Sent to Love means...

• Sending 300 backpacks of food home with students every week of the school year.

• Adopting or fostering 50 children over 5 years. 

• Partnering in Bangkok to stop sex trafficking and give hope by teaching conversational and written English using the Bible as a source.

• Partnering with New Life Church Stockholm as they start churches across Sweden.

• Partnering with the Timothy Initiative, an international disciple making and church planting organization.

• Partnering with Converge in church planting around the world.

• Partnering with World Vision to bring clean water to much needed areas of our world.

What will be your "sent to love" story?

As part of the Aspen Grove Network we start and support sites through out the Twin Cities. All the sites and missional communities are interdependent working to expand the opportunity for people to know the love of God found in the Lord Jesus. Currently Aspen Grove sites are:

• Woodridge Church - Medina

• The Highlands Church - Delano

• Mercy Hill Church - Minnetonka

• Foundry Church - Plymouth

OTHER INITIATIVES IN OUR CITY:

• We join with Converge North Central in church planting efforts across the Twin Cities and through out Minnesota.

• We regularly participate in food drives with Love, INC.

THE REEL HOPE PROJECT

There are many families at The Highlands who foster and adopt. A handful of families have personal stories with The Reel Hope Project and/or work closely with them. If you are interested in foster care or adoptions, check out The Reel Hope Project!

FAMILY SERVING OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR CITY

Many of our attenders have asked for ways that they could serve our community as a family. As a church Sent to Love we wanted to provide you with a list of opportunities in our city that would be a good fit for you and your family. Click HERE to download the list, look it over and pray about how God could use you in our city to love others. Each of these organizations can be contacted directly with the information provided.

We partner with Converge Worldwide in church planting across the United States.

“Driven to Serve” (DTS) is our Student Mission initiative, sending teams to various locations across the country to serve and partner with local churches and ministries - equipping students to live out their faith through hands-on service and meaningful relationships.

WORLD VISION WATER PROJECT

World Vision Water Project

• Everyday 800 kids 5 years and below die due to dirty water 

• Usually kids walk for the dirty water and predominantly girls

• Kids are often abused & trafficked while they walk and are sometimes attacked by animals on the walk 

• Kids especially girls don’t get to go to school because they have to walk typically 8 miles a day in total for dirty water 

• $50 brings lasting clean water and completely changes a life

• You can save a life for $50

TOGO​, AFRICA

Leadership and Employment help for Pastors and Church Leaders $200 pays for an internship that results in a lifetime career $1000 for a Community College degree that will provide a community leader. $5000 for a University Degree that will equip a nationwide leader.

The Togo team is building a 7 bedroom guest house for interns and visitors. Internships are one of the best ways to get long term missionaries in Togo. The cost of the guest house is $50,000.

THE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE

The Timothy Initiative (TTI) is one of our ministry partners and is an international disciple making and church planting movement. Imagine starting a church in a dried up river bed in Africa or sharing the Gospel in Asia with someone who's never heard of Jesus. Imagine the thrill of planting the first church an unreached village has ever had! More than 3 billion people, 41% of the world, live in areas with little to no access to the Gospel. 

Imagine starting a church in a dried up river bed in Africa or sharing the Gospel in Asia with someone who's never heard of Jesus. Imagine the thrill of planting the first church an unreached village has ever had! More than 3 billion people, 41% of the world, live in areas with little to no access to the Gospel. You can plant a church for $34 a month!

Our network of churches has a goal of planting 1,000 churches! Help us reach that goal by committing to being a sponsor. 

You will be able to pray for your new church plant and follow the progress. Click the button below to learn more and plant a church. Yes, you can plant a church with people who have never heard about Jesus for only $34/month for one year! CLICK HERE to plant a church!

HAITI TEEN CHALLENGE

We partner with Haiti Teen Challenge, a residential recovery program in Haiti. Haiti Teen Challenge (HTC) is the only residential recovery program in Haiti where troubled young men and women are transformed by Christ and equipped to be catalysts for
change for THEIR nation. HTC is gospel-powered, community-based, owned and led by Haitians. Learn more here about why Haiti is so troubled.

JUSTCAUSE

JustCause is a non-profit organization bringing opportunities to developing nations through education in vocational skills. JustCause is fueled by an all-volunteer staff. Your generous support brings hope and opportunity to rural communities in developing nations. Visit JustCause HERE.

MISSIONARY FAMILIES

We are honored to support individual missionary families serving around the world, partnering with them through prayer, financial support and encouragement as they share the gospel, meet practical needs, and make disciples in the communities/ countries where God has called them.