Beef Dinner ~ November 4 Thank you to Andrew and Kayla Buck for lending their leadership to the organizing of our annual beef dinner and to Cathy Boeset, who serves as our lead chef for the evening. Help is needed in a variety of ways: set-up, serving, clean-up and providing desserts. Sign-up sheets are in […]
Women’s Fellowship Meeting – Monday, October 15 This group will meet on Monday, October 15, at 6:30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall.
October Mission Focus: Funding Future Leadership During this month, the Mission Committee invites the congregation to focus on the costs of seminary education, which is one of the steps toward ordained ministry in the United Church of Christ. On October 28, we will have a special offering for the Iowa Conference’s Funding Future Leadership effort. Thank you in […]
Neighbors in Need Offering The United Church of Christ Neighbors in Need offering will be collected at Hope on October 14 this year. This offering supports the UCC’s ministries of justice and compassion throughout the United States. Two-thirds of the offering is used by the UCC’s Justice and Witness Ministries to fund a wide array […]
Celebration of World Communion Sunday ~ October 7 World Communion Sunday offers congregations a distinctive opportunity to experience the Sacrament of Communion in the context of the global community of faith. The first Sunday of October has become a time when Christians, in every culture, break bread and pour the cup to remember and affirm […]
Be sure to mark your calendar for this upcoming events at Hope United Church of Christ: Sunday, October 21 The Rev. Wyatt Dagit preaching Sunday, October 28 Fall Stewardship Focus – Hope Happens Sunday, November 4 All Saints’ Sunday/Communion […]
Lunch Bunch ~ October Outing Our October outing will have us at Emil’s Hideaway, 222 Glenbrook Drive, SE, Cedar Rapids (located behind Taco John’s on 1st Avenue). We will meet on Thursday, October 18, at 11:30 a.m. They have a variety of great menu items. A sign-up sheet for this event is available in the […]
Mission Committee Invites Us to Send Birthday Wishes Abroad Our global sponsor student, Santhosh Y, is turning 15 in October. The Mission Committee is has a birthday card and would love you to send him best wishes. We will have the card and information on Santhosh and the UCC mission in India in the main entryway. Check it […]
Operation Backpack Makes a Difference in Stopping Food Insecurity in Our Community Operation Backpack is the HACAP school program that sends single-serve food for kids to take home in their backpacks over the weekend. They focus on non-perishable “child-friendly” food that kids can prepare on their own, if need be. The Hope Missions Team recently made a donation of $100 […]
Dear Friends in Christ, Through generous donations from people like you, UCC Disaster Ministries is responding to the needs of people affected by 2018 hurricanes both within the United States and around the world. Recently Hurricane Florence roared ashore in the US Carolinas. Although downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, communities […]