” Janis said. “It’s a place you can
“Pastor Len preached this sermon and said, ‘Faith moves come and trust people with their feelings. We’re not here to judge. We’re mountains; sometimes you’re the mountain,’” Michael said. “My here to nourish your soul and your spirit, and to show you the love of wife heard that and immediately said, ‘OK, we’re going. We’re the Jesus Christ through us.” mountain. We’re moving.’” In addition to its Sunday morning service, the church offers free
They sold their two houses and his shop in Michigan and moved 1,000 Christian counseling, Monday night Bible studies, an addiction recovery miles to start a new chapter of life in Beaufort. program and its day care, Resurrection Christian Community Church
The Fabers aren’t the only ones who have moved to the Lowcountry to Children’s Corner. be part of Resurrection Christian Community Church. The pastor wants people to know that if they need help, Resurrection
Cindy Lou Boles moved to Bluffton five years ago from Florida. She Christian Community Church is the place to go. had vacationed on Hilton Head for several years, and a friend had invited “When they need Jesus, when they need love,” Pastor Len said, “they her to the church. Now she not only attends Resurrection regularly, she come here and get it.” takes photos for the church on Sundays and does some social media Church services are held at 10 a.m. Sundays and are live streamed. outreach as well. The church has offered some outdoor services during the pandemic
Jeff and Lynn Schultz also moved to Hilton Head because of the and encourages people to sit in their cars or set up lawn chairs in the church. Before making the big move from Ohio in April 2020, they parking lot if they are not comfortable going inside. visited the island twice a year and attended the church on Sundays. They quickly fell in love with the message and the people of the church.
Martha Campos of Hilton Head leads the church in music every Sunday. For more information on Resurrection Christian Community Church, visit resurrectionccc.org or like the church’s Facebook page.
