Hope & Grace: College and 20/30s November Schedule

All 20/30s are welcome and invited to Thursday Nights for a 7:00 PM meal at Hope Church or Grace Episcopal Church (location alternates weekly), and 8:00 PM Eucharist/Prayer at Graves Hall 203, Hope College. Please click here or see below for our November meeting schedule.  November 5: 7 PM Dinner at Grace Episcopal, 8 PM Eucharist/Prayer at Graves November 12: 7 PM Dinner at Hope Church, 8 PM Eucharist/Prayer at Graves November 19: 7 […]

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Snowbirds: Call the church office!

Please call the church office at 392-7947 to let us know when you’ll be leaving for the winter and what your temporary address will be so that you can continue receiving the Hope Church News and other church mailings.

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Hope & Grace: College and 20/30s Ministry Text Reminders

To receive text reminders about our Thursday Night events or other 20/30s events, simply text @thursnites to 81010. Or to receive the messages via email instead of text, you can send an email to thursnites@mail.remind.com. You can opt in or out of the group at any time by replying “unsubscribe @thursnites.”

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Adult Education: November

Sundays, 9:40–10:40 a.m. in Commons I November 1–15: Avodah – Exploring the Christian View What is our calling from God and how do we discern it? In what ways do all kinds of work—paid, unpaid, pre-retirement, post-retirement—provide us with the opportunity to serve the world? Led by Dr. Tracy Brower, Global VP of Workplace Vitality […]

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October 25: Project Clarity Update

September 12, led by naturalists from Outdoor Discovery Center, a group of intrepid kayakers, including Hope Church members, ventured out onto the heralding waters of the Macatawa River. Fortunately everyone made it home safe other than some sore arms and wet clothes. We all saw first hand how murky the river was (1 foot of […]

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Empathy: Listening that Heals – October 19

Would you like to further hone your listening skills and learn about empathy as a kind of listening? The Congregational Care Ministry Team invites all those who are interested to join us as Reverend Dynna Castillo Portugal provides training in Empathy: Listening that Heals on October 19 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote, “Just as […]

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Cleaning Up the Church Gardens

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 3 to November 14. Please bring your own clippers, rakes, etc. If […]

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Stewardship Update

Again this year, the Stewardship and Finance Committee has elected to use the image of the threelegged stool as a symbol of the financial resources on which Hope Church’s ministries depend. As the symbol suggests, we rely on three revenue streams to do all that we have been called to undertake: 1) the Annual Budget […]

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Update from Paige Convis

To my Hope Church family, grace and peace to you! Greetings from Schenectady, New York! I thought now that I am semisettled I would write to you an update of where I have landed for now. I am serving at First Reformed Church of Schenectady as their Pastoral Resident. This is a very exciting position, […]

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