The current design scope and direction for the Living Hope renovations were presented at a congregational gathering on March 29. They are summarized–with pictures–on the project website, at LivingHopeRCA.wordpress.com and linked to from the Happenings page of HopeChurchRCA.org. If you don’t have online access, contact the church office for a paper copy. Pledges received from […]
Administrative Assistant: Amy Sall The Personnel Committee is pleased to announce that Amy Sall has been hired to serve Hope Church as administrative assistant. Amy will begin Monday, May 4. Amy has lived in Zeeland for the last 25 years where she and her husband Todd have raised their 3 children, Katharine (Adam), Nicholas and […]
The Ottawa County Food Policy Council (OCFPC) is collecting community feedback to help develop its strategic plan by identifying needs in Ottawa County. Residents may participate by taking an online survey at www.OttawaFood.org between April 22 and May 15, 2015. Survey participants may enter to win a $50 Meijer gift card (one entry per person) […]
Catch up on the latest Hope Church News! In this issue: Think Hope: May 16 Auction Supports Camp Sunshine Hope Church Welcomes New Members Staffing Updates Resurrection Work: A Conversation about Lenten Art Greeter Schedule: June, July, August
The Reconciliation Ministry is a relatively new ministry of Hope Church taking 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. […]
Many of you are already familiar with the wonderful work of Eighth Day Farm, a local urban farm whose mission is to Love the earth, love our neighbors and love our food! The core of the farm is a seasonal vegetable CSA program that provides weekly shares and half-shares for individuals and families from early […]
Were we all made to laugh? Did anyone have to teach a child to laugh? Do we need humor, comedy, ironic laughter, funny stuff and friends? Growing up I remember lying belly-flat on the floor, little radar dish ears aimed at radio speakers, listening to Fibber McGee and Molly and their friends who each Tuesday […]
When the kids from the Haiti Foundation Against Poverty’s Hope House orphanage came out for their afternoon playtime on Saturday, March 7, one little boy came up to me and repeated the same phrase several times while pointing across the yard. Fortunately Mallery Neptune was next to me so I asked her for a translation […]
Here’s something that a number of you have participated in, that many of you probably aren’t aware of, and that I’d like to invite everyone to think about a bit: POLARITIES. ‘Polarities’ refers to the idea of two qualities that may seem in contrast or tension with each other being brought together as necessary parts […]
If you are anything like me, you’ve already walked around your yard or block—still brown and defeated-looking from months of snow—and tried to imagine what it will be in just a few weeks time. I have walked through our neighborhood and tried to imagine the Tulips on Washington Blvd, the tree branches once again bursting […]