For the past nine summers, the consistory approved an adjusted summer preaching schedule that would provide our pastors some increased workload flexibility for the summer. Adjusting the schedule gave our pastors the time and space for reading, planning for the coming program year, professional exploration and growth as well as accommodating the impact on pastors’ schedules when two pastors are engaged in two different week long youth trips. In addition, it gave Hope Church the unique opportunity to invite guest preachers who brought to our congregation a range of diverse voices. With the recommendation of the Personnel Committee, the consistory has approved a similar preaching schedule for the summer of 2019. We are pleased to share that preaching schedule with you.
JUNE
2 Mary VanAndel, Retired Presbyterian Minister
9 Micah McCreary, President of New Brunswick Theological
Seminary
16 Justin Myers, RCA Missionary to Oman
23 Pastor Jill Russell, Hope Church Co-Pastor
30 Pastor Gordon Wiersma, Hope Church Co-Pastor
JULY
7 Pastor Gordon Wiersma, Hope Church Co-Pastor
14 Pastor Beth Carroll, Hope Church Assistant Pastor of
Discipleship
21 Marc Nelesen, Pastor of Congregational Life at Georgetown CRC
28 Pastor Jill Russell, Hope Church Co-Pastor
AUGUST
4 Jeff Japinga, Executive Presbyter of the Twin Cities Area
11 Pastor Jill Russell, Hope Church Co-Pastor
18 Pastor Gordon Wiersma, Hope Church Co-Pastor
25 Beverly Zell, Retired United Church of Christ Minister
SEPTEMBER
1 Pastor Beth Carroll, Hope Church Assistant Pastor of
Discipleship