Please email office@hopechurchrca.org with details of graduation from high school, college, or graduate school. If you know your future plans, please include those. We will recognize our graduates at a later date in a Sunday worship bulletin.

I’d like your help with a sabbatical reading list. Actually, that’s misleading, because I have already pretty much filled my sabbatical reading list for next Fall. But I was thinking it could be interesting and fun to gather together a sabbatical reading list from all of you, FOR all of you. That is, I’d like […]

Sundays at 9:40 am in Commons I Christianity: the First Three Thousand Years, Part I Last spring we focused on the history of the Reformed Church of America and the history of Hope Church. This spring we will go back further in time to learn about the early history of Christianity. We will watch and […]

Hope Church News May 2013 Download it here In this issue: Think Hope: Random Acts of Entertainment Ministry Highlight: The Outreach and Hospitality Ministry Jean Cook’s Witness to Reconciliation Caring for Creation News Pastor Gordon’s Recommended Reading List and much more! Current newsletters will be available on the Happening page. All past newsletters (starting in […]

Daily Bible Readings from the Revised Common Lectionary April 29-May 5 Monday        Acts 16:9-15 Tuesday       Psalm 67 Wednesday   Revelation 21:10, 22-27 Thursday      Revelation 22:1-5 Friday           John 14:23-29 Saturday       John 5:1-9 Sunday         Sixth Sunday of Easter Download At Home with the Word: Daily Bible Readings from the Revised Common […]

The Kids Hope 2012-2013 program year is winding down. Our mentors will meet with their students one last time the week of April 29. It has been a good and challenging year. Most of our mentors will be back next year with the same student, although we do have some graduates from 5th grade. Our […]

There are many people who give their time and talent to Hope Church in various ways. Individuals of all ages volunteer in the Nursery, Church School, Children in Worship, Adult Education, Fish Club, High Hopes, Kids Hope USA, WTS Community Kitchen, Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity, 10th Street House, church office assistance, newsletter assembly, Consistory/ministries work, […]

Hope Church has joined the mission of Bread for the World as its 545th U.S. Covenant Church member. Bread for the World is a collective Christian voice urging our nation’s leaders to end hunger at home and abroad, through legislation and policy. A number of Hope Church members are individual members of Bread for the […]

Caring for Creation sponsored a visit to three Ottawa County Parks on Sunday, April 7th: – Macatawa Green Space (the old Country Club) – Adam’s Landing (with it’s connection to the Macatawa Greenway Ridgepoint trails) – Hawthorn Pond Natural Area We enjoyed walking the trails, listening to the birds and frogs, viewing the river and […]

Our program year is nearing its conclusion. Students at Vanderbilt Charter Academy began their Spring Break on March 29 and will not be returning to school until April 8. Since our last day of mentoring is May 3, that means Hope Church mentors will be meeting with their students no more than four more times […]