Community Updates

Hope community happenings.

  1. Marriage and Parenting Conversation June 4

    Dear Hope Parents,

    You are invited to join Hala and friends for an encouraging conversation about blessing your children, strengthening your marriage and refreshing your parenting tools. We’ll meet at 10 on Saturday, June 4. I’ll provide a light breakfast. This class is part of the preparation for our Parent & Child Dedication service on June 12, but you do not have to have a new baby or participate in the dedication service in order to attend this class.

    Sign up and reserve childcare by contacting hala tompkins@hopemail.org.

  2. WOH Retreat 2022 April 29 – May 1st

    ROOTED: Revealing our Restoration Through Redemption

    Jeremiah 17:8 NLT “They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.”

    WOH Retreat 2022 is now open. Cost is $200 for triple occupancy, $280 for double occupancy, and $90 for Saturday only. Deadline to register is April 10th. Overnight guests save $10 by registering before March 13, 2022. Use code EARLYBIRD.

    REGISTER HERE!

    For scholarship information contact Lori McDonald lori.y.mcdonald@gmail.com.

    For registration questions contact Melinda Armbruster marmy1204@gmail.com

    For general retreat questions contact Missy mrshui26@yahoo.com

  3. MOPS@Hope Spring Registration is Now Open

    Here at MOPS@Hope, we gather and support moms. We believe in the simple but revolutionary idea that remarkable things happen when moms come togetherOur acronym stands for “Mothers of Preschoolers” because MOPS began in 1973 when a group of moms with young children banded together to share their lives and parenting journeys. Over the past 48 years, MOPS has expanded our community to include moms with school-aged kids. In addition, we are partnering with churches and organizations worldwide to equip and encourage moms in more than 70 countries.

    We meet right in your neighborhood and we’d love to meet you. Contact Corinne with questions. corinne. forrester@g mail.com

    Register here.

  4. Kids Worship Practice

    The Kids Worship team members are invited to join us for our monthly practice session on the first Saturday of each month. We start at 10 and end by 11:30. Bring your N2Worship binders and portable instruments and join us!

    First Saturdays at 10am in the Den. Contact hala tompkins with questions.

  5. “A Future and A Hope” Conference Feb. 25-26

    Friday & Saturday, Feb. 25-26 at First Baptist Georgetown (1333 W. University Ave, Georgetown, TX)

    You are invited to A Future and A Hope Conference, which has been a part of the Austin adoption community for over a decade. Learn more about foster care, adoption, and trauma-informed care at AFAH 2022’s A Seat at the Kid’s Table with keynote speakers, Dr. Clarence Hill and Dr. Rosaria Butterfield.

    Breakout sessions for everyone! Sessions for exploring foster care and adoption, for post-adoptive families, kinship caregivers, and sessions for those who care about the social issues in our community are offered.

    Cost: $30 for Friday, 6-9:00 PM; $30 for Saturday,  9:00 AM-3:30 PM; $50 for both days. Childcare is provided by reservation, but limited. Childcare will close when capacity is reached, or on Feb 9th.

    Register for the Conference online HERE. Scholarships are available. For more information and to ask about scholarships, contact Mandy Ryniker, aryniker@gmail.com.

  6. Retreat 2022 SAVE THE DATE!

    Ladies!

    Retreat 2022 takes place April 29 – May 1st. Prayers are being prayed and plans are being made. We anticipate a bigger turn out next year so make plans to attend and be ready to sign up in February 2022.

    We’d love to know if you are planning to attend. Please follow this link to REALM to let us know you’d like to attend, THIS WILL NOT SAVE YOU A SPOT. We simply want to know if you intend on coming so we can plan well. Registrations open in February 2022. More info coming in the NEW YEAR.

    Helpful information: 

    Contact Lori McDonald for payment/scholarship/donation questions: lori.y.mcdonald@gmail.com

    Contact Missy Huibregste  for all other retreat questions: mrshui26@yahoo.com