We are looking to collect several pieces of original poetry on the theme of thanksgiving or gratitude to share during our annual Thanksgiving Eve worship service. If you are willing to submit a piece for inclusion in the service please send it to the church office by Monday, November 18th, office@hopechurchrca.org.
When the young adults (post-high school through twenty-somethings) gathered for the Road Less Traveled on October 1st, Andrew Spidahl shared some of his life during our worship time. Talking about his bike trip from Asia to Europe before seminary, he blew us away with the stories of hospitality he experienced along the way. Just a […]
Paige Convis, in her intentional focus on the people of Hope Church this semester, is offering an opportunity she is calling “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.” She is hoping to get to know people better by having a meal together. Sign up in the Gathering Area to host Paige at your house for dinner sometime […]
DONATE NOW What? Responding to Community Action House’s (CAH) request that we help supply turkeys for the more than a thousand families and persons approved to receive Thanksgiving boxes. Why? Because Hope Church has done wonderfully well in the past several years providing 10-12 lb. turkeys and basic food items to struggling families in our […]
Maxine DeBruyn, Health Ministry The Go & Glow initiative proved to be a successful summer project. The project was designed to motivate individual members to set a personal fitness goal for the summer. All members of the congregation were invited to sign a card listing their personal fitness goal that was then turned in to […]
The Stewardship & Finance (S&F) Ministry of Hope Church supports the congregation and the Consistory by providing oversight and guidance of the annual financial operations of the church. Many people may think that the S&F Ministry ‘keeps the books’ for the church, but there is actually a church Financial Administrator (and other staff) who pays […]
Download Now In this issue: Thanksgiving Offering and Worship Service Stewardship & Finance Ministry Highlight News from RCA Missionaries, Rowland and Jane VanEs We Have Faith photo exhibit at Hope Church and much more! Current newsletters are available on the Happening page. Past newsletters (starting in 2013) can be found on the Archives page.
Sunday, Nov. 3 Meet at Church at 6:30 pm You can plan to be picked up at church at 8:00 pm Please bring $5 to help cover costs.
It feels like we are off to a great start this year. All returning mentors have been warmly greeted by their Kids Hope students. We had a wonderful response to our request for mentors and are so delighted to welcome new mentors: Paige Convis, Peggy DeHaan, Danielle Floerchinger-Herrington, Lynn Japinga, Terry Pott, Anna Ritsema (a […]
Dear Friends and Supporters, We know that many of you have been praying for us and for Kenya as the news of the Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi was making the headlines in U.S. papers and on various television stations. This has been a long week for us and knowing that so many of you […]