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We know that many of you are missing the feeling of sitting in the Hope Church sanctuary, and some others are missing the experience of hearing the Hope Church organ played live each week. In one fell swoop, both these desires can now be fulfilled, through an experiment we are trying in October. Come and […]
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 […]
Wednesday evenings in October – Zoom discussion of “How to Be an Anti-Racist” by Ibram X. Kendi – 6:45PM-8:00PM: In the midst of urgent calls for racial justice in our community and nation, as individuals and a faith community we are seeking paths of learning and advocacy, repentance and restoration, in order to be active participants […]
Installation Service for Reverend Beth Carroll will take place on Sunday, September 27, as part of the 11 AM service.This worship service will officially install Beth Carroll as Associate Pastor of Discipleship for Hope Church and receive her into the Holland Classis of the RCA. We look forward to this service of celebration and thanks […]
Join us this fall for a book study on Dr. Jennifer Harvey’s Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America. Our discussions about the book will take place on five consecutive Monday nights, beginning Monday, September 14 and ending Monday, October 12. Each Monday, we will gather online using Zoom from 8pm to 9pm to talk […]
Let’s put our bodies, minds, and spirits into action by participating in the Affordable Housing Awareness Walk! Our neighbors at First United Methodist Church have developed this experience in collaboration with Hope Church. All are encouraged to use this opportunity to learn and reflect toward advocacy for affordable housing in our community as an expression […]
A reminder that this Sunday, September 13, the sanctuary service will move back to 11:00 am for both the Facebook live and WHTC broadcasts!
These photos of worship spaces and communion preparation illustrate the reality of this season, in which, while physically separate, we join each Sunday. Thanks to all who contributed!
Hosted by Randy Smit and Rhonda Edgington In Almighty Love, we live and move and have our being. This poem discloses that reawakening one can sometimes have of our nearness to glory, the very Loving Presence that holds us together and all things. It can happen in a glance at the end of our rope […]
By Ann McKnight We are in such a place of waiting. Of unknown. Of uncertainty. Of transition. A gift of all of this shifting has been that I’m able to take a closer look at so many parts of my life and recalibrate. Clean my internal house. What am I here for again? What is […]