Please pray for our returning mentors, prayer partners, and Kids Hope Vanderbilt students as they resume their work together during the first week of October. It takes a little longer to begin working with students who are new to the program, but we hope to have all of our mentors working with students by the […]
Greetings everyone, My name is Glorie Orozco. I am very excited to be part of Hope Church! My husband and I have three children: Francisco, Omar, and Gaby. I enjoy summer days at the beach and winter nights watching movies with my family! I have worked in manufacturing for most of my adult life. I […]
Meal and Evening Prayer 7:00-9:00pm Thursdays Hope Church & Grace Episcopal In partnership with Grace Episcopal Church, we are continuing our Thursday evening meal and prayer for college age and 20s/30s adults, and we will be alternating between Grace Episcopal and Hope Church as venues. We are planning to meet tonight (September 25) at Grace […]
Catch up on the latest Hope Church News! In this issue: Meet new staff members Beth Jarvis and Glorie Orozco New Hymnals 20/30 Ministry Update Children in Vietnam with HIV/AIDS: Why I Run And Finally – September 21 Congregational Meeting
Dear Friends On October 19, my daughter Elyse and I will run a ½ marathon in Grand Rapids. (What am I thinking? 13.1 miles? I’m 61 years old!). Then on November 15, my daughter Jenny and I will run a ½ marathon in Tampa. (I must be really out of my mind!) But, we are […]
This Thursday, September 18, there will be a shared meal and time of fellowship and prayer at Hope Church from 7:00-9:00 PM for college students and younger adults. This will be in partnership with Grace Episcopal Church. We welcome all to attend!
If you are thinking about joining our Kids Hope team this year, now is the time to let us know. We will be meeting with the teachers at Vanderbilt Charter Academy next Tuesday, September 23 and we need to let them know how many mentors will be available for their students. Each year we have more referrals […]
Would you like to help envision an alternative worship series during the Advent season? Early Worship, which meets Sunday mornings at 8:30am during the program year, has long served Hope Church’s pioneering mission by providing a place for alternatives to the traditional worship forms of the 11am service and has developed a ministry to those […]
One of the community programs supported by Hope Church is CASA (Children’s After School Achievement), which is an outreach program run by Hope College. CASA was started in 1987 at First United Methodist Church by community members who wanted to help minority children with academic support at the elementary level. In 1989, the program became […]
The physical life of humankind began with the breath of God. Since the moment that God breathed into the nostrils of Adam, and he became a living being (Genesis 2:7), all living humans have required air to sustain life. Everyone knows that, but most of us take it for granted. Sufferers of asthma do not […]