It’s been a full and rich time of ministry in the life of Hope Church. Lent and Holy Week worship culminated in a glorious celebration on Easter Day. After a long renovation project, we are dedicating this new building and sharing a celebration with our neighbors, friends, and church community on April 29th. The very […]
During Tulip Time this year, for the first time, there will be an organ concert at Hope Church as part of the official Tulip Time activities. Our organist, Rhonda Edgington, will be playing Dutch organ music on this Sunday, May 7 at 7 pm at Hope Church. The Tulip Time committee was very excited to hear […]
Breadsticks. Wine. Conversation. Blessing. Prayer. Tears. Laughter. Friendship. Kindness. Conviction. Did I just describe a Eucharist feast or a party of friends? One of my favorite parts of Hope Church’s Pub Theology is that it’s hard to tell the difference. In fact, I think our weekly gathering teaches us what communion is meant to be […]
Church School/ Children in Worship May 21st is the last Sunday for Church School and Children in Worship. The following week, May 28, children ages 3 through those who have completed 2nd grade will be meeting together in Room 204, upstairs in the Education Wing, when they are released from the 10 a.m. service. The […]
Sundays, 9:40-10:40 am May 7 and May 14: Fierce and Faithful Women of the Bible Tamar? Mrs. Potiphar? Rahab? Dinah? Jael? The Levite’s concubine? Lot’s wife and daughters? Jezebel? Delilah? These and other women do not appear in the lectionary in part because they are about sex, or violence, or sex AND violence! Lynn Japinga […]
We know that we are living in a desperate time for people in need. At the same time that poverty, income disparity, homelessness and especially hunger are widespread among our fellow citizens, President Trump and many in Congress are dismantling funding for programs that are a lifeline to hungry people in our own country and […]
Hope Church is sponsoring May 24 of Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity’s “Women Build” event! If you would like to volunteer, they can take 5 volunteers from Hope Church on Wednesday, May 24, from 8 am to noon, to help frame a house. Volunteers must sign up beforehand with Stacey Korecki at Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity […]
Fish Club is hiking this weekend as their participation in the 2017 CROP Walk. You can register and walk next weekend as well: 8 – 9 AM Saturday, Apr. 29 at Holland Christian High School, or 1:30 – 2:30 PM Sunday, Apr. 30 at Beechwood Reformed. To donate to our Hope Church team online or by check: Go […]
Because the Living Hope facility dedication and open house falls in the same timeframe as we’d typically have a Think Hope event, the Community Ministry has decided to forego this fellowship event this year. You can start crafting or collecting your auction donations for 2018 now! Think Hope dinner, entertainment, and auction is on the […]
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 […]