A Church Rooted in Hudson Since 1984
Faith Community Church meets on a quiet stretch of Carmichael Road on the east side of Hudson, Wisconsin, where the St. Croix River marks the border between Wisconsin and Minnesota. The church began in 1984 when a River Falls congregation prayed for the chance to plant a new church across the valley. A small group of people started gathering each Sunday morning in a meeting room at the Hudson House hotel, then moved to another building in downtown Hudson, and eventually built the current campus on Carmichael Road.
What started as a handful of believers around a hotel table has grown into a multi-generational congregation that anchors a network of disciple-making churches across the region. Faith Community has helped plant churches in New Richmond, River Falls, Somerset, Baldwin and Prescott, all part of a cooperative the church calls the LEAD Team. The original mother church has since closed, but its daughter congregation continues to spread the same vision that was first prayed over forty years ago: through the Spirit's leading and power, to display Jesus' attractive, welcoming, and reconciling presence in Christ-centered community, so that thousands more may experience him in a gospel-inspired life.
Sunday Mornings: 9 and 11 AM on Carmichael Road
Two identical Sunday gatherings are held each week at 777 Carmichael Road, one at 9 AM and another at 11 AM. Each service runs about an hour and includes singing, prayer, and preaching from the Bible. The music spans a spectrum of styles, from modern worship songs to older hymns, and dress ranges from jeans and t-shirts to casual business attire. Newcomers are welcomed but not pressured to give; the offering time is set aside for those who call Faith Community their church home.
A prayer team waits in a room attached to the auditorium, just to the right of the platform, after every service for anyone who would like prayer. Guests who want to learn more can stop by the Info Center in the lobby and meet a church leader who can answer questions and help with next steps. The Sermon and Conversation Guide is also available at the Info Center and during the livestream.
For those who cannot attend in person, services are livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook. Recordings stay available on the messages archive, the FCC podcast (Apple and Spotify), and through video and audio downloads.
What to Expect With Kids
Faith Community runs a robust children's ministry during both Sunday services. Nursery care is provided for children from birth through age two. Faith Littles, for ages three through pre-kindergarten, uses age-appropriate worship, Bible stories, crafts, and games to introduce little ones to Jesus. Infants are cared for in a calm room with volunteers who focus on feeding, diapering, and comforting; twos enjoy hands-on play, simple songs, and early social skills; and preschoolers bring home a Take-Home sheet each week with a mini-discipleship activity.
Faith Kids, for kindergarten through fifth grade, runs during both Sunday services and combines play, relationships, Scripture, worship, and weekly invitations to respond to the gospel. A separate Refuge 6 program for sixth graders includes worship in the main auditorium loft followed by classroom discussion on Scripture.
On Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 8:00 PM, Awana Clubs International programming serves children ages three through sixth grade. The clubs are divided by age: Puggles (age three), Cubbies (pre-kindergarten), Sparks (kindergarten through second grade), and Truth and Training (third through sixth grade, with boys and girls meeting separately). A typical evening moves through opening pledges, handbook time for reciting Bible verses, team games on the Awana circle, and council time with a Bible lesson. Book awards are presented at dismissal. Awana registration opens each September with a kickoff carnival.
The Refuge: Wednesday Nights for Students
Middle and high school students in grades six through twelve gather on Wednesday nights at 7 PM for The Refuge, the church's student ministry. Doors open at 6:30 for games and hanging out. From 7 to 8 PM the whole group plays games, makes announcements, sings worship songs, and hears a Bible lesson. From 8 to 8:30 PM, students break into small groups separated by grade and gender, each led by two adult mentors, to discuss the lesson and pray for one another. A light snack and fellowship in the Refuge Lounge wraps up the night at 9 PM.
The Refuge runs from late August through early May, with a Summer Refuge held on Wednesday evenings from mid-June through late July. A summer camp at Camp Victory in Zumbro Falls, Minnesota is offered each year, and the student ministry sends short-term mission teams, hosts discipleship meetings, and runs service events throughout the school year. Students also serve across the church on Sundays, from hospitality to tech to nursery and Faith Littles.
