At 11 a.m. worship on Sunday, May 4, Tom Arendshorst provided inspiration and information for an Offering of Letters to our congresspeople in support of policies and funding that feed people. For anyone who was not able to be present in person in the Gathering Area, here are the information and the letters so that […]
The forty-sixth Holland/Zeeland CROP walk will be held at Centennial Park on Sunday, May 18, 2025, between 1 and 3 p.m. We encourage you to participate in this annual effort to raise awareness of and alleviate hunger in our community and around the world. Church World Service has sponsored these walks nationally for 55 years, […]
On Sunday, July 7, Hope Church welcomed a delegation from the Al Amana Centre in Oman to morning worship and fellowship time. Justin Meyers (supported partly by one of our RCA mission shares) and long-time colleague and friend Mohammed Ali Al Shuaili operate the center, which focuses on bringing people of various faiths together to […]
From the Justice and Reconciliation Ministry of Hope Church Black History Month ~ February 2023 – explore these resources for learning, celebration and action: National and State sites: https://blackhistorymonth.gov/ https://www.michigan.org/blackhistory PBS programming: https://tinyurl.com/PBSBlackHistoryMonth https://tinyurl.com/PBSBlockParty Reformed Church in America Anti-Racism resources: https://www.rca.org/about/dismantling-racism/
Hope Church is an open community, blessed and strengthened by the rich diversity of background, race, ability, gender, sexual orientation, culture, gifts and interests present among and around us. As a congregation guided by Micah 6:8 to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God, we are committed to Room for All, Racial Justice, […]
We were happy to meet you at the Juneteenth Festival! We’re grateful to I AM Academy for their work in organizing this event for our community. We hope to engage many members of our community as we seek to become anti-racist as a congregation. If you provided your email address at the festival, we’ll be […]
Josh Vis and Sally Vis are RCA mission partners supported by Hope Church, and their current film project was supported through the recent Community Partner grants from Hope Church. This recent update shares both encouraging progress on the film project and connects to insights and resources on issues of justice in Palestine/Israel. Dear friends/partners: We […]
Laurie Baron and I have been facilitating a writing group at Harbor House for the last couple years (even for a time over Zoom during the pandemic!), and we’d like to introduce a new voice to Poetry Corner – one of the women we’ve been writing with during June – Cyd Slone. Cyd has a […]
The Creation Care Ministry is highlighting these opportunities: Our own David Chase is participating in a demonstration of the ability of amateur radio operators to provide emergency communications when all other systems fail. Dave will be demonstrating a solar powered system. You can find David at the northeastern end of Zeeland’s Huizenga Park from 2:00 […]
Rode and her husband Endrias are from the Ethiopian Lutheran Church, and joined us at Hope Church in 2016 while Rode attended Western Seminary. Since that time, Hope Church has continued to provide support through our Community Partners Budget as Rode has continued her studies; they seek to return to Ethiopia to provide holistic support […]