Pastor's Corner

Dearest Hope Family, Celebrate with me the successful election of Nick Hansell and Shawn Wilson to the office of Deacon at Hope! Their approval was unanimous and represents both a finish line for a [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: January 15th, 2021

Dearest Hope Family, What a first week of the new year! I am writing to you on Thursday afternoon, and I am still somewhat shaken and nursing the lingering effects of watching the violent, [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: January 8th, 2021

Dearest Hope Family, For these 10 months of the pandemic, for the increasing racial and social upheaval, for the season of political divisions, and for the prolonged holding patterns and confusion [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: January 1st, 2021

Dearest Hope Family, My family and I loved celebrating Christmas with you all in two distinctly different - yet equally beautiful and meaningful - services on Christmas Eve, and as the dawn of [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: December 25th, 2020

Dear Hope Church Family, We are in the final stretch of Advent and nearing Christmas Day, what John Piper calls “the dawning of indestructible joy.” Piper writes, “The joy that Jesus came to bring [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: December 18th, 2020

When I came to be the pastor of Hope Church in 2007, we were meeting in a rented building behind the Chrysler Jeep dealership. The church owned a wonderful, strategic piece of property on Peace Haven [read more] about A Story of Joy for Christmas 2020

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven . . . a time to break down, and a time to build up.” Ecclesiastes 3:1, 3 Dearest Hope Family, Through the foresight [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: December 4th, 2020

Dear Hope Family, This Sunday begins our annual pilgrimage to Christmas known as Advent, and we are beginning a sermon series looking at select passages in the book of Isaiah, asking the question, [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: November 27th, 2020

“Thou that hast giv’n so much to me, Give one thing more, a grateful heart.” - George Herbert Dear Hope Family, Recently, a friend said she had come across a 2020 Christmas ornament of a [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: November 20th, 2020

Dearest Hope Family, Face to Face with Jesus This Sunday we square up with a truly unique account in the Gospels. Jesus invites an eager young man with a track record of winning and rewards to [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: November 13th, 2020