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Celebration for Brian Carder, Retiring as Director of Music, Sunday, June 6, 12:30 pm, Outdoors at Hope Church: Please mark your calendar for Sunday, June 6, 12:30 pm (note the revised start time) for an outdoor celebration as we express our gratitude to Brian Carder for his gifted service to Hope Church as Director of Music. […]
Hallelujah Chorus May 16, 12:20pm, Hope Church Parking Lot: Please join us in the singing of the Hallelujah Chorus in the Hope Church parking lot! Please bring your own chairs as people will be seated with their household. Covid protocols will be in place, including wearing masks the entire time and maintaining social distancing. Please park in the Park […]
Please see the thank you and update below from Community Action House about their new upcoming Food Club, which Hope Church has supported financially. Be sure to check out the list of ways that you can help! Thank you again for your generous support of the upcoming Food Club and Opportunity Hub! We’re thrilled to […]
Calling all current and former volunteers with Kids Hope USA! This spring marks the end of the 25th year of mentoring for Kids Hope USA. Starting with three area churches back in 1995, there are now about 1,200 Kids Hope USA programs in 39 states serving about 10,000 children! Since 2003, Hope Church has served students […]
The Reconciliation Ministry encourages participation in these weekly Saturday vigils, organized by Lakeshore Women for Peace. From the organizers: “Dear friends of Stand for Peace, There are many reasons to Stand for Peace. Murders in massage salons and grocery stores, new laws to disenfranchise voters, embargos that are causing hunger and death, people standing to protect their sacred […]
Sundays, 9:40-10:40 am on Zoom: tinyurl.com/hopeadulteducation May 16 & 23 will both be led by Jim Brownson. May 16: This will be a session devoted to the report of the committee that is presenting the Vision 2020 report that has recently been delivered to the churches. May 23: This will pick up on whatever still needs to be […]
Missing live music? Join Greg Bassett, French Horn; Adam Graham, Bass Trombone; and Rhonda Edgington, Piano for duo and trio music, in the parking lot of Hope Church on Sunday, May 2 at 4pm. Music by Bach, Schubert, Bolcom, and 21st century composers from Canada, Nigeria, the US and the Netherlands. Bassett and Graham play with […]
The Creation Care Ministry wants you to know. Arbor Day is coming up on April 30. Check out these resources. Sign up for a free tree. Learn about why trees are MORE IMPORTANT than you thought. April 30th is Arbor Day! Free Seedlings at Herrick District Library You must sign up ahead of time: https://libcal.herrickdl.org/ […]
Sundays, 9:40-10:40 am on Zoom: tinyurl.com/hopeadulteducation May 9 – “On Faith and Beauty” – Led by Jeff Chu: The Reformed tradition has sometimes been unfairly tarred as austere and negligent of beauty. Yet John Calvin described painting and sculpture as gifts of God, and wrote that all forms of beauty “bring delight to our hearts.” Jeff […]
Hope Church Friends, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued an urgent call to action. Any further unchecked emissions of greenhouse gases will lead to irreparable global harm. We need to begin a rapid and deep cut in our use of fossil fuels. Time is short. The IPCC suggests that what we do, […]