Community Impact

Lifework

Where your work and your life intersect

We believe each of us is created to both know Christ and to make him known. Many of us spend the majority of our waking hours at work, making it one the most natural mission fields in our life. In reality, for most of us it’s the most under-utilized communities in which we recognize our potential to make a daily difference and share the love of Jesus. None of us are alone in our daily challenges, and together, we can encourage one another to be intentional and fruitful in our workplace.

If you're interested in learning more, contact Craig Foster.

Fully Formed Followers

There’s a lot to do in life and we have a lot of responsibilities, so how can we be sure that we don’t miss the most important things? Regardless of the career you’ve chosen, your calling is bigger! Your purpose is to be a part of God’s plan for reaching the world for Christ. The Great Commission of Jesus Christ is to MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL THE NATIONS.

What characteristics are we working hard to form in others? There are many indicators, but after reflecting on the words of Scripture and their own lives, the pastors and elders at Hill Country Bible Church concluded there are four basic identities with corresponding life patterns that encompass the core characteristics of a follower of Jesus.

Worshiper Witness Servant Disciple Maker

If you're interested in connecting with a Fully Formed Follower Group, contact [email protected] or for more information check Disciple Maker

Coaching and Leadership

Determine The Right Career Path Through Design & Focus

Gain clarity and direction for your next season of work and life. This online workshop helps you identify your strengths, passions, and opportunities so you can design a life and career that aligns with your God-given purpose.

Take this opportunity to discover and live with greater focus and intentionality in every area of your life.

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Life Purpose and Work-Life Balance through Living The Called Life

In “Living the Called Life” we will walk through practical steps to determine what areas of ministry God might be calling you into. We will look at how God has wired you in terms of your spiritual gifts, your strengths, and your passions and help you take the next step in living out God’s calling for you in this season of your life.

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Lead with Faith, Elevate Their Teams, and Transform the Workplace

Discover Emerging Leader Initiative, a seven-month faith-driven leadership program for emerging leaders. Engage with top Austin Christian business leaders, develop a 3-5 year personalized strategic plan, benefit from one-on-one coaching, and gain practical tools to integrate faith and work. Join a vibrant community of professionals and shape today's culture.

Requirements

3-5 years work experience
Willingness to grow spiritually and professionally
Can commit 4-5 hours a month to the program
$150 monthly program fee

What You'll Get:

Personalized Strategic Plan: A 3-5 year roadmap tailored to your professional and personal goals.
Monthly Coaching:One-on-one guidance from experienced professionals
Leadership Workshops:7 Monthly sessions led by top Austin business leaders.
Professional Network: Connections with a diverse community of like-minded professionals.
Work-Life Integration: Insights on balancing work and personal life in alignment with God's design.

Participant Application Be a Coach

Align your vision for life and work with God’s will.

Most Christians rightly sense that there’s more to work before they’re able to verbalize this thought. Some feel purposeless in or discontent with their career paths. Many feel overwhelmed and anxious, questioning whether their work holds any significance to God. They desire to understand how being followers of Christ can make a difference in their professions.

What's included in this program:

Deep spiritual formation, with teaching from experienced Christian leaders on faith & work integration and cultural engagement
Dedicated space for processing new concepts in the context of a diverse and authentic community
Monthly 3-hour sessions at a time outside normal business hours. Day/time to be determined based on applicant feedback
One overnight retreat in October, Friday afternoon-Saturday afternoon, at a location one-hour from Austin
One-on-one holistic mentoring by an experienced workplace leader
The cost for the program is $50/month for 7 months. Partial scholarships and payment plans are available based on need

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Networking Communities

Job Seekers Network

Job Seekers Network, a program of PurposeWorks, provides comprehensive job search programs and services and emotional and spiritual support to unemployed and underemployed adults in Greater Austin to support, equip, and enable them to find a better fitting job faster.

Get help with Career Direction/Career Fit (called Design & Focus), Personal Branding, Resumes, Interviewing, LinkedIn, Marketing Plan, Negotiating Compensation, Written Communications and Networking.

Check our calendar to a Monday morning meeting (either in person or Zoom).

Gideons International

The Gideons International is an Association of Christian business and professional men and their wives dedicated to telling people about Jesus through associating together for service, sharing personal testimony, and by providing Bibles and New Testaments.

The Global Leadership Summit

What is the Global Leadership Summit? It's an amazing 2-day leadership conference that impacts 405,000+ leaders across the U.S. and in 135 countries, providing vision, inspiration, and countless practical skills you can put to work Monday morning.

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Workplace Fellowships

We believe God values work, and that's why we have formal and informal Workplace Fellowship Groups (WPFs). Despite spending around 90,000 hours at work in a lifetime, many Christians still feel that their work is not as significant as global missions or pastoral ministry.

That is why these groups help believers like you to integrate their faith into their work and bridge the gap between Sundays and their 9-5 jobs. Workplace Fellowship helps to find or launch a community group into your workplace.

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ToolBox + Resources

The desire of LifeWork is to equip and provide resources to help aide us in living out our faith in work where we spend the majority of our time each week. Use the below tools to have Kingdom impact by growing in your faith individually and with colleagues.

If you are interested in watching LifeWork core sessions, you can find the videos and notes here!

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The goal of E4 WORKLIFE: Work as Worship is for you to experience a paradigm shift in integrating your faith and work as you begin to view your work as worship. Let’s recapture and live out the concept of “Avodah,” a Hebrew word which translates to both work and worship.

Workers who view their work as worship are:
- Excellent
- Ethical
- Engaging
- Evangelistic
For more information and resources visit go Here
Explore God was created to help you initiate spiritual conversations in the worksplace in a non-threatening way.

Using a curated selection of videos and prepared questions for reflection, these series are designed to help you explore, expand, and engage others. Each series can be done in a small group format as you watch and discuss each video. You will be given everything you need to empower yourself to explore your big questions about God and faith.

Embark on a series Here
In this podcast episode, Bill Hendricks and Dr. David Gill talk about how faith and work intersect, focusing on combining ethics with evangelism.

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Philosophy of Ministry

Each of us, together...saturating greater Austin with the love of Jesus.

In conjunction with our purpose statement, the leadership also established this simple core philosophy of ministry:

1. Who are you?
2. Where are you spiritually?
3. How can I help you take the next step?

This philosophy recognizes that each person, no matter where they are in their spiritual journey, has a next step to take and often needs help taking it. It continues to guide our approach to ministry so that we stay focused on people — not programs.

Must read books

Your Work Matters to God

Doug Sherman

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Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality

Henry Cloud

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