The deadline for the Summer issue of Hopewell Happenings is coming quickly! Reflecting on our 167 Living vision, this issue’s theme is Discipleship. All articles should be sent to hrcnewsletter@hrcrca.org by MAY 1. Please do NOT Read more »
2011 Winter Hopewelll Happenings - PDF version
Warren and Lynette have been actively involved in youth ministry for the past 17 years. Warren holds a diploma in Sports Administration and has trained many sports ministry teams, as well as churches, in using sports as a tool for ministry. Warren greatly desires to see young people changed by the gospel and, in turn, reaching their communities. Read more »
submitted by: Wesley Joseph, organist and choir director
“We Approach God” are the first words we see when we open our bulletins on Sunday morning. We approach him carrying our successes and our struggles of the week, looking to somehow make sense of what sometimes can seem senseless. We approach God because we have learned that there is nowhere else to approach. Whether we come to him realizing that our successes could not satisfy us the way we imagined or come to him realizing that our struggles are more than we can handle, “We Approach God” because we have no place else to go. Read more »
On July 1, 2011, there were 11 of us who got up early to venture down to Paterson, NJ to help refurbish an older church in Paterson. We were going to spend 1 day to help with an ongoing mission effort put on through the auspices of the Reformed Church of America. Laurie and Bruce Hawley, RCA domestic missionaries, led the 6 week effort actually visited Hopewell the following Sunday July 3. Their comments were that missions is really about building relationships. Read more »
