Games. Snacks. Laughing. Exploring. Goofiness. Sound like fun? Then you don’t want to miss out on our first Fish Club gathering of the year! Meet up in the Hope Church youth room on Sunday, September 21 from 5:00-6:30pm!

Flu Shot Clinic: Hope Church Commons, Tuesday, September 30, from 5-7 p.m.  This will be sponsored by Holland Hospital.  Please bring your Medicare or Medicaid card. Costs: $27 for flu shot; $65 for pneumonia shot.

If you’d like to be a part of planning an experimental worship series for advent, please attend the Alternative Worship meeting this Wednesday night at 7pm. Meet in the Gathering Area. If you cannot make the meeting but would like to give input, please contact Andrew Spidahl at aspidahl@hopechurchrca.org.

At the Consistory Meeting of August 11, 2014 the following Motions were passed: To  accept  changes  to  the  Non Ordained Staff Employment Policy Guidelines to clarify that full time employment is defined as 40 hours per week and  to provide for a 2 week pro-rated vacation benefit for part-time staff.  (For example: a staff member […]

This fall plans are under way for a lectionary-based Bible study, for Rowland and Jane VanEs to speak about their experiences as missionaries in Kenya, and for and Dr. John C. Knapp to talk about his first year as Hope College president.  In addition Hope Church’s Community Ministry, Outreach and Hospitality Ministry, and Health Ministry […]

The Community Ministry also provides the Hope Church home for the Caring for Creation Task Force, which provides means to learn about to the human community.” Our focus is to encourage Christian action and mission: to unleash the gifts that Hope Church can give to others and relationships that can be formed outside of Hope […]

To build successful relationships with at-risk children, the Hope Church Kids Hope Team needs all of the following: one child, one mentor, one prayer partner, one hour, one church, one school.   We have the children, the school and the support of the Hope Church congregation.  We need mentors, substitute mentors and prayer partners. Will you […]

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, Substitute Mentors, and Prayer Partners are needed to complete the Hope Church Kids Hope 2014-2015 Team. Our Kids Hope […]

The following list reflects the households assigned to greet for the next three months:   September Greeters: 07  Greg & Kim Doxstader 14  Bert & Anne Duinkerken 21  Jim Dumerauf & Deidre Johnston 28  Paul & Janet Elzinga October Greeters: 05  Todd & Ellen Engle 12  Sally Farabee & Lois Gaiowski 19  Francis & Janice […]

Catch up on the latest Hope Church News! In this issue: Special Congregational Meeting: September 21 Fall 2014 Program Offerings Kid’s Hope: Building Relationships with Children in Need Youth Ministry: Introducing Beth Jarvis Alternative Worship Advent Experiment