Our 2024 Conference Theme: "Living Hope"

Hope...it is something we all need and desire. In the English language, when we think of the word "hope", it is usually in the sense "I don't know what is going to happen, but I hope it happens". However, this is definitely not the hope of the Christian faith. In 1 Peter 1:3, the apostle Peter speaks of a “living hope” that is given to us through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. This hope is not just a wishful thinking or a mere desire, but a confident expectation of the future that is based on the reality of Christ’s resurrection. This hope is not something that we can generate on our own, but it is a gift that is given to us by God through faith in Jesus Christ. It is a hope that is alive and active, and it gives us the assurance that we will inherit eternal life and glory with Christ.

It is this Living Hope that will be the central theme of our conference this year. Our speakers, Kelly Minter and Kristi McLelland, will help us learn more about the hope we have in Christ, and how that hope impacts our life both today and eternally. The Skit Guys, through drama, will also help us better understand this living and active hope. Our worship time, led by Dan Mansfield, will help us focus our hearts and minds on our Living Hope, Christ Jesus.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

— 1 Peter 1:3 (NIV)

About Devoted Hearts

Who We Are

Devoted Hearts is the joint effort of women from several Rochester area churches. For over fifteen years, we have worked together to bring you these conferences. We believe in the unity of believers. We pray that this conference is an example of our common desire to see Christ exalted and His church growing.

Vision/Purpose

To evangelize to those who do not know Jesus as their Savior; to encourage women who are already saved to keep on "fighting the good fight" and to equip all women to open God's Word for their source of truth and wisdom in daily living.

What we believe

Jesus Christ: We believe in Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son, conceived by the Holy Spirit. We believe in His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles, and teachings. We believe in His substitutionary atoning death, bodily resurrection, and ascension into heaven, perpetual intercession for His people, and personal visible return to Earth.

Salvation: We believe all are sinners, and therefore under condemnation. We believe in salvation by faith in the atoning death of Jesus Christ through repentance and personal conversion.

The Trinity: We believe that there is one living and true God, eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

The Word of God: We believe in the authority of scripture and that the Bible is the Word of God, without error and written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

Christian Conduct: We believe that all Christians should live for the glory of God and the well-being of others, and that their conduct should be blameless before the world.

The Last Things: We believe in the personal and visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth and the establishment of His Kingdom. We believe in the resurrection of the body, the final judgment, the eternal happiness of the righteous, and the endless suffering of the wicked.

The Church: We believe in the universal church and that the local church has the primary task of giving the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a lost world.