Dear Hope, It’s been a month and a half since you welcomed me back from my 6-week sabbatical. I remain refreshed and increasingly grateful to God for all of your love, support and encouragement to take that significant and renewing break! With time to reflect, my reasons for gratitude have grown including, but not limited to…  The wisdom and guidance I’ve received from…

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD | PACKING PARTY THIS SATURDAYNovember 12 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.  Calling all volunteers to join us in the Commons (enter through the NW door on Colorado Ave.) to help pack shoe boxes with donated items and prepare them for shipping worldwide to children in need!  Lunch will be served, and many hands are welcome (great activity to invite…

Fall Festival 2022 Hope Church would like to extend an enormous thank-you to everyone who attended our Fall Festival last Sunday! Everyone who attended was abundantly generous in sharing their great food, great smiles, much laughter and the joy of the Lord. Congratulations to our Costume Contest Winners: Larry and Luanne Hasbrouck as Almond Joy and Mounds (Adults), Foster Cupp as a…

THIS SUNDAY! FALL FESTIVAL 2022 This October, we are holding an all-church, all-welcome Fall Festival this Sunday, October 30 from 4–6 p.m. Grab your friends and the whole family and come to our outdoor potluck-style picnic. Be sure to bring a dish to share and a blanket or folding chairs as we enjoy the new season outside in Hope Park. Refreshments and…

  OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD!Interested in partnering with Operation Christmas Child? *** This year, Hope Church is offering a few great ways to get involved *** Bake Sale – Sunday, October 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  Join us for a community bake sale to help raise funds for shipping boxes! Volunteers can bake a tasty treat and bring it packaged and…

Each week, in the bulletin below, we offer the opportunity to serve others through an important local effort. Community Ministry’s main mission is to meet the basic needs of individuals who are experiencing economic hardships and related problems.Jesus said, when you feed the least of these, it is like feeding Him Himself! What an amazing chance we all have to give to…

9 AM SUNDAY | OCTOBER 9. This Sunday, we welcome back our Lead Pastor Dean Wertz from his sabbatical! In order to reconnect as a community, Dean will be leading our congregation in a time of sharing words of encouragement and testimonies of the work God has been doing in our lives. Then, next week, Dean will continue us in our study…

9 AM SUNDAY | OCTOBER 2.  Please join us this week for worship as we welcome Dave Ward who will continue our study of 1 Corinthians. Click here for the livestream or Service recording online.  We look forward to seeing you Sunday!    HOPE GROUPS. Maybe you’ve been thinking about joining a group… ? We’d love to connect with you! Click here for more information!…

  “I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.” I Corinthians 10:33  9 AM SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 25. Last week we studied Paul’s exhortation to the Corinthian church to prioritize loving others by not exercising personal freedoms when love and freedom conflict. This week we will study the reverse:…

“All of us possess knowledge. This knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.”I Corinthians 8:1 9 AM SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 18. We’re Christians. We’re people of deep conviction; primarily about the Lordship of Christ but also about lesser things, even things that Scripture doesn’t directly address. When we believe that we’re free to do something that another Christian believes is wrong or…