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Easter – Resurrection Sunday – April 5th
Hope Chapel of AustinApril 2nd, 2026Community Updates

Please join us at 10:00 AM as we celebrate our Risen Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ, the Son of God at Hope’s Easter Celebration – music and worship, celebration, Bible teaching, and the younger set has HopeKids classes (up to 5th grade).

If you are homebound and can’t join us in person, please join us by livestream.

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The Christian celebration of Jesus’ Resurrection.

From the New Testament, the Gospel (Good News) of John, Chapter 20:

“Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

They asked her, ‘Woman, why are you crying?’

‘They have taken my Lord away,’ she said, ‘and I don’t know where they have put him.’

At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there…Jesus said, ‘…Go…to my brothers and tell them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’

Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.”

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The MomCo Egg Hunt and Easter Celebration
Hala TompkinsMarch 30th, 2026Children's Ministry
Mothers of young children are invited to join the MomCo@Hope on Friday, April 3, for an egg hunt, games, and the true story of our Risen Jesus! Join us in the Family Room at 10am. Bring a treat to share and one dozen filled eggs for each of your children. NO chocolate please!

Contact Jamie or Ashleigh for more information.
Good Friday Service • April 3rd • 6:30 PM
Hope Chapel of AustinMarch 27th, 2026Community Updates

April 3rd’s Good Friday Service at 6:30 PM includes seven friends from our community reflecting personally over the seven last phrases that Jesus spoke from the cross and is interspersed with worship and silence. It is always a very beautiful and poignant time together. You’re encouraged to invite friends, family, and coworkers.

We recommend the service for children ages 6th grade and up but leave this to the parent’s discretion. Testimonies given may contain more mature content.

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HOW GOOD FRIDAY IS CONNECTED TO PASSOVER

Jesus shared Passover meal with His disciples after sundown the night before His death (evening is the beginning of the Jewish day). He also gave His disciples a new way to remember Him: Communion; the unleavened bread represented His broken body and the cup of wine represented His blood shed for us (John 20) just as the Passover lamb’s blood marking the enslaved Israelites’ houses caused the death of the first born to “pass – over” them safely. Jesus, the true representation of the Passover lamb, freely gave His life as a sinless sacrifice in payment for our sin (ours rightfully deserving death), freeing us from our enslavement to it, rescuing us from death – even as God freed the Israelites from Pharaoh’s slavery (Exodus 1-15). The Passover prefigured Jesus’ death – one Lamb for all humankind.

Learn more about Passover in Exodus And learn about The Last Supper, Good Friday, and Easter by reading about them in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John – or by listening to the musical drama our own Dennis O’Donnell wrote partially from Exodus and John – or in this article about Passover and Jesus: Four Ways Passover Foreshadowed Easter.
Parent/Child Class & Dedications coming in April
Hala TompkinsMarch 25th, 2026Children's Ministry
Dear Parents of Hope,

Our next Parent/Child Dedication class is Wednesday, April 8 – we’ll cover the “why” of child dedications and principles for creating a Christian home. If you want to dedicate a child this spring or simply be encouraged in your parenting journey, please join Pastor Matt Ryniker and Children’s Ministry Director, Hala Tompkins for an evening of encouragement and equipping as you prepare to dedicate the newest member of your family to the Lord Jesus.

Class starts at 6pm and we’ll be done by 7:30.

The Dedication Service is scheduled for Sunday, April 19.

Sign up for the class and childcare by emailing hala.
Children’s Baptism Classes Coming in May
Hala TompkinsMarch 25th, 2026Children's Ministry
Hello Parents of Hope!

If your child has been asking about being baptized this year, please plan on attending two classes with Matt Ryniker and Hala Tompkins. Class One is on Saturday, May 9 at 9am, and Class Two is on Wednesday, May 20 at 6pm. Both classes will last for 1.5 hours. The baptism service is scheduled for Sunday, June 7.

Our baptism classes are designed for children aged eight and older and are meant to help parents and kids determine together if this is the right year for baptism. Because of this, parents are asked to attend class with their child both weeks.

Let Hala know if you have any kid-related questions. Adults who would like to be baptized should simply contact Pastor Matt. He will be happy to talk with you!

Childcare is provided by reservation, Sign up for the classes and childcare by emailing halatompkins@hopemail.org.
Men of Hope Retreat 2026 • April 24-26th
Hope Chapel of AustinMarch 22nd, 2026Community Updates
Registration Open

April 24-26th, Friday – Sunday

Join us at T Bar M for men and young men ages 16 and up. We’ve got a great facility – with lots of amenities including a pool, disc-golf course, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, tennis, putt-putt, soccer, air hockey, and ping pong! Enjoy unstructured time for fellowship: as a group, with old or new friends, or solo time for fellowship with God.

EARLYBIRD DISCOUNT AND SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Sign up early and receive a discount! There are a limited number of single or double occupancy rooms – late registrations may be in a room with 2-3 other men (two queen beds). All registrants must complete and sign the waiver for the camp. Register on Realm today! ”

Cost concerns? There’s a scholarship fund. Don’t let money be the reason you don’t come. Hopites can check with Joe Friedman.