BULLETIN | May 21, 2020
HOPE AT HOME. Click here for the Hope at Home service from last week. Join us this Ascension Sunday for a message from Lead Pastor Dean Wertz from Acts 1:6-14.
SHARING HOPE. Please see this new section below for encouraging news!
HOPE GROUPS. Group leaders and members are connecting and caring for one another in various creative ways. If you are not in a Hope Group and would like to be, click here.
HOPE AT HOME KIDS.
— Print ahead: The Ascension of Jesus Activity Packet
— Spiritual Gifts Survey for Kids: Parents, You have the privilege of discovering and nurturing the spiritual gifts that God has given to your children! This spiritual gifts assessment can help you identify your child’s gifts and help you support them as they grow in their relationship with Christ.
— Parenting Safe Children Online Workshop. We encourage all of our parents and volunteers to participate in this excellent training. Scholarships available. Contact Anna McMichael
YOUTH. We will continue to meet the 2nd through 5th Wednesdays of the month at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom! After two years of faithfully serving on staff at New Denver Church, our youth ministry partner, Cody Paiva, and his wife Sam are moving to a small town in western Colorado. Cody will be missed and our partnership with New Denver will continue. Questions? Contact Arik Stewart
MISSIONARIES. Please pray for our ministry partners around the world who are facing unique challenges in this difficult time.
GIVING. Thank you for continuing to support Hope as we adjust and expand in new and creative ways through our ministries in Denver and our missionary partnerships around the world. If you typically give via our offering boxes and would like to continue giving via mail, please contact Arik Stewart who can send you stamped return envelopes. Alternatively, click here to connect with our online giving option and click here to view our April financial snapshot. Due to several recent extra gifts to our “benevolence” fund we have been able to care for and help several households during this difficult season.
COMMUNICATIONS. All current communications will be available on our homepage.
HAVE A NEED? Your Hope family is here for you with a variety of resources available in your time of need! If you need prayer, submit your request here. If you have had an income disruption, submit a request for transitional financial assistance here. If you have any other need that Hope may be able to assist with, click here to set up a phone or video meeting with one of our staff.
SHARING HOPE
Hope Community Church is dedicated to the service of Jesus through caring and loving others. We would like to share encouraging stories of happenings within the church and in the lives of our church family. Please consider contributing to Sharing Hope by emailing us news that we may include below. Thank you!
HOLY SPIRIT SERIES.
This past weekend, we announced a church-wide Zoom meeting, and several of you joined in Tuesday night! The purpose of the gathering was to discuss the Holy Spirit in order to assist Hope’s Preaching Team for the upcoming sermon series. It was a great, sweet, interactive gathering that blessed all involved as we shared stories, thoughts on the Holy Spirit, and goals for personal growth. It was a wonderful reminder that God has truly blessed Hope with great people who love him and who want to grow in Him together!
HOPE MISSIONS. Chris and Beth Steiner are Hope partners who have been serving with Word of Life Ministries in South Korea, Taiwan, and Nicaragua. Now based in the U.S., Chris works to equip and support their ministry teams overseas, traveling to areas where Word of Life representatives share the Gospel through English for Life classes. Even during the Covid 19 crisis, he tells of their ongoing ministry in Poland: Several teams began doing weekly or bi-weekly online “English Cafes.” English Cafe is a friendly space for people to meet and practice English while talking about topics from the Bible. Within a few weeks, the Poland team had 22 people attending.
Praise the Lord! What a great example of creativity during these difficult days! English as a second language is a great platform for getting the Gospel to those in other countries! Please pray that many will find and follow Christ as the result of Steiners’ ministry.
STAYING IN TOUCH. If you would like to reach out to some of Hope’s Seniors (those who may not have access to computers or who would enjoy some remote company), please consider making phone calls! For more information contact Pastor Jay.
SHARING HOPE CREATIVELY. As you know each weekend Hope at Home can now be viewed from all over the world. Consider sharing the service link address with friends and family who may be encouraged during this isolated time. If someone you know would like to be added to our email communication list, please let us know! It’s even possible to share the service through a phone call. Two households are currently doing this so that others without wifi access are able to listen to the church service!
