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The Tree of Light (Christmas collection of gift cards for church families, and for local families distributed through Community Action House & Good Samaritan Ministries) and White Gifts (Epiphany collection of personal care items for Resilience) are Hope Church traditions that will be carried out differently this season. These are usually interactive programs, but instead […]
Hope Church’s Christmas Offering will support the work of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), which is led by Bryan Stevenson (author of ‘Just Mercy’). The EJI provides legal representation to people who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced, or abused in state jails and prisons. EJI also works with communities that have been marginalized by […]
Do you have pictures or videos from past Hope Church Christmas Pageants? Please send them to marevalo@hopechurchrca.org by December 13! We are so grateful to Dan Joldersma, who will be putting together a montage of these pictures and videos for us to show at the 6:30 PM Christmas Eve service.
On December 13 at our 6 PM Advent Candlelight Gathering on Zoom, we will have a Christmas Cookie Show-and-Tell, where we can show each other Christmas cookies we’ve baked that we will then collect to share with Community Kitchen! Cookies can be brought to the Hope Church vestibule on December 14 & 15, between 9 AM – […]
An electronic version of the daily Bible readings for the coming year (Advent 2020-Advent 2021) can be found at this link.
Friends in Christ, We have become more accustomed to life on hold than we would ever have thought possible and have learned more about ourselves and our faith in the process. As Advent approaches, we offer a revised Hope Church daily devotional from 2017. Some entries are new; others from congregants whose voices linger after […]
The 2020 Thanksgiving Offering is designated for support of the “I AM Academy”, a new racial justice initiative in our community that has recently received the endorsement of the Holland/Zeeland Community with a grant for seed money. The I AM Academy is the vision of Henry & Lindsay Cherry, an African-American couple who are leaders […]
It is with great enthusiasm that we introduce our new Western Theological Seminary student, Elliot Weidenaar. Elliot has a passion for youth and young adults, especially for those who have not yet found a comfortable home in the church. He will start his internship by working primarily with Pastor Beth, but will become more visible […]
By Ginger Clark, RN, Parish Nurse As we approach and participate in Advent there are practical ways to prepare so we can fully experience this celebration. Let’s find ways to reset and resync our lives to be more in tune with the real meaning and blessings of this holy season. To truly receive the hope, […]
By Peter Boogaart, Creation Care Coordinator “Enough is enough!” Maybe you’ve heard those words? They may be buried somewhere deep in your childhood memory. Remember pushing too far? Dad was letting you know that this was the boundary and your show was over. It’s possible, too, to say that “Enough is never enough.” Just before […]