The Consistory comprises nine elders <\/strong>and nine deacons<\/strong>, along with our two pastors. Elders have specific responsibility for the care of the church membership and guidance of our worship services. Deacons give particular attention to financial and property issues, as well as support for services to our community and missions that reach across the world.<\/p>\n As of June 1, 2026, our elders are Sharon Arendshorst, Norman Bert, David Blauw, Brian Carder, Becky Derrick, Bill Ehmann, Curtis Gruenler, Giny Hoekman and Rayetta Perez; our deacons are Nancee Branderhorst, RoseAnn Engbers, Steve Johnson, Bob Jordan, Duane Kooyers, Tatjcha Lambers, Cecily Lozada-Velasco, Jim McKnight, and Joyce Mott.<\/p>\n The Executive Committee <\/strong>of the Consistory helps to determine the issues that need attention from Consistory as they do their work together. The Personnel Committee <\/strong><\/a>is responsible to the consistory for all decisions related to staffing issues. It acts as a liaison between the congregation and ordained and non-ordained staff members.<\/p>\n The Consistory connects to a broad group of Ministries and Committees<\/strong><\/a> that help to carry out the programs and priorities of Hope Church. The Ministries and Committees are made up of volunteers, using the many gifts of hospitality, compassion, teaching, service, and leadership that the Holy Spirit blesses us with to build up our congregation and serve our community. As the Ministries and Committees plan and carry out the programs of Hope Church, many others join in giving of their talents and time. At Hope Church, leadership is collaborative and shared, as together we seek to be faithful to the Lord we serve together.<\/p>\n Hope Church has three full-time pastors<\/strong><\/a>, sharing preaching and worship leadership as well as pastoral care and administrative responsibilities. The pastors work closely with Consistory to carry out a collaborative model of leadership that seeks God\u2019s will in the shared voices and gifts of the community of faith.<\/p>\n Our\u00a0church administrator<\/strong> works with our staff<\/a> to support the church program and facilities and to serve our congregation and community.<\/p>\n The deacons provide support for and nurture relationships with Hope Church\u2019s Mission Partners:<\/strong><\/p>\n The life of Hope Church is tended to by many gifted leaders who give guidance and structure to who we are and what we do as a community of faith. The Consistory is the central leadership group, elected by the congregation to three-year terms to be responsible for decisions about church policy, program, and facilities, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-554","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopechurchrca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopechurchrca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopechurchrca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopechurchrca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopechurchrca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hopechurchrca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20168,"href":"https:\/\/hopechurchrca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554\/revisions\/20168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopechurchrca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hopechurchrca.org\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Van-Es2016-300x208.png\")
<\/a>Rowland Jr. and Jane Van Es<\/a> work in a partnership between the RCA and St. Paul\u2019s United Theological College in Limuru, Kenya. Rowland teaches in the economics and divinity departments, and Jane teaches sociology and psychology. She also coordinates a certificate program in Christian ministry for spouses of theological students and assists with the master of arts program in pastoral care and HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"