Dear Hope, Years ago, as a newly formed church, God began to show a pattern of clear guidance. In 1999 we sought His direction, and God answered by uniting two churches to become one – Hope! After this amazing gift, God continued to closely walk us through each of our youthful 19 years. September 2018 to August 2019 was no different, as we clearly sensed God leading us toward three specific goals. 1. Implementing the churchwide Abide Project (completed last November) 2. Hiring a full-time Adult Ministry Pastor (Rob Cupp joined our team May 1) 3. Renovating Hope’s Main…
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May 1, 2019 marked the first day having Rob Cupp on the Hope leadership team in the newly created position of Pastor of Adult Ministries. We asked Rob a few questions to get to know him and his family better. What made you decide to pursue full-time ministry? I’ve served in full-time ministry since 2001. Before that I was in real estate…
Dear Hope, Along with our friend Corby Wise, my wife Rebecca and I recently headed west to Mountain View Orchard & Winery in Olathe, CO. For two days, Mike and Wendy Young, third generation vineyard owners, showed us urban dwellers how to irrigate, graft, prune, recruit staff and expand barns while praying continually for the bearing of much fruit. Like a vineyard,…
Dana Yost has served as the Director of Prayer Ministry at Hope for 17 years. As she enters retirement, we wanted to talk to her about her work, as well as her plans for the future, to share with the Hope community. We are going to miss her dearly as our Director of Prayer Ministry, but the good news is that she…
Dear Hope, After 17 years of faithful ministry for Jesus and people both outside and inside the Hope family, Dana Yost will retire from her role on our staff as Prayer Ministry Director at the end of this ministry year (Aug. 31, 2018). I met Dana in 1999 in a Denver court room. We spoke between legal hearings and I was captivated…
Dear Hope, What a gift to sing, pray and lift up our Living King on Easter with all of you, Bloom Church and so many guests. Arik estimated that about 600 people united on that morning at 1801 S. Logan St. to worship. If we add those who gathered throughout Platt Park at 1st CRC,…
We’ve seen a significant increase over the past few months in our partnership and involvement with other local churches here in the Platt Park neighborhood. We wanted to share with you some of the details of what those partnerships look like so you can a) know about it, b) pray about it, and c) share…
As we close out 2017, we are filled with gratitude for the many ways that God has blessed us at Hope and for the exciting work that He is doing in and through our lives as we seek to follow Him in all areas. This newsletter is a celebration of Our King’s faithfulness, love, and…
Seth Slay began his new role as Hope’s Equipping Music Director starting September 1st. If you haven’t had a chance to meet him yet, be sure to say hello the next time you see him. In the meantime, we asked Seth a few questions to better get to know him and his family. When and…
Q: What is the new service start time? A: 10:45 am. As before, the service will conclude around 11:45 am. Q: When does the change begin? A: Next Sunday, Sept. 3 (one week from tomorrow). Q: Can you remind me again why we are changing to 10:45? A: One of Hope’s 5 big next steps…