If you can spare one hour per week to mentor one child during the school day, we need you! If you are willing to pray weekly for one mentor and one student, we need you! Mentors and Prayer Partners are needed to complete the Hope Church Kids Hope Team. For more information, please contact Anne […]
The wind itself had a presence. Made its presence felt by keeping everyone cool, splashing the music across the green of Window on the Waterfront, flapping rainbow colors joyously, causing trees to clap their hands, distributing booth papers indiscriminately, ruffling everyone’s hair, and causing early booth dismantling. The wind of the Spirit was surely present. […]
Catch up on the latest Hope Church News! In this issue: Reflections on the 2015 Holland Area PRIDE Festival Moving Forward with Living Hope Facilities Renovation Introduction to New Parish Nurse Hope Church Photo Directory: September 21-26 September, October & November Greeters
Classis exams for ministerial candidates in the RCA can produce some anxiety. I am preparing for mine now. But rather than feeling dominated by anxiety, I’m rather stimulated by many thoughtful and beautiful questions that the examiners pose to us ahead of time to get us thinking. Take this one, for example: “Share with us […]
With the hindsight and the insight of two years as a prayer partner with Barbara Schmitt and Isaih, a fifth-grader next year, I have discovered that “Prayers and Partnership” to be the better wording arrangement for understanding my role. We who serve Kids Hope USA do so “for the love of children.” Thus at the heart […]
About this time last year, Janelle Lopez-Koolhaas joined the WSN team as a Neighborhood Connector. She had in mind the summer, and then “we’ll see.” The “we’ll see” turned out to be a year, and a fruitful one. Janelle’s social and organizational skills, her creativity, her vision, her innate understanding of community development, and her […]
Sincere appreciation to all who helped make the May 16th Think Hope a reality, including those who donated auction items, prepared food, and planned and set up; those who served, provided table decor, performed, and cleaned up; and those who ate, chatted, sang along, laughed, purchased auction items, and will still deliver food or services.
If they were informed of your presence there: Yes! If they did not know about your hospitalization: sadly, no. Have you ever wondered how the pastors and congregational care ministry members learn about people’s needs for care? The very simple answer is they know what people tell them. So here is a request from your […]
New Parish Nurse Hours: Please take note that the new Parish Nurse Office Hours are Thursdays, from 2:00-4:00 PM starting in June, in the Hope Church Library. We attempt to create a congregational atmosphere which understands and values the deep connection between our faith and our health.Even though we are a subcommittee in Congregational Care, we […]
Catch up on the latest Hope Church News! In this issue: “Hope and Grace” Softball Team Season Begins Did the Pastors Visit You When You Were in the Hospital? Living Hope Capital Campaign New Parish Nurse Hours Go and Glow Returns This Summer