Chip Guyton joined the Good Works community in the summer of 2007. His connection to Good Works dates back to a presentation Keith gave during a class Chip was in while at seminary. While attending Asbury Theological Seminary, he worshipped with The Rock/La Roca UMC community in Lexington, Kentucky. While participating at The Rock/La Roca, Chip served in the areas of prayer ministry, the food and clothing pantry, neighborhood visitation and youth ministry. In 2006, he graduated from Asbury Theological Seminary with a Masters of Divinity. After graduation, he served on the staff of The Rock Church/La Roca - coordinating their prayer ministry and working with the poor in the neighborhood for one year.
Through Good Works Hope and Possibilities, Chip learns about God’s faithfulness revealed through creative and amazing ways. These lessons range from reminders that each of us bears God’s image to ways a community can meet the needs of its members. Sometimes this faithfulness is shown by a need for assistance being met by several churches resolving the problem. Other times God’s faithfulness is expressed when it seems that all assistance is exhausted, only to have assistance provided at the last minute. Additionally, Chip feels God challenging him to grow in his love for the people of southeastern Ohio. God is using Chip’s involvement in several faith communities to deepen that love for his neighbors.
God often uses hiking, kayaking and whitewater rafting, as well as people from different parts of the body of Christ, to teach Chip. The way God demonstrates grace and answers prayer through everyday people continues to amaze him. Chip believes that God wants all of us to seek justice where there is injustice, freedom where there is oppression and to be a voice for the voiceless. Chip is hoping to work with congregations and neighborhoods in ways that build each other up through partnerships, which provide examples of asset based approaches to caring for all community members. Although he is unsure of the ways in which this unfolds or where it will lead him, he trusts that God’s preparations are enough for it to illustrate Jesus’ statement “the kingdom of God is here.” Additionally, Chip is hoping to continue as an advocate for the marginalized whether or not that remains his vocation.
"Hospitality means primarily the creation of a free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place. It is not to bring men and women over to our side, but to offer freedom not disturbed by dividing lines. It is not to lead our neighbor into a corner where there is no alternatives left, but to open a wide spectrum of options for choice and commitment." Henri J.M. Nouwen in Reaching Out
Chip Guyton joined the Good Works community in the summer of 2007. His connection to Good Works dates back to a presentation Keith gave during a class Chip was in while at seminary. While attending Asbury Theological Seminary, he worshipped with The Rock/La Roca UMC community in Lexington, Kentucky. While participating at The Rock/La Roca, Chip served in the areas of prayer ministry, the food and clothing pantry, neighborhood visitation and youth ministry. In 2006, he graduated from Asbury Theological Seminary with a Masters of Divinity. After graduation, he served on the staff of The Rock Church/La Roca - coordinating their prayer ministry and working with the poor in the neighborhood for one year. 
