Congregation of Hope:
Once again we pack away our vacation clothes, buy up our
school supplies, and mourn the nearing of summer’s conclusion. On behalf of the elder board, welcome back to
all of you who were intermittently away for vacations over the past
season. We pray that all are well-rested
and looking forward to the season of color-change. The elders are excited for the coming season
and wanted to make note of a few pressing issues.
Hope church has been quite dynamic over the summer. Pastor Jessie is working hard in his expanded
role as pastor of media arts, and we welcome Curt Vandersteld into his new role
as youth pastor. We are so blessed to
have them helping our youth grow in Christ.
We’re also excited to have new small group leaders step forward and
kick-off the next phase of “The Story.” This
is also a great opportunity to ask all of you to evaluate the gifts that God
has given you. One of Hope’s fundamental
concepts (one of the G’s) is that all of us have been given gifts to serve God.
Are you using your gifts for God’s work
though church? The elders continuously
work to find volunteers to perform church-related tasks (missions, gardens,
outreach, etc). Please take time to pray
about how you can better use your gifts for the work of the church, and take
the next step to volunteer.
One final note; please “save the date” for our next
congregational meeting. We are planning
on meeting on Oct 21st for our fourth and final meeting of the
calendar year. Thanks again for
attending these meetings, the elders find them useful as a tool for our efforts
at improving leadership’s transparency.
There are many other church “business-related” items that
we’re working on. Most of those will be
outlined on separate bulletin announcements. We ask for your continued prayers
as we serve as your leaders.
Scott Voskuil- Elder