Adult Ministries for Every Stage of Life
Missional Communities. The backbone of adult discipleship at Faith Community is the network of Missional Communities, small groups that meet in homes across the St. Croix Valley. Regional groups are organized by neighborhood - Hudson Prairie, North Carmichael, Hammond/Roberts, Hanley, Houlton, River Falls East, River Falls West, River Falls International, Roberts, Troy, Willow River, Willow River Central, East Central St. Croix, and North Hudson - and meet on weekday evenings, Sunday evenings, or Friday afternoons depending on the group. Two interest-based groups round out the network: Epoch for college and career young adults meeting on Monday evenings, and Sunday Mission, which gathers on Sunday evenings.
Men on a Mission. Two men's groups meet weekly - one on Thursday mornings and another on Saturday mornings at 6 AM - to discuss the week, study a book of the Bible (currently Ephesians), and pray together. The groups are built around six core values: humility, obedience, discipline, gratitude, wisdom, and discernment. Men are encouraged to honor God, serve others, and grow to be more like Jesus each day.
Women in the Word. On Thursday mornings from 9:30 to 11:30 AM during the school year, women gather for inductive Bible study, fellowship, and accountability. Space is limited to keep discussions personal, and childcare for children from birth through age five is provided when available. The group meets in fall and spring sessions. A separate Create retreat ministry gathers women for craft-based fellowship events throughout the year.
Seasoned Believers. On Tuesday mornings from 9 to 10:30 AM during the school year, a multigenerational group of mostly seniors gathers in the Refuge Room for hymn singing, an in-depth Bible study through the book of John, and prayer led by a retired pastor. The group draws members from several Hudson-area churches and welcomes anyone who would like to come. In the summer the group meets for lunch in a local park.
24 Below and Epoch (Young Adults). Two young adult ministries serve the twenty- and thirty-somethings at Faith Community. 24 Below meets Sunday nights from 6 to 8 PM at the church for Bible study, Christ-like community, and fellowship. Epoch focuses on college and career young adults and meets weekly at varying times and locations around the St. Croix Valley, hosting Bible studies, service events, bonfires, and movie nights. Children are welcome at Epoch events, though childcare is not provided.
Care, Counseling, and Prayer Support
Faith Community's Care Ministry connects Missional Communities with people in the surrounding neighborhoods who have tangible needs, whether that means delivering meals, making hospital visits, or simply inviting someone to church. A Care and Prayer Wall presents current prayer requests and care needs submitted by members of the congregation, and a form allows anyone to submit a request. Community Missions helps pay bills and meet basic needs for those in financial crisis through a Family of Families network of churches.
The FCC Pro-life Coalition advocates for the unborn by partnering with Options for Women in River Falls and New Life Family Services in St. Paul, and by supporting post-abortion healing resources including Rachel's Vineyard and studies like Forgiven and Set Free. Volunteers pray outside the nation's third-largest Planned Parenthood facility on the first Wednesday of each month, host a Good Friday vigil, and walk in the March for Life at the state capitol.
Biblical counseling is offered free of charge through the church, drawing on the conviction that Scripture is sufficient for life's most challenging situations. Trained counselors help with marriage struggles, depression, anxiety, fear, abuse, parenting, addiction, and other personal issues, with priority given to those who regularly attend Faith Community. Clients begin through an online portal that pairs them with a counselor for scheduling.
Serving the St. Croix Valley and Beyond
FaithWorks. Each year during the third week of June, hundreds of volunteers from Faith Community roll up their sleeves for FaithWorks, a week of service projects across the St. Croix Valley. Volunteers tackle home repair, painting, yard work, plumbing, electrical, cleaning, and landscaping for elderly neighbors, single parents, families facing illness, and others who could use a helping hand. Monday is Family Day, with a family-friendly project and breakfast. A Celebration Dinner gathers all volunteers and many project homeowners on Thursday evening. A Metal Drive at 771 Carmichael Road runs through the week, accepting engines, bikes, lawnmowers, appliances, and other metal items.
MercyWorks. MercyWorks is the umbrella for ongoing outreach ministries. The 771 House is a transitional housing unit for those needing temporary shelter. A Transportation Ministry provides rides for people with mobility needs. The Men's Lighthouse Mentor Ministry walks alongside men recently released from jail or chemical dependency programs. HomeWorks Care offers simple home services for the elderly and vulnerable. A Red Cross Blood Drive is hosted at the church several times a year.
