September has been a full and wonderful kick off to our new program year. The coming together for two services of worship again, the return of the education hour, the reconvening of youth group gatherings, Children in Worship, Women’s Circles, small groups. Lots of life and energy! We also had a beautiful time of celebration […]
We are a team of people of faith who are working together to help create a healthier community at Hope Church. Our mission is to promote the physical, mental, social and spiritual aspects of living to reach wholeness in health. We collaborate with a shared vision to provide ways to enhance and grow the health […]
This year, in Christian Education classes and through our annual fund campaign, we will use the metaphor of “living stones” to help us remember that, while our building may evolve in exciting new ways, in the greater scheme of things, it is the lives of all of us which create this wonderful “spiritual house” that […]
Do you feel the spark of electricity in the air? No, it is not the changing seasons I’m referencing. Rather, it is the work of Hope Church congregant, Peter Boogaart in his new role as the City of Holland’s first-ever residential energy adviser for the Home Energy Retrofit Program which launches October 1. The program […]
Please pray for our returning mentors, prayer partners and Kids Hope Vanderbilt students as they resume their work together during the week of October 3. We are very grateful for each of them for without their commitment there would be no Hope Church Kids Hope. It takes a little longer to begin working with students […]
Please pray for our returning mentors, prayer partners and Kids Hope Vanderbilt students as they resume their work together during the week of October 3. We are very grateful for each of them for without their commitment there would be no Hope Church Kids Hope. It takes a little longer to begin working with students […]
I am very excited to be back at Hope Church this year! I am eager to begin diving a little deeper into areas that have caught my interest and tug at my heart. You will continue to see my husband, CJ, and I around church on Sunday mornings, and hopefully you will see me up […]
Welcome to our new WTS Intern, Qiaoqiao Chen. Qiaoqiao is beginning her studies at WTS and would typically have her internship last for 2 years. Below is a note of introduction from Qiaoqiao; please be sure to welcome Qiaoqiao as she serves and learns among us! My name is Qiaoqiao Chen. I’m the new seminary […]
Wiping away the tears watching my youngest marching into school this morning for his first day of Kindergarten, I was caught up in reverie about how fast time goes but also about the incredible privilege of education. I was envisioning all that is before my boy as he begins this adventure of school. So much […]
The Reconciliation Ministry of Hope Church takes its focus from the scriptural statements that God intends the church to share in God’s ministry of reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18) in which we seek to follow Christ’s example of tearing down the dividing wall of hostility (Eph. 2:14) separating us from others. One major way in which […]