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This year’s devotional for adults is entitled Emily Dickinson and The Poetry of Lent: A Lenten Devotional. Lent is a time of reflection and insight, a change of seasons—and Emily Dickinson, one of the world’s most beloved poets, was also an avid gardener and a careful observer of the natural world. In this Lenten devotional, […]
March 24 at 6:30 p.m. Sign up (tinyurl.com/hopesedersignup) by March 14 to join this tradition via Zoom. The Jewish tradition of Seder has long been a household and family tradition. While we will miss the opportunity to gather together for Seder as we have traditionally done during Holy Week, this innovation will bring us closer […]
February 17, 6 to 7 p.m. You can stop by the Hope Church parking lot to receive the imposition of ashes. While we typically include this symbolic ritual as part of a service of worship, the pastors have participated in recent years in Ashes on the Go on the streets of Holland. On the Ashes […]
By Gordon Wiersma The wisdom found in Ecclesiastes 3 that begins with “For everything there is a season” is familiar to and meaningful for many. It poetically weaves the interplay of experiencing gain and loss, abundance and need, pain and healing, and in doing so we see our own lives. Together with the writer, we […]
Click here to catch up on the latest Hope Church news with the Lent issue of “Salt and Light”! In this issue: Lent 2021: For Everything There is a Season Adult Education Continuing to Make Room for All: A Conversation Serving & Building Together: An Update from CAH Earth Friendly Snow and Ice Removal Tips
Hope Church’s Matt Jantzen just released a timely book, titled “God, Race, and History: Liberating Providence” (click here to order a copy). In crafting racial visions of the modern world, European thinkers appropriated the Christian doctrine of providence, constructing the idea of European humanity’s rule over the globe on the model of God’s rule over […]
Please join the Hope College Green Team, League of Women Voters-Holland Area, Macatawa Creation Care, and Citizens Climate Lobby-Holland Area for a FREE virtual film series. You can view each of the films anytime on your own: “Honeyland” Tuesday, February 9 and “Kiss the Ground” Tuesday, February 23 and then from 7pm-8pm we will host a reflective […]
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, world-class climate scientist and evangelical Christian will be presenting on January 22nd as part of the virtual Calvin University January Series. Locally, the Holland Climate Collaborative has scheduled two separate virtual follow-up panel discussions. Details and signup links for all three events can be found at hollandclimatecollaborative.com
Each Sunday during the 11 a.m. liturgical worship service throughout the Season of Reconciliation, a member of our congregation will speak about an experience of reconciliation in their own life. They will share their stories of reconciliation, passion, sacrifice, and new understanding so that we may all gain empathic insight into the body of Christ […]
Click here to catch up on the latest Hope Church news with the Season of Reconciliation issue of “Salt and Light”! In this issue: The Ministry of Reconciliation You’re Invited: Congregational Meeting on January 24 Resources for the Season of Reconciliation Adult Education What Compels Me to Engage with Anti-Racism Work?