Stewardship
By: Gordon & Deborah Johnson “April showers bring May flowers. April, traditionally a rainy period, gives way to May, when flowers will bloom because of the water provided for them by the April showers” (According to Wiktionary—a wiki-based Open Content Dictionary). In many parts of our country this old idiom still rings true. Proper amounts [...]
By: Gordon & Deborah Johnson April is a very special month in this calendar year of 2012 for a number of reasons. The most important reason is that we celebrate Easter on April 8. This special day and this Easter season remind us that we are Easter people, that is, people of hope. At Easter [...]
From The Sabbatical Committee Dear Members of Hope Lutheran Church: On Sunday, March 18, the congregation was asked to take ownership of Pastor Nieting’s upcoming Sabbatical by prayerfully considering a special offering to our “Restoring Hope” campaign. We are so blessed by your contributions, that totaled $3,060. Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to this [...]
By: Gordon & Deborah Johnson, Stewardship Chair Genesis 1:14 (NIV) reads: And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons, and days and years…” In the month of March we experience times and seasons close [...]
By: Gordon & Deborah Johnson “I love you” One of the best known days in February is Valentine’s Day. Some people are tempted to call February 14 “Hallmark Holiday.” Little wonder because in our country over 7,000,000,000 valentine cards are purchased each year. Most of these cards say “I love you” in one way or [...]
By: Bette Schember Thanks to all members of Hope Lutheran Church for the generous gift of $1,000 to Food for the Poor received from the Thanksgiving offering. This money will help build a home in Honduras for a family who really deserves it. The house will cost $3,200. We are almost 1/3 of the way [...]
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 [...]
STEWARDSHIP NEWS By: Gordon & Deborah Johnson November is a popular month for many Americans. In the farm belt most of the crops have been harvested and stored safely away. In other areas snow has already fallen and skiers are anxious to head for the hills to get an early start on the new ski [...]
