Christ Is Risen, and Hope Lives!

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead… (1 Peter 1:3). Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! And because He is risen, hope lives! For the […]

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A Quality Season: Devotional Thought as We Begin Lent

Below is a devotion that was shared at our February Council Meeting at Hope two days before Ash Wednesday by one of our lay leaders, drawn from a few sources. We pray it is a blessing for you! Lent, the forty days in the Christian year that lead up to Easter, is a valuable time […]

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A New Year, A Renewed Focus

A blessed New Year to you! I pray that this finds you well and somewhere warm in these frigid days. As we begin A.D. 2018, I praise God for the opportunity to share life with the Hope family as we walk together in the Kingdom. At Hope, we aspire to be a “growing, vibrant, praying, […]

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Growing, Vibrant, Praying, Caring… Boldly Reaching Out with Jesus Christ

In our Vision Statement at Hope, we aspire to be a “growing, vibrant, praying, caring congregation – boldly reaching out with Jesus Christ in word and deed.” Those are some vividly descriptive words! As we reach the half-way mark of 2017, how are we doing? Growing: Thanks be to God, He has granted our church […]

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At the Heart of the Christian Faith: Good News!

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures… – 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 This month, the Church around the world will gather to […]

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Return

“Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments.” Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster. – Joel […]

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Life under King Jesus

“I believe that Jesus Christ… is my Lord, who has redeemed me, a lost and condemned person, purchased and won me from all sins, from death, and from the power of the devil; not with gold or silver, but with His holy, precious blood and with His innocent suffering and death, that I may be […]

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The Celebration Is only Beginning

By the time you read this, it is possible that your homes are beginning to look a lot LESS like Christmas. The trees and decorations begin to come down, the supply of cookies may or may not still be abundant, the gifts begin to be used, returned if the wrong size or a duplicate, or […]

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Stirred, Not Shaken

Those who are fans of the James Bond movies and books can quickly tell you how Agent 007 prefers his martinis: “shaken, not stirred.” And yet, as we enter the Advent season together and prepare to receive our King Jesus, I’d like to take a moment to turn Bond’s catchphrase around, using the language of […]

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