The Deacons have designated Lighthouse Immigrant Advocates to receive the Easter Offering. There is an Easter Offering envelope in the giving envelopes for 2017. You may also designate a donation to the Easter Offering by writing “Easter Offering” in the Memo. From LIA: Lighthouse Immigrant Advocates (LIA) is a not-for-profit law office that brings stability […]
Come One, Come All… on Creation Sunday Join our Hope Church family and others invited from our community for a special service of blessing for the animals with whom we share life! Sunday, April 23rd Time: 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Place: Centennial Park, (Please arrive no later than 9:30 a.m. River and 10th St., […]
The Church office will be closed Monday, April 17 as an Easter Holiday.
If you looking for ways to support the needs of all persons within your congregation, plan to attend “Building a Sense of Belonging and Wholeness in the Church and Community.” This workshop will provide ways your church can support its work for and with persons with disabilities. This workshop (7 to 9 p.m., Tuesday, April […]
Dr. Soong-Chan Rah Brings Prophetic Lament to Holland Palm Sunday April 9, 2017 10:30 AM WORSHIP Maple Avenue 427 Maple Avenue 4:00 PM COMMUNITY CONVERSATION Hope Church 77 W. 11th Street SPONSOR Shalom for the City Church Collaborative ShalomForTheCity.wordpress.com Rev. Dr. Soong-Chan Rah is the Milton B. Engebretson associate professor of church growth and evangelism […]
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 […]
Caring for Creation is pleased to announce two events being hosted in collaboration with students in the Emmaus Scholars program at Hope College. The first is a Forum on Congregational Creation Care to be held on Wednesday, April 19th at 7:30 pm at Hope Church in the Youth Room. The event is in response to […]
Sundays, 9:40-10:40 am April 2 and 9: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Pacifist, and Nazi Resistor Looking back at World War II, many people wonder how the country that had produced Martin Luther, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Immanuel Kant embraced the National Socialism of Adolf Hitler and was responsible for the Holocaust. We’ll view Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Pacifist, […]
Palm Sunday, April 9 8:30 a.m. Early Worship Palm Sunday Celebration 11:00 a.m. “Worship for the Way of the Cross” We begin the journey through Holy Week with dramatic reading, liturgical dance, and music. Maundy Thursday, April 13 6:00 p.m. Seder Dinner This traditional Jewish meal remembers the events of the Passover told in the […]
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 Christ Memorial Church, 595 Graafschap Rd, Holland, MI. The Faith Communities of West Michigan are uniting to wage peace, heal families, and build hope to end abuse. Who: We as concerned people of our community are uniting to wage peace, heal families, and build hope to end abuse. When: Please come […]