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Adult Education Season of Reconciliation Sundays, 9:40 am – 10:40 am Commons I January 12 – Making Sense of Violence in the Old Testament, facilitated by Rachel Billings, Adjunct Instructor at Western Theological Seminary January 19 & 26 – The Culture of Violence, facilitated by Chris Dorsey, Assistant Professor of Theology and Preaching at Western […]
A silent auction of old Hope Church cook books was held during the months of October and November 2013. There were books from 1896, 1904, 1926, 1935, 1942, and 1977. The books were donated by Marty LaBarge and the proceeds from the auction came to a total of $140! This money will go to the […]
Judy Parr The married couple who currently hold title to the longest membership in Hope Church, 142 years between them, are Vern and Lois Boersma. The Boersmas were among the couples who formed the Mr. and Mrs. Club in 1951. Organized shortly before Christmas, the club declared its first project to be conducting a Christmas […]
Thank you to the youth interns and adults who staffed the nursery this past fall. There are many children who are finding joy in seeing their friends in the nursery each week. We are in need of adult volunteers to help in the nursery for the next few months. It is a wonderful way to […]
Anne Duinkerken & Barbara Joldersma, Kids Hope USA Co-Directors Along with others in a variety of programs across the nation, we wish to recognize the contributions of our mentors this January. We also wish to recognize the prayer partners and substitute mentors, without whose support, our mentors would not […]
The church office will be closing at noon on Monday, January 6 and will reopen again on Tuesday, January 7 at 9am.
Tonight’s meetings have been rescheduled for Wednesday, January 8. 5:00 pm Executive 6:15 pm Stewardship & Finance 7:00 pm Community
The following list reflects the households assigned to greet prior to the 11am service for the upcoming months: January Greeters 05 Michelle Bombe & Curt Tofteland 12 Schoon-Tanis Family 19 Bob & Judy Bos 26 Calvin & Barbara Bouma February Greeters 02 Terry & Tracy Brower 09 Margaret & Leah Buckley 16 Joanne Brooks & […]
On Epiphany Sunday, January 5, bring a personal care product for a child or woman, wrapped in white tissue paper. These gifts will be collected by the children during the “word with the children”, and later given to the Center for Women in Transition, a local agency assisting women and families caught in abusive relationships […]
Worship Early Worship 8:30 a.m. Liturgical Worship 11:00 a.m. Worship during the Season of Reconciliation draws on our liturgy and the stories of our faith community to focus on reconciliation as one of the core themes of our faith. In the prayers and music, scripture and creeds of our liturgy, worship calls out in us […]