Thriving in Exile: Seeking God and Serving Others

Aug 2, 2026    Reverend Dr. Adam Hilderbrandt

This Sunday, we began exploring Jeremiah 29 and what it meant to live faithfully when we found ourselves in places we didn’t want to be. We reflected on exile as any area of life where things felt unsettled, disappointing, or far from what we hoped. Together, we were reminded that God’s plans for us were rooted in shalom (peace, wholeness, and hope) and that we lived into those plans by seeking God and serving others. We were challenged to face difficult realities with resilience, trusting that God was at work even in the places that felt like exile.