For the past five summers, the consistory approved an adjusted summer preaching schedule that would provide our pastors, Gordon Wiersma and Jill Russell, 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 both pastors’ schedules when one pastor is 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 2015. We are pleased to share that preaching schedule with you.
JUNE
7 Cindi Veldheer DeYoung
14 Jill Russell
21 Gordon Wiersma
28 Beth Jarvis
JULY
5 Jim Brownson
12 Gordon Wiersma
19 Jill Russell
26 Christina deGroot
AUGUST
2 Liz Testa
9 Jill Russell
16 John Schmidt
23 Gordon Wiersma
30 J.P. Sundararajan