Some stories are carved in stone.
Others are written quietly—
in late-night conversations,
in creaking pews,
in small sanctuaries where the carpet is old
but the grace is new every morning.

Oak Hill tells the story of a young man named Chase Smith, wandering through the ashes of a broken plan in the early 1990s. Before Cell phones, Social Media, and the internet.

Fresh out of college, broke, disillusioned, and feeling abandoned by his own calling, Chase stumbles into Oak Hill Community Church—a tiny A-frame tucked into the quiet town of Redwood Glen.

Chase Smith has been at Oak Hill for four days… and panic is already setting in.
His first youth group meeting is just days away, and there’s only one problem:

He has absolutely no idea what he’s doing.

In desperation, Chase turns to Pastor Reed Halvorsen—the man whose confidence, creativity, and calm leadership seem almost effortless. Surely Reed will give him the blueprint. The formula. The step-by-step plan.

But Reed has other ideas.

In a quiet, life-shaping conversation inside his coffee-scented office, Reed hands Chase something far more frightening—and far more freeing—than instructions.

He hands him responsibility.
Ownership.
Calling.

“That’s why I hired you,” Reed says.
And with that, Chase must take his first step into ministry… without a safety net.

Episode 2 explores the nerves, the honesty, the humor, and the sacred uncertainty of building something new. And it ends with the first spark of conflict within Oak Hill’s walls—an early sign that not everyone will welcome Chase’s presence.

If you’ve ever started something you felt unprepared for, this chapter is for you.

This is the beginning.
This is the spark.
This is Oak Hill.

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