Rediscovering the Four Areas at Hope! Several years ago, when the strategic planning team created our mission statement, they also created four areas that describe our ministries. Below are the four areas and with their descriptions. These four areas each have specific pages on our website as...
Hope Summer Reading Recommendations Are you looking for books to read this summer and beyond? Do you ever wish you had books to help you engage more deeply with your faith or wrestle with the issues of our time from a Christian perspective? Please find below a carefully curated list of...
YOU ARE TREASURED! If you were here Sunday morning, you may have noticed that Hope’s campus has been transformed into a jungle for Vacation Bible School. This week, more than 50 kids are joining the fun through songs, games, stories and are discovering they are TREASURED by God. Every day...
Celebrating Lutheran Schools There is a lot of celebrating going on around Hope this week! To be specific: two preschool graduations, Kindergarten graduation, and tonight the 8th grade students will participate in their graduation. Seattle Lutheran High School students will participate in a...
Journey Project Night By Patra Mueller, Family Life Minister Every spring I look forward to a very special night. It usually takes place the Saturday evening before Confirmation. It is an evening set aside for parents and special guests of the confirmands to hear from the hearts of the...
Journey: A Confirmation Experience By Jonathan Kopecky, DCE I don’t know if you’ve seen Episode 3 of the first season of The Chosen, but in it Jesus welcomes the children, engages in dialogue and thoughtful questions and answers and challenges them about their current...
How to Measure a Mom By Amy Kopecky Last week our plumber asked me if I was a successful mom. I was a little taken aback because I don’t usually find myself in conversations with my plumber about the mom life. And secondly, how in the world is a mom supposed to measure...
I am making all things new By Patra Mueller, Family Life Minister Many times over the past two years, I have heard the Holy Spirit whisper in my spirit, “I am making all things new.” As I thought about it, I realized that this phrase came from John’s vision of heaven in...
“Di Grev Emti”(Happy Resurrection Sunday!) By Erin W. One of the bibles I own is in the Krio Language of Sierra Leone. This West African language is a fun mix of English and Portuguese; it’s a little like the Creole of the South. Over Easter weekend I picked up my Krio...
Our Lenten Journey By Pastor Roger Sylwester A few weeks ago Rick Steves, on his Travels in Europe program, featured the Camino de Santiago, a 500 mile pilgrimage that many walk for 30 days, concluding at the traditional tomb of St. James, one of the twelve Apostles. He interviewed people...
