By Jocelyn Van Heest, Children’s Ministry Director The children spend a lot of time wondering as they respond to the story in the worship centers. We wonder about our favorite part of the story, how someone in the story would feel, whether we’ve ever done something like that, have we ever felt that way, does […]
Worship Time for Families with Younger Children will be offered via zoom on Sunday February 21 & Sunday, March 21 during the 11:00am service. The Family Worship time will start directly after the Word with the Children in the Sanctuary service and will continue on zoom from a Children in Worship room, as we’ll hear a Children […]
By Jocelyn Van Heest, Children’s Ministry Director In the Worship Centers, the children are well aware that there are important and meaningful seasons before each great celebration in our church year. The season of Lent is the time when we are preparing and making our hearts ready to celebrate Easter. The Lenten journey is a […]
By Jocelyn Van Heest, Children’s Ministry Director The children know that it’s the beginning of the church year. We’ve just completed Growing Time and are now entering a time of preparation for the celebration of Jesus’ birth. Each week the children have watched the pointer on the church-year circle move closer to the purple weeks […]
By Jocelyn Van Heest, Children’s Ministry Director So many things have changed in many aspects of our lives, affecting how we act: masks, sanitizers, physical distancing, learning new technologies. Who could have imagined all of these changes? What hasn’t changed is our commitment and concern for the children of Hope Church. The overarching goal is […]
By Jocelyn Van Heest, Children’s Ministry DirectorThe last few years, Hope Church has supported a summer camp inviting children from the community to come together to learn about peace, practice peacemaking and conflict resolution, and to find ways to spread peace with our neighbors near and far. This year the camp, called “Explore a Path […]
By Jocelyn Van Heest, Children’s Ministry Director On Sunday, May 3, we as a congregation promise to nurture and pray in support of the children of Hope Church as well as children with special concerns around the world. To celebrate all children on this Sunday and each day that follows, everyone will have the opportunity […]
By Jocelyn Van Heest, Children’s Ministry Director Family Time Together Play Group at Hope Church is an opportunity for parents and children to meet together, doing a variety of activities and, more importantly, getting to know other young families. Over the years, when there has been a group of families with children between infancy and […]
by Jocelyn Van Heest, Children’s Ministry Director Ask any worshipper from the Children in Worship centers, and they will tell you that it is the beginning of the church year. As we enter a new church year, it’s a good time to remind those of you who remain in the sanctuary that the stories that […]
Peace Camp 2019 was an energy-packed week of experiencing how peace weaves in and through us as we connect into the community and the world. Originated through First Presbyterian Church, the partnerships have grown each year with Hope Church, Grace Episcopal Church, and ACTS (a wonderful ministry to Holland’s core city children and families), welcoming […]