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Nathaniel Durtschi – Baptism Story
Nathaniel was baptized in fall 2022 at our annual kick-off. If you have interest in getting baptized at Hope Community Church, you can learn more by visiting hopecc.com/baptism. My upbringing was centered around the importance of God and Jesus. My parents encouraged...
Ryan Schnabel – Baptism Story
Ryan was baptized in fall 2022 at our annual kick-off. If you have interest in getting baptized at Hope Community Church, you can learn more by visiting hopecc.com/baptism. Always had a distant relationship with God up until recently. Acknowledged He was there, but...
Drew Chmieleski – Baptism Story
Drew was baptized in fall 2022 at our annual kick-off. If you have interest in getting baptized at Hope Community Church, you can learn more by visiting hopecc.com/baptism. I have grown up in this church all my life, but I never understood faith until middle school....
Leif Johnson – Baptism Story
Leif was baptized in fall 2022 at our annual kick-off. If you have interest in getting baptized at Hope Community Church, you can learn more by visiting hopecc.com/baptism. I was fortunate to be raised in a God-fearing family and Jesus was always present at home in...
Matthew Miller – Baptism Story
Matthew was baptized in fall 2022 at our annual kick-off. If you have interest in getting baptized at Hope Community Church, you can learn more by visiting hopecc.com/baptism. I grew up in the church but didn't really understand what Jesus had done for me until I went...
Better Wine
You may know the first miracle Jesus performs publicly is at a wedding when he turns water into wine. What’s less talked about is why it matters today. The passage is John 2:1-12, and to really understand what it has to say, it’s helpful to first take an inventory on...
Gushers & Assimilation
You look at the table during snack time at the many different snacks all around you. Your mom of course packed you your favorite crustacean flavored chips. As each of the snacks are taken out, goldfish crackers, fruit by the foot, and a wide assortment of treats from...
Gender Roles
The conversation surrounding gender roles in the church has been an interesting one for me to consider because of the tension I’ve wrestled with regarding this topic, especially as a wife and also a woman who works in ministry full time. Until this year, I didn’t...
Breaking Shame Narratives
Shame. It’s a heavy word. One, when spoken out loud you can feel that “shame-like” feeling wash over you. It’s a feeling many have experienced and wish they hadn’t. Shame is a feeling that we, as God’s image bearers, weren’t meant to experience. Yet, because of the...
5 Lessons I Have Learned From My Time Overseas
As the great theologian Bob Wiley said so many years ago, “I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful… I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful… I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful…” For those of you who have not seen What About Bob? (spoiler alert? Not...
A Journey of Job
https://resources.hopecc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ajourneyofJob.mp3 I with wife and young ones to give all my love with health, good fortune, and plenty to share what a lovely life, truly blessed by God above all was good, all was right, my God was there...
A Prayer of Lament
Psalm 126 https://resources.hopecc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Psalm-126.wav A song of ascents When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said...