PURPOSE DRIVEN

Committed to spreading the gospel by finding a need and filling it.

Ministry ranges from feeding the homeless to
teaching computer skills.

DIVERSE     

Throughout the congregation are the contrasts of a multi-ethnic community.

Our character is reflected in the faces of ordinary people doing extraordinary things through the power of God.

       CONTEMPORARY

Worship is lively, yet reverent.

A great mix of upbeat & meditative
music and drama.

WORLDWIDE   

Our denomination has approximately
12,000 churches, 10 liberal arts institutions,
2 graduate seminaries, 43 undergraduate
Bible colleges, 2 hospitals, 38 medical clinics,
3 nurse training colleges, 1 teacher training college, 1 junior college, and 430 primary and secondary schools outside the U.S. and
Canada (1999).

For more information
www.nazarene.org

     WHO IS THE PASTOR?

Rev. Allen Schaarschmidt

• United Wesleyan College
• Former U.S. Marine
• 2 Purple Hearts - Vietnam

As the founder of Blessed Hope, Rev. Allen Schaarschmidt  has served the Phillipsburg community for over 20 years.  His
 down-to-earth messages are peppered with plenty of humor.
  "Pastor Al" has discovered two things since Vietnam:

• that God is real.
• that we can know him intimately

He is married to Elizabeth, co-founder and partner in ministry for nearly 30 years.  The couple have grown children and enjoy
being grandparents.