2016 Telephone Directory: The proof pages are posted on the windows of Office I. Please check your listing on or before Sunday, January 3 and make any corrections necessary directly on the page. If all information is correct, please write “yes” or leave a check mark next to your last name. The 2016 directory will be […]
The children will share a time of preparation and celebration on this Epiphany Sunday, January 3. The children will hear stories and learn more about the importance of this special day. During the 11AM worship service, the 4th and 5th graders will participate in the service in the sanctuary and then continue worship with the other children. […]
White Gift Offering On Epiphany Sunday, Jan. 3 For this year’s offering, please bring soap bars for 500 hygiene kits that Maple Avenue Ministries will be assembling on January 18, a day of service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. These gifts will be brought forward during the offering. Soap bars can also […]
Good News of Great Joy “Let the earth rejoice…” Psalm 96:11 5:30 pm Family Worship Service: Christmas carols will be sung and the Christmas story will be told as we worship the Christ child together. 11:00 pm Candlelight Communion: Scripture lessons, carols, and music will fill our worship in a celebration of the birth of Christ. We […]
Sunday, December 20 Fellowship begins at 4:00 pm, Program begins around 4:30 pm The community wide Kwanzaa celebration has been part of Holland’s history for 15 years. Since 2010 the African American community and their allies have gathered at the end of the year to honor ancestors, bless children and unearth the good gifts of their […]
Rejoice “Rejoice in the Lord always” Philippians 4:4 8:30 am Early Worship 9:40 am There will be no Adult Education or Church School 11:00 am Worship, Jill Russell, preaching 12:15 pm Pizza Sunday 12:45 pm Jubilate Choir Rehearsal 1:00 pm Congregational Caroling Share the spirit of celebration and joy with those who find it difficult to join us. Poinsettias, gift bags, and […]
On Monday, Dec. 14, at 11:30pm, Hope Church is hosting the first in what may become either a regular event, or the most bizarre irregularity that Holland has seen in some time. Inspired by stories from Rhonda’s organist colleagues who have successfully used non-traditional concert atmospheres to interest non-traditional organ recital audiences (ie, young people) […]
“Ways to help Children Face and Overcome Fears” with Candace A. Vander Weide Monday, January 25, 2016 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm at Hope Church Learn effective strategies to help children face and overcome fears resulting from death, divorce, trauma, bullying and other events. This hands-on workshop is relevant for anyone who works with children: parents, children’s […]
Sunday, December 13 at 9:40 AM in Commons I Advent Arts: Together the youth and adults of Hope will explore the arts as part of our Advent preparation. Art work portraying the stories surrounding the birth, childhood and ministry of Jesus will be viewed and explored as the visual arts draw us deeper into the […]
Hope Church Organist, Rhonda Edgington, will again play an Advent organ recital on December 13 at 4:15 pm, this year with music of the 20th and 21st centuries from France and America. There will be music by Dupre – his Variations on a Noel, based on a famous Noel that you will recognize. This piece […]