Advent Devotional Time – Facebook Live – 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Mornings throughout Advent Season Pastor Mary Beth will be going live on Facebook each Wednesday throughout the Advent season with a devotional time, beginning December 2. You can tune in at 11:00 a.m. or you can view the video any time after it is posted. […]
Blue Christmas Service ~ Sunday, December 20 ~ 4:00 p.m. Healing for the Heart: The Coming of Emmanuel The concept of a Blue Christmas Service is to provide a quiet, contemplative service as an alternative to the more traditional gatherings. In the northern hemisphere, this type of service is also known as Longest Night Service […]
Children and Youth Christmas Program Happens Virtually on Sunday, December 20 Be sure to join us on Sunday, December 20, at 10:00 a.m. when this year’s Children and Youth Christmas Program happens virtually on Facebook. Manger Tales is a creative work that will introduce us to the animals that were there when Jesus was born. […]
Hope UCC Book Club Makes Next Reading Selection After a great afternoon discussion of The Red Tent, those attending the recent meeting of the Hope UCC Book Club made the decision to read either The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes (author of the book, Me Before You) or Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim […]
The Council has set the date for the annual meeting. It is scheduled for Sunday, December 6. Other details are being worked out in order to meet as safely as possible. Watch for further details as they become available.
Notice of Annual Meeting – Sunday, December 6 Hope United Church of Christ will host its annual meeting on Sunday, December 6, 10:45 a.m. This will be done via GoToMeeting as well as a limited number of persons (10) allowed in Fellowship Hall to via the meeting on the TV located in that space. Reservations […]
Beef Dinner ~ November 8 ~ 3:30 – 7:00 p.m. Tickets will be available soon for this annual event! $12/ticket gets you: roast beef, mashed potatoes, vegetable, roll, homemade pie and drinks. Thank you to Andrew and Kayla Buck for lending their leadership to the organizing of our annual beef dinner. Help is needed in […]
Hope UCC Book Club In October, the Hope UCC’s Book Club will be reading Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent. Here is a little background for the book: Her name is Dinah. In the Bible, her life is only hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters of the Book of […]
Annual Trunk or Treat Event Hoping for a Boo-tiful Night Hope UCC’s Annual Trunk or Treat Event scheduled for Friday, October 30, from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. for the families of our members and friends of Hope United Church of Christ. Our goal is to provide a safe place for our guests to come and […]
Blood Drive at Hope UCC ~ Monday, October 26 ~ 2:30 – 6:00 p.m. Mississippi Valley Blood Center is bringing their mobile unit to our parking lot on Monday, October 26. Hope UCC continues to be one of the few sites willing to host an event at this time. We hope to collect 12units, which […]
IA and NE Announce Virtual, Joint Annual Meeting For the safety of all of our congregations and communities, the Iowa and Nebraska Conferences of the UCC will be meeting jointly on October 17, 2020 for the first time ever on a completely digital platform. We are hard at work putting together an engaging event with innovative ways […]
Hope United Church of Christ Book Club – September Offering The members of the Hope UCC Book Club decided the genre of the September book would be a little lighter in nature. The offering for September is Fredrik Backman’s, Britt-Marie Was Here. There are a number of copies available in the library system including an […]