Sunday, February 23rd, 2025
7th Sunday after Epiphany
9:40 a.m. – Adult Education – Commons
Adult Education opportunities are intended for spiritual formation through biblical study and critical examination of cultural, social, and moral issues from a Christian perspective. Join us in the Commons at 9:40 a.m. on Sundays for these opportunities: Recordings of past adult ed sessions can be found here: Hope Church YouTube Channel
New Netherland and Beyond: The Dutch Reformed Church and American Slavery in 1609 – 1870. The Dutch Reformed Church arrived in America in 1608 when the Dutch West India Company brought slave labor to its colony, New Netherland. These two sessions, presented by Linda Walvoord de Velder and Ron Mulder, will consider the relationship between the church and slavery, including how, when, and why slavery came to be questioned during different periods of time.
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- February 23: 1790 to 1870: New War and Beyond. This session includes East and Midwest attitudes found within the RCA’s culture and teachings, toward the 1850s as abolitionists gain power in a battle for the Bible, and for the Constitution, in conflict leading to war. By 1870, a shadow has fallen of a dark period, loosely called Jim Crow. RCA churches exist only in free states, thus, unlike the huge groups of Methodists, Baptists or Presbyterians, the RCA does not break apart into a north and south factions i.e. a house divided. (View Livestream)
9:40 a.m. – Child Care (Children up to 5th Grade) – Nursery
11 a.m. Worship in the Sanctuary
Pastor Gordon Wiersma will be preaching (View Livestream) (Download Liturgy)
11:15 a.m. Children in Worship
Children age 3 through grade 5 are dismissed from the service.
Check out our YouTube Page where the Sunday service will be live-streamed each week at 11 a.m. (10 a.m. Memorial Day to Labor Day). Adult Education will also be live-streamed there during the program year at 9:40 a.m.
Listen to the Hope Church worship service WHTC radio broadcast at 11 a.m. In the summer, when worship is at 10 a.m., WHTC plays the recorded service at 11 a.m.