Amplifying Hope

Recovery Rocks!



September is National Recovery Month, and our team is back on the road bringing awareness, resources and hope to communities across Indiana.

We saw over 1000 people in attendance at this year’s Recovery Rocks event in Ft. Wayne. With speakers, testimonies and music, the event empowered families from all over northeast Indiana who have been affected by overdose and substance abuse. We celebrated those walking in recovery and mourned the loss of loved ones and friends who did not survive their battle against addiction.

This is the 3rd time Two Eight has partnered with Jen Hope, founder of The Mom of an Addict, who hosts this event for her community each year.

It’s such an honor to work with leaders like Jen, who will do everything in their power to help one more person find their comeback story.


Creating a Safe Haven…

This month we had the opportunity to partner with Safe Haven Recovery Engagement Center again to help produce their Voices of Recovery Fundraiser. Our team provided staging, audio and video production, and even a little live music for their event, which helped them raise the funds it takes for them to continue to bring resources to their region of southern Indiana.

Brittany Stout (Safe Haven’s founder), has told us on a number of occasions that if her brother (who was lost to a fatal fentanyl poisoning) had access to the kind of events and resources we help them produce, that he might have made it. During the event, there was a butterfly release to commemorate those they had lost.

Many on our team have been deeply affected by these issues, and serving them was both an affirmation and a sobering reminder of the great need for our work to bring faith, hope and love to where they are desperately needed and hardest to find. 


A new conference!



This year Two Eight is teaming up with recovery and faith leaders from all over the state to put on Indiana’s Recovery+Faith Conference in Lafayette, IN on October 11th and 12th. This conference is a very deliberate attempt to bring the church community into greater partnership with the various mental health and addiction recovery agencies in the state. With times for worship, breakout seminars and national-level speakers, we’re hoping this will become a yearly event to help expand the nexus of Indiana’s recovery efforts and faith communities.


Thank you for making our work possible!

When we think about your partnership with us in our ministry, we’re reminded of Paul’s words in Philippians 1, 3-6:

“I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy  because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

As we map out the end of 2024 and the start of 2025, we’re immensely grateful that you are standing with us as we work to create music and moments that move people towards Jesus.


Save the Date!!

This year, Giving Tuesday (the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving) is December 3rd. Many people, foundations and other organizations use Giving Tuesday as part of their year-end giving efforts, and we’ll have a campaign to make this easy for people to include Two Eight in their giving. Keep an eye out for more details as the date approaches!

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