A new edition of the Living Hope Construction Update is available now, and there are several ways you can read it: online, on your computer, from a copy you print, or from a copy you pick up at the Welcome Center. As part of their communications during the project, Elzinga & Volkers, our construction management partners, […]
Thanks to our partners at Third Reformed Church, we will be participating in a new Kids Hope event this December which we will hope will be helpful in building a trusting, working relationship between our mentors and their Kids Hope students. At the end-of-the-year evaluation conducted by Third Church Kids Hope volunteers last year, some […]
Catch up on the latest Hope Church News! In this issue: Advent 2016 Hope Church Welcomes New Members Trip to Haiti Christmas Caroling – Sunday, December 18 The New Fast Food: A Program of Eighth Day Farm
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Your Body: Fantabulous “….awesomely and wonderfully made….” A patron at a meat counter stared at some beef livers, said sourly, “I can’t stand to think that I’ve something like those just laying around inside my gut!” I should have said to him. “It’s not laying around, it’s quivering! All day! Every day! Lifelong!” Not so […]
The following list reflects the households assigned to greet for the next three months (Please note: the schedule for the entire year is also now posted on a “Greeter Schedule” poster on the music room windows): December 04 Mary VanAndel & Ben Sikkink 11 Tony & Melissa VanderArk 18 Charlie & Laura VanderBroek 24 5:30 […]
The Building and Grounds Ministry is responsible for the care and maintenance of the physical facilities of Hope Church. It oversees repair and replacement of systems and equipment, the purchase of expendable supplies, and the payment for utilities and services. This ministry keeps the physical plant functioning smoothly so that all the other ministries can […]
“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, and rudeness.” Rudeness? What on earth might I mean by that? You might be wondering if I was actually paying attention in seminary. I mean, I certainly was never mistaken for a Greek scholar in school, but even the most language inept seminary student can generally […]
Creation has been in the news frequently over the past several weeks as major progress has occurred on the Paris Agreement. The main aim of the Paris Agreement is to keep a global average temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius and to drive efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to […]
An electronic version of the daily Bible readings for the coming year (Advent 2016-Advent 2017) can be found by clicking here. Printed copies will be available at the Advent table in the gathering area.