[ministry posts]

  1. Women’s Retreat registration is OPEN

    Ladies! Are you ready to get away, relax and enjoy FALL? Are you ready to make new friends? To draw closer to the Lord? To celebrate the strengths He has gifted you with? To build each other up? To pray and be covered in His love? To eat chocolate and dance the night away? Then join us at the women’s retreat !! We will gather October 16-18 in Round Top Texas for a weekend of bliss.

    The cost is $150 and includes all meals, lodging and sessions. You can register online HERE. Or see Marty St Onge in the lobby on Sunday to do an in person, paper registration.

    Would you like to pay online? Pay here to COMPLETE your registration. (Don’t forget! You must register with all your fancy details either online or in person so we have you a room)

    You can also pay in the offering box – make sure to label your payment with your name and women’s retreat.

    A wee bit of the schedule:

    Friday Night: Soup, Praise starts at 6:30, intro session, Strength Speed Dating – get to know other people and laugh!

    Saturday: Praise, Strength Finders sessions, chocolate hour, personalized prayer, art with Audrey Lopata, catered dinner, salad bar lunch, dance night!

    Sunday: Praise, Communion, Reflections time – leave by noon!

    Have any additional questions? Email our Women’s Ministry Director, Wendy Dooldeniya at foodchic@gmail.com

  2. Soliciting Congregant Submissions

    “Feast”: Call for Submissions
    Writers, visual artists, laity! You are invited to submit work for the next edition of Feast, our Hope community art magazine publication. Deadline for submissions is 9 p.m. Thursday, August 20th.

    Currently soliciting the congregation to look over past issues and past sermons and write some small reflection of any length (two sentences to a whole page worth even).

    How has that sermon played out in your life since hearing that sermon? How have you seen it played out in the lives of your various communities (small groups, tribes, cliques, various ministry communities)?

    What is the Lord speaking to you (and your communities) on that subject currently?

    This project actually blesses your community, and is a way (quite literally) to give of your “talents”.

    Send them in rtf, or (preferably) Google Doc format  by 9pm on Thursday, August 20st, 2015. 

    Visual art and photography on the same general themes. Jpeg and PDF formats, your choice of pixel size.

    See www.Hopearts.org for earliest past issues of “Feast”.
  3. Hope Art Sanctuary Exhibit : Flatbed Press

    We hope you have been enjoying the visual art in the sanctuary this summer.  Up next will be an exhibit of print art gathered from a selection of nationally known artists and curated by Mike and Kathy Brimberry of Flatbed Press.  To kick off this exhibit Hope Chapel will host a gallery opening on Saturday evening, August 15th at 7:00 p.m.  Come see the new art, hear Kathy talk about the various pieces, and stay for light refreshments.
  4. July 18th 8mm CANCELLED

    The July 18th, 2015 EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED! 

    ALL FUTURE 8 MINUTES MAX PERFORMANCE EVENTS  CANCELLED UNTIL FALL

     

  5. June 12th, Lopata “John Illustration Project” Reception

    “For the past 80 some odd days our illumining Audrey Lopata has undertaken illustrating the Gospel of John. Now, on Friday June 12th, 2015 from 7-9pm Audrey is hosting an exclusive gallery-style exhibit in the Hope Chapel sanctuary. As she puts it, ‘For the opening ceremonies I will probably say a few words on what possessed me to do such a thing, and reflect on the experience, and then faint, cause, ya know…public speaking :/’  This evening is expected to be a rare intersection of our broader community life, worship, art, and joy in the Holy Spirit for all persons alike. Other inducements for attendance include a magazine/ booklet with the complete collection of illustrations for perusal and possible purchase. There will also probably be snacks!”Lopata BoJ Cover

  6. Thursday Morning Bible Study Starts June 4th

    Come join the Women of Hope for a summer Bible study on Thursdays from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.June 4th – July 30th in the 5th grade class room (except July 16th and  23rd).
     A recent string of popular-level books written by the New Atheists have leveled the accusation that the God of the Old Testament is nothing but a bully, a murderer, and a cosmic child abuser. This viewpoint is even making inroads into the church. How are Christians to respond to such accusations? And how are we to reconcile the seemingly disconnected natures of God portrayed in the two testaments? Come read and discuss Paul Copland”s “Is God A Moral Monster.”
    Sign Up Below (fill in the info and click “sign up” at the bottom)

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