Ephesians 4:15-16 …speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head; Christ; from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

The roots and origins of HCF are found in life groups that met in the late 1990’s, as a part of Christ Community Church of Camp Hill. They continue to be the primary place for most personal ministry to take place. Fellowship, discipleship, praying for one another, bearing one another’s burdens, inner healing, and so much more find their primary place of expression in the life group environment.

View our Life Groups Directory

At Hillside, we encourage a freedom of worship that involves everything the scriptures describe as worship. Jesus ushered in a day when his worshippers would worship in spirit and in truth. The revelation of Jesus (the truth), provokes us from the deepest places in us (the spirit). Worship may include everything from singing to shouting, clapping hands, raising hands, dancing, weeping, and even being silent before our awesome God.

However you like to express worship, we hope you will feel the liberty to do so. The best worship is the kind that comes unprovoked—right from the heart. Just as no one needs to tell a soccer mom to cheer when her son scores the winning goal, a person who has a true encounter with the living God needs no one to teach how to respond. Just allow yourself the freedom to respond how your heart desires. Our God is worth the best, purest praise we have to give!

Welcome to the Children’s Ministry Department at Hillside. We are dedicated to teaching children of all ages to seek and develop a relationship with God. We are here to serve any special needs of your children. All children from infants through preschool should be signed in and out by a parent when they go to their classroom. We offer the following classes here at Hillside:

Youth Outreach
RE GENERATION Youth Ministry exists to bring New life in Christ for this generation. Wednesday nights begin at 6:00PM with several areas of excitement that include: skateboarding, open gym, worship team practice, drama team practice and relational building time. A full meal is served to all youth beginning at 6:30PM. These meals are a great relational time spent with leaders and caring adults from the church. At 7PM we start our program. Most weeks we start our evening with a time of lively worship. After worship we have a time for a short teaching on life topics followed by time in small groups discussing the topic. We end the night with prayer and announcements. And sometimes we do fun stuff like play large group games or go off-site (with parental permission). RE GENERATION is lead by a team of adult volunteers that care deeply about the teens of our area. All youth from grade 6 to age 21 are invited to join.

Youth Life Groups
Youth Life Groups are specifically geared for youth who already have made a decision to live their lives for Christ. We gather on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month to engage in discussion based teaching, community outreach and fellowship through food and games. All youth grades 6-12 are invited to join.

For more information on either group, please contact Pastor James at the church office (717) 692-0986 or at youth@hillsidechristian.org

HCF supports a variety of local and international missionaries, local pastors and missions agencies. While we do support them financially, our most important ministry to them is our prayer and personal support. Our missionaries and their families receive regular notes of encouragement, birthday & anniversary cards, special pampering when they come to visit, and — most importantly — our fervent and regular prayers.
Below is a list of the missionaries we currently support on a monthly basis. If you would like to give toward one of them directly, or get involved in prayer and personal support for one or more of them, please see Barbara LaBone, our Missions Coordinator.

View our missionaries directory.

The House of Blessings
This is HCF's food bank ministry. Our goal is more than food but the real living water. “But whoever drinks the water I give will never thirst”(John 4:14). Our desire is to bless people. Anyone who is unemployed or in need please contact Susan Garrett at (972) 765-0871 or Shari Malehorn at (717) 692-5142.