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/
Holland PRIDE 2023: Celebrating 20 Years We’re so happy to have met you! Hope Church is a rostered member of Room for All, which has as its mission “To support, educate, and advocate for the welcome and full affirmation of people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions in the RCA and surrounding […]
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 […]
We of Hope Church are a Bread for the World covenant church. Bread for the World is a collective Christian voice, moved by God’s grace in Jesus Christ, urging our nation’s decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad. Our faithful advocacy makes a difference. In support of Bread for the World we can pray for families struggling […]
Our Creation Care Ministry is hosting a Hike! Location: Saugatuck Dunes State Park Date: Saturday June 19th Time: 10:00 am Meet: Felt Mansion parking lot Bring: Water, lunch and bug/tick spray Contact Person: Jean denHerder 616-566-4004
By Bruce Ten Haken, Creation Care Ministry member I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Kristen Hintz, the Coordinator of Interpretive & Information Services at Hemlock Crossing, part of the Ottawa County Parks system. Kristen’s title is another way of saying she makes visits to Ottawa County Parks educational and fun! Kristen graduated from the […]