The Hopeful Neighborhood Field Guide

We all live somewhere. And we all want our neighborhoods to flourish. Many of us hope (and even pray) for our neighborhoods' well-being. But how do we actually pursue that? This field guide answers this question by walking you through a simple, powerful process for blessing your own neighborhood. Tony Cook and Don Everts offer six sessions for discovering the gifts of your community, imagining the possibilities, and pursuing the common good. Exercises and assessments provide practical tools for bringing your hopes into concrete reality. Join with others so that together you can increase the well-being of your local neighborhood.

Reverend Don Everts has worked as an ordained pastor in the local church for over a decade, and before that worked for fourteen years on college campuses with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

Whether in the church or on campus, Don has walked with folks who are not Christian as they discover the person of Jesus, and he has worked with Christians in being able to fruitfully do the same in their own relationships. An award-winning author, he has written books for seekers and skeptics and for Christians who want to grow in their personal witness.

Don currently works with a team of writers, thinkers, educators, and leaders at Lutheran Hour Ministries to create cutting-edge, research-based, biblical resources that help equip Christians and churches everywhere to spread the good news in winsome, fruitful ways. More information on these resources can be found at lhm.org.

Don and his wife, Wendy, have three children and live in the St. Louis area.

Tony Cook is the executive director of The Hopeful Neighborhood Project and has served as vice president of global ministries at Lutheran Hour Ministries. He has also served as associate professor of practical theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and has a PhD in curriculum and instruction from St. Louis University and an MDiv from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.