Parents Book Discussion: beginning April 17

Sunday mornings at 9:30am on April 17, May 1, May 15, and May 22 Pastor Jill will lead a discussion of the book The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson. Stop by the table in the gathering area to pick up […]

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Ending Hunger One Step At a Time!

Please join in walking to raise funds for Church World Service food aid. Saturday, April 23 Holland Christian HS Register 8:00 – 9:00 AM or Sunday, April 24 Beechwood Reformed Register 1:30 – 2:30 PM WALKERS: You can pick up your sponsor envelopes at the CROP Walk display in the gathering area on Sunday April […]

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Adult Education: April and May

Sundays, 9:40-10:40 am April 3-24 (April 3, 10, 17, & 24): Jesus’ “Farewell Discourse” in the Gospel of John One of the distinctive features of the gospel of John is the extended “farewell discourse” which is unique to this gospel, found in John 13:31-17:26. Here Jesus addresses major themes of Christian faith including the person […]

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Hope Church News, April 2016

Catch up on the latest Hope Church News! In this issue: Build Hope: April 30 Dinner and Auction Caring for Creation Update Announcing Beth Carroll Our New Pastoral Resident For Youth and Young Adult Ministry The Refugee Crisis—What Can We Do? CROP Walk: Ending Hunger One Step At a Time!

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Reformed Church in America Special Council on Human Sexuality

Pray for the Reformed Church in America Special Council on Human Sexuality meeting April 15-18 in Chicago.  74 members of the RCA will gather around the mandate from the General Synod to seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit to discern a “constitutional pathway forward for the RCA to address the questions of human sexuality […]

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Worship During Holy Week

Palm Sunday, March 20 8:30 a.m. Early Worship Palm Sunday Celebration 11:00 a.m. Palm Sunday Celebration We begin the journey through Holy Week with a Palm Sunday processional, liturgy, preaching, communion, and song. Maundy Thursday, March 24 6:00 p.m. Family Seder Dinner This traditional Jewish meal remembers the events of the Passover told in the […]

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Adult Education: March

Sundays, 9:40-10:40 am in the Commons at Hope Church March 20: Missionary Activities for More Than a Century in Martinpur, Pakistan Hope Church member Sam Martin will talk about how his great-grandparents became Presbyterian missionaries and how that led to the founding of the village of Martinpur in 1898 in the Punjab region of what […]

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Don’t Just Think Hope: April 30

Let’s Build Hope! Recognizing the many ways in which our facility supports our community, the Community Ministry has designated the Living Hope Capital Campaign Fund as the beneficiary of this year’s Think Hope silent auction event. This year’s Build Hope will help to fund improvements to the Commons, which is used by the Holland Audubon, […]

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Living Hope Becoming a Reality

During the month of March, construction documents will go out to suppliers and contractors for bids on all aspects of the project! This is a real milestone in months of work by the Design Team and our partners from Elevate Studio and Elzinga & Volkers. Construction will begin in earnest in April. And work is […]

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