CHRISTMAS EVEPlease join us to celebrate Jesus’ birth on Friday, December 24 at 6:30 p.m. Our Christmas Eve service will include singing, candle lighting and a brief message from Dean Wertz. Invite friends and bring your family. YEAR-END GIVING | HOPE NEEDS YOU! Thank you so much to those who are giving to Hope! We now need everyone to consider joining with us in…
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ADVENT SUNDAY | WORSHIP 9 AM | DECEMBER 5. Have you ever made a plan that went entirely different than you expected? How do we respond when the things we want and expect out of life don’t happen? Or when the Lord calls us to something different than what we planned for ourselves? This second Sunday in Advent, Tara Farrell brings us…
GRATITUDE. More than ever, I am thankful for each of you in Hope. You have walked faithfully through so many unexpected challenges this year and you have loved your family members, neighbors and so many in our Hope family (including our family and me) through your Spirit-led kindness, notes, meals and encouragement. May God bless you and your household on this day of…
SUNDAY WORSHIP 9 AM | NOVEMBER 21. Everyone needs encouragement. So join us Sunday morning at 9 a.m. when, in addition to worshipping God together, we will receive personal encouragement from the last paragraph in Paul’s letter to the Ephesians and learn how to better encourage others! We will gather in person and online/live and recorded service) as Pastor Dean brings us the…
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Donations are in! We have been able to purchase many items that were needed to contribute to this weekend’s Packing Party. We look forward to seeing everyone this Saturday, November 13, (11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) to pack boxes, share some food and have fun! This year’s gathering will be open-house style, so stop on by (or stay all day!).…
SUNDAY WORSHIP 9 AM | NOVEMBER 7. God created life. But sin created death. And the inevitability of death is troubling. We have a variety of ways of coping with this reality, of protecting our minds from fearing it. We deny the inevitability of death or rationalize it to try to lessen its burden. But none of these things actually prevent it or…
HOPE KIDSWelcome Riley Barrett & Thank You Anna McMichael! In the midst of many recent transitions at Hope Church, we are so thankful to have found an intern who has as much love, light, and laughter as Riley Barrett! Riley is the newest addition to Hope Church’s staff and officially started on October 10 as our Kids Ministry Intern. Riley is currently…
Operation Christmas Child and YOU… 4 Ways to Be Involved! Build A Shoebox OnlineA variety of options are available to you through Build a Shoebox Online! Skip shopping and select items from the collection online to bless the heart of a child. Ready to build a box online? Please click here. These donations count toward Hope Church’s total number of boxes! Pack Your Own ShoeboxEmpty…
CANCELED | SUNDAY EVENING MEMBERSHIP HUDDLE. For several reasons, we will not gather for our first all-church Membership Huddle this Sunday evening. Please mark your calendars for our next one on Sunday, February 20 at 6 p.m.! SUNDAY SERVICE 9 AM | October 17. Jesus reigns and He is near to all of His followers. Yet, when difficulties come, it’s natural to…
Pastor Dean provides a Hope update in the video above. Have a wonderful day! SUNDAY SERVICE 9 AM | October 10. How do you know what is true? In the “information age”, where we have constant immediate access to the media, it can be difficult to untangle the objective reality from our limited knowledge and personal experience. In his concluding message to the…