Part of how we, as Hope Church, are “discerning our future” has been working with polarities. We began the journey in 2011, based on the work of Barry Johnson and Roy Oswald, who wrote a book entitled Managing Polarities in Congregations: Eight Keys for Thriving Faith Communities. The central idea of polarities is that many […]
Owing to a scheduling glitch with the specialized equipment needed to lift the steeple back in place, the viewing party hoped for this week (had been scheduled for Nov. 28) is postponed until next week. We’ll announce the specific date and time as soon as it’s confirmed–and it remains dependent on hospitable weather as well […]
Starting on Monday, October 15, the administrative staff underwent a reconfiguration. Megan Arevalo continues in her role as church administrator but has moved to 18 hours a week working on Mondays and Wednesdays in the church office. Katie Norris is in a new position entitled Office Manager taking on additional responsibilities formerly in the church […]
You’ve no doubt noticed the lift in the parking lot and, during the week, the work underway repairing the brick and mortar in areas of our historic sanctuary. It’s methodical work, requiring the removal of materials that have been degraded by time and weather; damaged bricks are replaced by bricks salvaged from our construction project […]
As the Hope Church community, we continue to look to the future. Led by the Discerning Our Future Committee, Consistory is repeating an information-gathering process we began in 2015. To help us gain a clear picture of where we are now and what parts of our life together may need examination, we ask that Hope […]
Room 106 was a workhorse for us during the renovation. It housed construction and church staff and stored lots of displaced supplies and equipment during the duration. Now it’s time to help 106 achieve its destiny! We envisioned it during construction planning as a place friendly to the arts, sort of a “youth room for grown-ups.” […]
While the bulk of the construction work is complete, there will continue to be developments in the Hope Church facility over the summer. Many of those developments simply complete original plans (completing furniture purchases, for example), but since a few questions have come up repeatedly, we’ll answer them here: What’s in store for room 106? […]
Thanks so much to Hope Church member Dan Joldersma for this beautiful video summary of our renovation project!
All are invited to a Celebration of A Living Hope on Saturday, April 29 to celebrate the completion of our facility renovation! A dedication service will take place at 2 PM, and an open house will take place from 2:30 – 4:30 PM, with guided tours of the building changes available! We are also still […]
When Hope Church celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2012, Judy Parr sought various items for a display of mementos related to the congregation’s history. People supplied hymnals, bibles, Sunday School books, newsletters of the 1940s, a needlepoint reproduction of the RCA seal, several old photographs of church activities, cross-shaped name tags, and even a nail from […]