From the Pastor
May 1, 2012By: Pastor Nieting By the time you read this I will be “on sabbatical,” returning the second Sunday in August. Hope, by God’s grace and through the hard work of our Council, our ministry teams, and our staff, will be preparing for another year of touching and changing lives in the name of Jesus Christ. [...]
April 2, 2012Brothers and Sisters in Christ at Hope Lutheran Church, It is with great joy that I have accepted the call to be the Associate Pastor of Outreach and Discipleship that you have extended to me. To do so, I would like to ask the congregation to release me from my current call as Hope’s Assistant [...]
April 1, 2012By: Pastor Nieting Thanks to Lois Gallo for blessing us with a three month display in our gallery of her wonderful artistic talents. You can always see more of her artwork on her website: www.loisgalloart.com which also features a few nice photos of our gallery at Hope! Coming Easter, Krista Hendricks will display her work. Krista, [...]
Dear Families and Friends of Hope, The Lord be with you! Thank you so much for the Sabbatical opportunity you are giving Pam and me. I give thanks to God that you have been so wonderfully supportive of this. These 90 days will provide time for me to travel, visit my children and grandkids, dig [...]
February 1, 2012By: Pastor Mark Nieting Every year I have to “renew” my memberships in the various organizations to which I belong: National Model Railroad Association, National Rifle Assn., Milwaukee Road Historical Assn, etc. You know the drill: check the box on the form and send the check and good for another year. Each year I have [...]
December 1, 2011By: Pastor Nieting Our next New Member Seminar will be held on Saturday, Jan. 14. Yes, we’re waiting until after the busy Christmas season, but save the date: it’ll be here soon!
By: Pastor Nieting Imagine this happening at your workplace. It’s payday, and of course you are expecting your paycheck. But the boss is out sick or on vacation, so he simply doesn’t get any checks written, signed, or delivered. “You can wait until next month.” he says. But a month later your next check doesn’t [...]
Pam and I were struck by the same thing as we were sitting together in the Love and Respect seminar this past (Nov. 18-19) weekend. It’s been an amazing year here at Hope. All that God has done through you has shaped and prepared us as a church for the future which God has set [...]
November 1, 2011QUESTION: Why should Christians memorize Bible verses if the Bible is readily available? ANSWER: EVERYTHING, from wonderful to terrible, is readily available in our “Google Culture.” The question focuses more on what is already IN our hearts and minds. How many of us, during prayer or crisis, will snap open our smart-phones and search Scripture? [...]
We’ve been blessed to have a number of NEW families join our congregation this fall, and for me as your pastor, the biggest blessing is seeing these new folks “LEAP INTO ACTION” and get involved in DOING ministry. After all, why do we join a church anyway? Anyone can worship. Anyone can come to Sunday [...]
By: Pastor Nieting By the time you read this I will be “on sabbatical,” returning the second Sunday in August. Hope, by God’s grace and through the hard work of our Council, our ministry teams, and our staff, will be preparing for another year of touching and changing lives in the name of Jesus Christ. [...]
Brothers and Sisters in Christ at Hope Lutheran Church, It is with great joy that I have accepted the call to be the Associate Pastor of Outreach and Discipleship that you have extended to me. To do so, I would like to ask the congregation to release me from my current call as Hope’s Assistant [...]
By: Pastor Nieting Thanks to Lois Gallo for blessing us with a three month display in our gallery of her wonderful artistic talents. You can always see more of her artwork on her website: www.loisgalloart.com which also features a few nice photos of our gallery at Hope! Coming Easter, Krista Hendricks will display her work. Krista, [...]
Dear Families and Friends of Hope, The Lord be with you! Thank you so much for the Sabbatical opportunity you are giving Pam and me. I give thanks to God that you have been so wonderfully supportive of this. These 90 days will provide time for me to travel, visit my children and grandkids, dig [...]
By: Pastor Mark Nieting Every year I have to “renew” my memberships in the various organizations to which I belong: National Model Railroad Association, National Rifle Assn., Milwaukee Road Historical Assn, etc. You know the drill: check the box on the form and send the check and good for another year. Each year I have [...]
By: Pastor Nieting Our next New Member Seminar will be held on Saturday, Jan. 14. Yes, we’re waiting until after the busy Christmas season, but save the date: it’ll be here soon!
By: Pastor Nieting Imagine this happening at your workplace. It’s payday, and of course you are expecting your paycheck. But the boss is out sick or on vacation, so he simply doesn’t get any checks written, signed, or delivered. “You can wait until next month.” he says. But a month later your next check doesn’t [...]
Pam and I were struck by the same thing as we were sitting together in the Love and Respect seminar this past (Nov. 18-19) weekend. It’s been an amazing year here at Hope. All that God has done through you has shaped and prepared us as a church for the future which God has set [...]
QUESTION: Why should Christians memorize Bible verses if the Bible is readily available? ANSWER: EVERYTHING, from wonderful to terrible, is readily available in our “Google Culture.” The question focuses more on what is already IN our hearts and minds. How many of us, during prayer or crisis, will snap open our smart-phones and search Scripture? [...]
We’ve been blessed to have a number of NEW families join our congregation this fall, and for me as your pastor, the biggest blessing is seeing these new folks “LEAP INTO ACTION” and get involved in DOING ministry. After all, why do we join a church anyway? Anyone can worship. Anyone can come to Sunday [...]
