Posts from August 2019

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School Supplies Make a Difference at Two Local Schools

by Pastor Mary Beth Hartenstein

August Mission Brings in Bounty of School Supplies The school supplies have been delivered to Harrison Elementary and Hiawatha Elementary. The schools greatly appreciated the supplies to help get the 2019-2020 school year off to a fantastic start. Here’s a list of the supplies collected: Glue sticks- 115 Notebooks- 88 Folders- 62 Boxes of crayons- 29 Boxes of tissues- 27 Packages of markers- 14 Boxes of […]

Be the Change You Wish to See in the World – Gandhi

by Pastor Mary Beth Hartenstein

Be the Change Do you hear the clinking in the offering plate on Sunday mornings?  That is the sound of our Mission Committee in action.  All loose change goes to this committee for ongoing projects that Hope United Church of Christ contributes to ministries beyond our walls.  Coins that are donated to the offering go directly to […]

Thank You!

by Pastor Mary Beth Hartenstein

Thank You to All for Keeping Our Property Beautiful As the lawn mowing season winds down, we are grateful to the following persons who helped to keep our lawn mowed and trimmed this past growing season: Andrew Buck Dan Evers Aaron Gruwell Mark Hartenstein Fran Henderson Mel Krause Doug Lane John Nus Bill Thompson Jesse […]

Confirmation Class Begins August 25

by Pastor Mary Beth Hartenstein

Confirmation Class 2019 – 2020 Five students, two mentors, and five Silent Prayer Partners are involved in our 2019 – 2020 Confirmation program here at Hope UCC that begins on Sunday, August 25. September classes featured topics that included Bible Basics and Hebrew Stories, while classes in October will feature the topics of Jesus’ life […]

Hope UCC’s Global Mission

by Pastor Mary Beth Hartenstein

Hope UCC sponsors an international student as part of our global mission.  This year our student is Santhosh Y, a 15 year old boy from Southern India. Santhosh is at the Family Village Farm, a UCC mission to help orphans or children whose parents cannot support them. Santhosh attends the King’s Matriculation School where he […]

Stuff Etc. Account Available for our “Stuff”

by Pastor Mary Beth Hartenstein

Fall Cleaning If you are doing some fall cleaning remember that Hope UCC has an account with Stuff Etc. Simply take no more than two 20 gallon totes or two 13 gallon trash bags of your gently used items per day to the donation counter.  If you have furniture items, these can be taken in any quantity […]

Sunday School News

by Pastor Mary Beth Hartenstein

In Other Sunday School News … Beginning Sunday, September 8, our Sunday School students will be joining us in worship before moving to their class time. The Discovery Time has been moved to earlier in the worship service; it is during this time that children will be introduced to the topic of the morning and […]

Sunday School 2019 – 2020/Registration Now Open

by Pastor Mary Beth Hartenstein

Register Your Child Now for Sunday School Registration is currently open for any child, ages 3 – sixth grade, for our Sunday School program, which will begin on Sunday, September 8. Registration forms are available in the main entryway and can be emailed to you. Contact Pastor Mary Beth for questions or the registration form, […]

Mission Project for August

by Pastor Mary Beth Hartenstein

Mission Project for August: School Supply Drive It’s hard to believe, but school is right around the corner. This year, Hope UCC’s Missions Team will be collecting the most-needed school supplies for Hiawatha Elementary and Harrison Elementary. Here are the Top 7 most-needed school supplies: Glue sticks Folders Crayons Wide-ruled notebooks Washable markers Dry-erase markers […]