Join Brim Bunch for their first meeting of the year, a harvest supper on October 27 at 6:00 pm in the Commons. Our dinner will be our traditional fare – beef stew, green salad, applesauce, home-baked bread, and pumpkin pie. The cost is still $8.00 payable at the door. Reservations are expected. If you are not […]
You are invited to join in The Big Read Holland Area’s 2016 program featuring the book Brother I’m Dying by Edwidge Danticat. The Big Read is a month-long community-wide reading program consisting of book discussions, lectures, art workshops, film screenings and more around the book, taking place during the month of November 2016. Information and […]
This task needs to be completed soon! If you or a group you belong to have “adopted” a section of the church gardens, we need you to clean up your plot for fall. City curbside pick-up (of leaves only) will be from October 1 through November 19. Please bring your own clippers, rakes, etc. If […]
As Hope Church Women’s Circles begin their regular meetings this fall, members wish to extend a personal invitation to those at Hope Church who have not been part of a Circle. Circle meetings are a rich experience of studying a portion of scripture together and sharing what faith means and has meant in our lives. […]
Children’s Offering The children are excited to once again use their offerings to support the schools in Martinpur, Pakistan. This village was named after Dr. Samuel Martin, a Presbyterian missionary who was the great-grandfather of Sam Martin, a member of our church and was integral in the education of the area’s children. This connection with […]
A healing prayer service will take place on Sunday, October 9, during the 11:00 am Worship Service. The liturgy at the 11am service will focus on the need for healing from God in our lives, in the lives of those we love, and in our world. During the service, there will be the opportunity for […]
Sundays, 9:40–10:40 a.m. in Commons I October 9-30: A New Heaven and a New Earth: Reclaiming Biblical Eschatology Steve Bouma-Prediger will lead us through a new way of understanding what the Bible says about end times. In God’s good future, will Christians be whisked off the earth and the earth be burned up to nothing? […]
Catch up on the latest Hope Church News! In this issue: Healing Prayer Service: October 9 Stewardship Update Living Hope Renovation Update Seminary Interns: New & Returning Children’s Ministry and Youth Ministry
Please plan to bake or purchase a loaf of bread to bring to worship this Sunday, World Communion Sunday, October 2. The loaves will be received at our 8:30am and 11am worship services to beautify our communion celebration, and then will be donated to the Community Kitchen at Western Seminary to distribute to families in […]
On Sunday, October 9, at 9:40 a.m., an Orientation to Hope Church Class will begin for people who are wanting to learn more about Hope Church. The class will meet on three Sunday mornings, October 9, 16, and 23 at 9:40 a.m. in Commons II. For those who are interested in joining Hope Church, a […]