This Sunday is the last opportunity to pick up an envelope if you’d like to walk in the CROP Hunger Walk on April 16 & 17th. But if you’re not able to walk yourself, you can still support this effort to address hunger around the world and in our community. You can donate to walkers […]

Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance is seeking volunteers to lead diverse groups of 15-20 students through and a discussion about  a prepared set of materials. The dialogue will explore the prevalence and impact of stereotypes and challenge students to join a campaign to stop stereotypes. The time commitment is from 10:15-11:45 a.m. on May 3 and 4. […]

Anyone interested in practical and hopeful ways to address the growing need for justice in Grand Rapids and around the world is welcome to join this time of training and fellowship. The event will be held on April 16,2011 from 9:00am -2:30pm at LaGrave CRC at 107 La Grave Avenue SE, Grand Rapids. Registration begins […]

This from Chris Wiers, Habitat volunteer recruiter for Hope Church: Last week I spied my first robin, our so-called state bird: Seasonal turncoat, a fair-weather friend. He was pecking fecklessly at a patch of frost-blasted ground beside a salt-encrusted, rural road. There was a about his motions a quality of agitated twitchiness, as if the […]

Please join Reformed Church World Service in partnering with the United Church of Christ in Japan to provide relief assistance to victims of the earthquake and tsunami. Christian brothers and sisters, as well as their neighbors, are in need of our help. More information — and an opportunity to donate online — can be found […]

The CROP Hunger Walk is April 16 & 17th. You can sign up to walk and pick up your packets after church starting this Sunday. This year you can also donate to walkers from our church by going to www.cropwalkonline.org. Click on “Michigan” and then choose the Holland/Zeeland walk. Then you will find Hope Church and you […]

Camp Sunshine is in need of metal bottle caps for art projects at its summer sessions. Camp Sunshine’s mission is to provide a camping experience for persons with developmental disabilities in an inclusive environment that embraces their recreational, emotional, physical, spiritual, and relational needs. Soda pop or beer, it doesn’t matter (no one will tell); […]

Volunteers of all skills are needed for the 2011 Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity Unity Build. The Unity Build is an annual partnering of area Christian churches to provide affordable homes for local families. This year’s project is new construction at 24 W. 18th St. It’s a two-story house without a basement. The pad was poured […]

Here’s an opportunity to learn more about Shakespeare Behind Bars, the recipient of proceeds from this year’s Think Hope event, scheduled for May 21. The award-winning Shakespeare Behind Bars documentary will screen at the Park Theater at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 10, 2011.  Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students with an […]

To mark the end of our Season of Reconciliation, you’re invited to bring a dish to share and join us in the Commons after 11:00 worship on Sunday, February 13, for food and conversation. We hope to share, in addition to a meal, our journeys, our insights, and our hopes for the future. Feel free […]