Hope Compass is a new book club at Friendly City Books led by local faith leaders. For October, we are discussing Hope Rising by Casey Gwinn and Chan Hellman. Come for conversation and community, then read the book after our gathering!

Hope is a social gift that flourishes when we build intentional relationships in our community. We invite you to join us for a book study led by local faith leaders that will help strengthen the skills that bring people together to foster connection.

Hope is the most predictive indicator of well-being in a person's life in all the research done on trauma, illness, and resiliency. Based on nearly 2,000 published studies about hope, including their own research, Casey Gwinn and Chan Hellman call for rising hope to be the focus not only in personal lives, but in public policy in education, business, social services, and every other part of society.

Hope is measurable. Hope is malleable. Hope changes lives. Hope Rising: How the Science of Hope Can Change Your Life provides a roadmap to measure hope in your life, assess what may have robbed you of the power of hope, and then provides strategies to increase hope.