2025 IN FRAMES
Every week, a team of volunteer photographers capture the moments, people, and stories we never want to forget. We asked them to reflect on their favorite shots from the year and share the reason why.
I was inspired to capture this moment by watching the generations of hands gently covering a woman in prayer, a quiet testament to faith, unity, and the strength we find in one another.
- Nellie Friesen
Baptisms are a very meaningful event for me. It is the culmination of someone’s journey to follow Christ, arguably the most important decision they will make in their life. It represents both a choice of free will to follow Christ, and the mystery of Christ’s Spirit coming alive in someone. It is so fun to see the excitement and joy from both the one being baptized and the ones doing the baptizing. Hannah’s smile and powerful embrace show her love and joy for her friend. Artistically, I love how the water ripples in the font, the congregation in the background, and the water dripping down both friends.
- Curt Breur
We are blessed to be led in worship by friends who are sold out to Jesus!
- Will Harrison
As I took this picture, I felt a burst of joy and rush of excitement behind the camera while the crowd erupted with so much contagious energy for our Savior.
- Rody Clark
I love seeing people come near to the Lord, but when we do it in community, it is infinitely more powerful. These guys praying for each other will always be an encouragement to me.
- Kacy Olson
This photo holds a very special place for me. One of the many things I love about worshiping at HC is that everyone is welcome. Regardless of your age, background, family of origin, skin color, if you are seeking Jesus you have a place here. This tattooed arm reaching to our Lord embodies that inclusiveness. Artistically, I also appreciate the composition with audience in the background, the focus on the arm, and yet the face remains hidden.
- Curt Breur
I felt a wave of gratitude getting to witness her raw sacred moment with our Savior.
- Rody Clark
This is one of my favorites because you get to see the words of a song while someone is worshipping. I love seeing how people worship and interact with God, so incorporating the specific song as this person was worshipping was a super cool opportunity to capture.
- Kacy Olson
Sometimes worship is joyful. Sometimes worship is difficult: full of shame or struggle, loss or loneliness. A moment where some come to touch the fringe of His robe in hopes of healing and help. This image represents that for me. In one aspect, his life is ordered and well-maintained with a neatly stacked Bible, journal and coffee. His clean crisp hat set carefully to the side. In another aspect, he has come to his Lord on his knees in a posture of surrender asking for something meaning and missing.
- Curt Breur
How beautiful it is to see a room filled with young adults passionate about giving Jesus glory in worship!!
- Will Harrison
I loved seeing this dad leading his children in servanthood, showing them that loving and serving others can look simple, joyful, and beautifully ordinary.
- Nellie Friesen
In this moment, I felt grateful to witness such a quinine spirit filled worship unfolding around me.
- Rody Clark
The Commons is an amazing place. It ebbs and flows from a place of quick reflection and prayer early in the morning, to a busy and bustling place of gathering after worship. It’s a place for friends to embrace, families to gather, and new connections to be made. This image embodies the excitement that I love to capture as the subject throws up her arms right before embracing her friend.
- Curt Breur
I was moved to capture this moment by the purity of her worship, the quiet sincerity in her posture, and the way the atmosphere seemed to pause around her.
- Nellie Friesen
Photographing worship is amazing privilege. Worship involves expressing love, gratitude, and recognition of God's greatness, and is likely our most public individual expression of our relationship to Christ - and I have the privilege to capture that relationship in images. In this image I’m struck by her quiet smile, her clasped hands, and the light on her face. The light on her face reminds me of a literal expression of Numbers 6:25 - "The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you."
- Curt Breur
It is a blessing to have faithful leaders committed to prayer and the Kingdom of God!
- Will Harrison
A young boy joyfully serving and welcoming others into Sunday service, already living out what it means to lead with kindness, generosity, and a heart for God.
- Nellie Friesen
What a gift it is to worship in both spirit and truth!
- Will Harrison
I love this photo because it captures the joy of getting to serve those around you. Joy is infectious and when we share that with others, we are spreading the love of God
- Kacy Olson