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Sundays, 9:40-10:40 am on Zoom: tinyurl.com/hopeadulteducation February 21 – What’s the Big Deal about Israel/Palestine? John Kleinheksel, retired RCA/ PCUSA pastor, educator, and musician, will provide an introduction to the realities on the ground there, past and present. February 28 – Aren’t We Supposed To Support Israel? Pastor Kleinheksel will show how fundamentalist Christian support […]
March 24 at 6:30 p.m. Sign up (tinyurl.com/hopesedersignup) by March 14 to join this tradition via Zoom. The Jewish tradition of Seder has long been a household and family tradition. While we will miss the opportunity to gather together for Seder as we have traditionally done during Holy Week, this innovation will bring us closer […]
February 17, 6 to 7 p.m. You can stop by the Hope Church parking lot to receive the imposition of ashes. While we typically include this symbolic ritual as part of a service of worship, the pastors have participated in recent years in Ashes on the Go on the streets of Holland. On the Ashes […]
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, world-class climate scientist and evangelical Christian will be presenting on January 22nd as part of the virtual Calvin University January Series. Locally, the Holland Climate Collaborative has scheduled two separate virtual follow-up panel discussions. Details and signup links for all three events can be found at hollandclimatecollaborative.com
A Hope Church Congregational Meeting will happen via Zoom on Sunday, January 24, at 12:30 p.m. To join, go to tinyurl.com/janhopemeeting
Sundays, 9:40-10:40 am January 10 & 17: The ICor13 Project led by Rev. Dr. Denise Kingdom Grier, Pastor of Maple Avenue Ministries The ICor13 Project, recently developed by Pastor Kingdom Grier, is described as “a collaborative resource to center the health, healing, and wholeness of Black people in particular. It intends to counteract the debilitating […]
Reclaiming Connection: A 40-Day Journey to Deeper Connection with Yourself, Others, and the Divine. Pastor Jill will be leading a weekly small group over Zoom that will get organized in mid-January on a day and time to be determined by those who register interest in the group. Pastor Jill shares this description of the group’s […]
Plans for Christmas Eve Worship: 6:30 pm worship service broadcast from the sanctuary via Facebook live, with Carols, Scripture, Story and Special Music. Link to Facebook Link to Liturgy Christmas Eve Outdoor Candlelight Observance: 11:45 pm gathering in person and broadcasted via Facebook live Link to Facebook Hope Church 11:45pm Christmas Eve Outdoor Candlelight Observance Thursday, […]
Do you have pictures or videos from past Hope Church Christmas Pageants? Please send them to marevalo@hopechurchrca.org by December 13! We are so grateful to Dan Joldersma, who will be putting together a montage of these pictures and videos for us to show at the 6:30 PM Christmas Eve service.
On December 13 at our 6 PM Advent Candlelight Gathering on Zoom, we will have a Christmas Cookie Show-and-Tell, where we can show each other Christmas cookies we’ve baked that we will then collect to share with Community Kitchen! Cookies can be brought to the Hope Church vestibule on December 14 & 15, between 9 AM – […]