Discipleship Extension: Local, Regional, and Global Partners
Faith Community uses the phrase discipleship extension for missions, because, in the church's words, near and far disciple-making is not a department of the church; it is why the church exists. Four local sister churches form the LEAD Team, a group of pastoral leaders who share missional and theological values: Faith Community Church New Richmond, The Bridge Bible Church in Somerset, The River in River Falls, and The Village Church in Baldwin. The church also supports InterVarsity Christian Fellowship on the UW-River Falls campus.
Regionally, Faith Community partners with Imago Dei, a church the LEAD Team helped plant in Milwaukee, and with Converge Great Lakes, a district office of Converge Worldwide, a network of nearly 1,300 churches that helps start and strengthen congregations nationally and globally.
Global partnerships reach across continents. John and Ana Lindstrom oversee ten language translation teams with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Papua New Guinea, including the Malei language whose New Testament was dedicated in 2010. Steve and Nopaluck Cable lead Peace Fellowship Church and Santisuk English School in Bangkok, Thailand, where short-term missionaries from Faith Community have taught evangelistic English classes for decades. The Nanda family founded SERVE India, which trains rural and tribal pastors, supports widows and children, and runs a vocational center near Visakhapatnam. Sarah Jane Holsteen serves refugees and asylum seekers through the International Association for Refugees in Lille, France. Justin and Joelle Goldberg translate Scripture in Ethiopia with Wycliffe. Additional missionaries serve with Cru on the University of Minnesota campus, with CRU in North Dakota and Minnesota, with Casas Por Cristo in El Paso, and across Asia. Pastoral Associate Larry Szyman makes regular trips to Uganda to train local pastors.
Core Beliefs and Governance
Faith Community's doctrinal statement affirms the Bible as the fully inspired, inerrant Word of God with supreme authority in matters of faith and conduct. The church confesses one God in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - and believes that Jesus Christ is true God and true man, conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, crucified for our sins, raised bodily, and now interceding at the right hand of God, from where he will visibly return.
The church teaches that salvation comes by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, and that those who repent and trust in Jesus are born again by the Holy Spirit. The church practices believer's baptism by immersion and observes the Lord's Supper as the two ordinances committed to the local church. Communion is celebrated at least once each month during Sunday morning services, and the bread and cup are open to anyone who considers themselves a follower of Jesus Christ.
Two ordinances, baptism and the Lord's Supper, are practiced. The church teaches the personal and visible return of Christ, the resurrection of the body, final judgment, and the eternal state of the redeemed and the lost. It also affirms religious liberty, the priesthood of all believers, and the voluntary cooperation of local churches through denominational structures - the basis on which Faith Community partners with the Converge network.
A Board of Elders provides spiritual oversight. The current elders include Lead Executive Pastor Jan van Amerongen, Lead Teaching Pastor Tim Prince, REACH Pastor Tim Porter, Adult Ministries Pastor Pat Stream, and a number of non-vocational elders. Monthly elder reports share the church's finances, decisions, and prayer needs.
REACH: A Building Project for the Next Generation
Faith Community is in the middle of a multi-year building campaign called REACH, short for a vision to reach and disciple others through the message and ministry of following Jesus. Construction on a campus expansion began in spring 2025. The plan adds parking, expands the lobby, renovates and refreshes existing spaces, relocates the kitchen to serve as an updated café, and creates dedicated and expanded children's spaces with secure entries. The Refuge Room, used for student ministry and adult gatherings, is also being enlarged. The financial goal is $3.5 million toward REACH by December 31, 2027. Pledges are typically three-year commitments, payable weekly, monthly, or annually, and may be made through the giving system, by texting GIVE to (715) 280-3756, or by check with REACH in the memo.
Giving and Staying Connected
Online giving runs through the church's FaithBase system and stores only transaction history for year-end statements. Gifts may also be made during the Sunday gathering, by mail, by bill pay, by credit or debit card, by stock transfer, by Thrivent Choice Dollars, or by cryptocurrency. The office is open Monday through Friday from 9 AM to 1 PM, closed Tuesdays.
The church maintains an FCC app for iOS and Android, a weekly newsletter, text updates (text HUDSON to 55498), and active accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Vimeo, and YouTube. A daily reading journal and a podcast of every sermon keep the message portable throughout the week. A calendar of upcoming events and a registration hub for everything from child dedication to Covenant Membership Class keep the rhythm of the church accessible at fcchudson.com.