How Can We Help Haiti?  Hope House is an orphanage run by the Haiti Foundation Against Poverty. A trip is being planned for October 14-21, 2014 in which we will stay at and help Hope House, as well as other programs run by HFAP. If you are interested, please contact Ben Sikkink at bsikkink [at] […]

Christian Perspectives on Immigration Led by Paul Smith in Commons II Immigration has been a matter of considerable debate throughout American history. In today’s world, global, economic, and political forces have made the movement of people outside their country of origin a world-wide issue. This class will examine the reasons why people leave their homes […]

Summer is coming! One of the great opportunities of this summer will be to attend the Hope Church weekend at Cran Hill Ranch. There are still spots available! The weekend is always a wonderful inter-generational event, with something for everyone to enjoy: horseback riding, tubing down the Muskegon River, target shooting, strolling through the grounds, […]

Wednesday, April 16, at 1:00 PM will find the Readers enjoying poetry for a change. Mary Oliver’s, New and Selected Poems,  Volume One, will be presented by Audrianne Hill. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear a different viewpoint by a contemporary poet.

Palm Sunday, April 13* 8:30 a.m. Early Worship 11:00 a.m. Palm Sunday Celebration Maundy Thursday, April 17* 6:00 p.m. Family Seder Dinner 7:45 p.m. Tenebrae Service (Service of Shadows) Good Friday, April 18 12:10 p.m.  Community Good Friday Service, The Seven Last Words of Christ Saturday, April 19* 8:00 p.m. Easter Vigil Easter Sunday, April […]

Lois Maassen, Community Ministry Chair Please mark your calendar for the evening of May 17 to attend Think Hope. Our theme this year is “Coming Home,” and the event will benefit Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity, which builds homes in partnership with low-income families. Entertainment for the evening is folk music (including some sing-along!), especially in […]

Fasten your seat belts. Brim Bunch will be traveling on April 24th at 6:00 pm. Our tour guides, Lou and Cory Pepoy, will be taking us to Hungary. There will be a little historical background and then we will go on to Budapest. Other cities will also be visited. It is a pot luck dinner, […]

Caring for Creation will be joining with CompRenew, Holland BPW and Consumer’s Energy for an Electronic Waste Recycling Event on Saturday, May 17 from 8:00 a.m. – noon at the BPW facility on Hastings Avenue. Most any type of small electrical or battery powered item is acceptable, including computers, monitors, printers, speakers, (and cords for […]

As a special Easter collection, Hope Church will be gathering gently used paperback books to send to the Innocent’s Project to help fill the shelves of a community library at the Nyakigado Government School in Rwanda. Working as Peace Corp Volunteers, Beth and John Braaksma have seen the need for the young children to have […]