The Fall Newsletter from Room for All is now available online. It’s a wonderful report on the recent Room for All national gathering in Grand Rapids. And it announces the generous support of the David & Carol Myers foundation which is offering matching grants for all donations to Room for All! Just go to www.roomforall.org […]
The Neighborhood Connection partnership that’s begun with First United Methodist, Hope Church, St. Francis de Sales, Third Reformed Church, and Bank of Holland is getting traction. With leadership from Good Samaritan Ministries, we’re ready to identify candidates for the “Community Connector” position, an AmeriCorps volunteer (who receives a stipend and other benefits) who will facilitate […]
Good Samaritan Ministries is looking for someone to do a day of painting, touching up cabinets and doors at one of their transitional housing homes. They estimate that the work will take eight to ten hours, and will pay for the work. They’re hoping to get the work done as soon as possible so a […]
Hope Church, RCA, Holland, Michigan, seeks a part-time organist. This person will be a highly skilled professional who is an experienced church musician, conversant with musical literature for the organ, and well acquainted with and supportive of the Reformed Church forms of worship. Duties and responsibilities will include: 1. Leading the worship service as organist […]
An article in yesterday’s New York Times highlighted the hearing loop assistance system like the one that Hope Church installed early, with leadership from member David Myers. David explains more of his thinking in a recent publication for the Association for Psychological Science, and in an interview for NPR’s “All Things Considered” that awaits broadcast, […]
Many of you will recall Dr. Graham Peaslee’s presentation at Hope Church about the history and challenges facing the Macatawa Watershed. He referenced the Macatawa Area Coordinating Council (MAAC) as being one of the local agencies working to improve the watershed. The MAAC is looking for some help with their watershed program. Read on, if […]
On Thursday, October 27, Women’s Service Day is hosting an evening of shopping, socializing, and support for Nuestra Casa; all proceeds go to the renovation fund for Nuestra Casa, which will be a gathering place for the Westcore Neighborhood on the south side of central Holland. The event, held at the Holland Area Arts Council, […]
On Thursday, October 13, at 12 noon, Margaret Regan, author of the book, The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona Borderlands will speak at the Herrick Library. The book is a compelling chronicle of the flow of migrants from northern Mexico into the Tucson area of Arizona. Regan, who is also a Tucson […]
You can buy pigs-in-the-blanket made from a Dutch family recipe and support the Nuestra Casa neighborhood center being planned and renovated on 15th Street. The neighborhood center is a joint project between Good Samaritan Ministries (through Westcore Neighbors, part of the Neighborhood Connections program, which Hope Church is joining for our own neighborhood), New Community Fourth Reformed […]
The Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance is urgently seeking out participants for the upcoming Institute for Healing Racism. LEDA has pushed back the start date and the session will now run from October 4 through November 29 (no class the week of Thanksgiving) from 3:00-5:00pm at the GVSU Meijer campus. This is an excellent program and […]