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Stand in Prayer with Metropolitan AME Congregation

Dearly Beloved,

Tomorrow night, Wednesday, June 24, at 7:00 p.m. there will be a city-wide prayer meeting at the Metropolitan AME church located at 1101 East 10th Street.

Along with several other pastors in the city, I will be helping to lead concerted prayers for the unity of our city in support of the African Methodist Episcopal congregation in Charleston that suffered violence a week ago when nine people were gunned down during a prayer gathering.

Would you please consider altering your plans at this late hour and join us?

Thanks,

Geno Hildebrandt

Sermon Text on Geno’s Blog

Dearly Beloved, as promised I have published the text of my sermon from this past Sunday (5/17/15) on my blog.  You can get there by clicking on this link: genohild.com/?p=3150.

Powerful Testimony

Dearly Beloved, I just posted the powerful testimony of a former Hope Chapel participant.  You can find her story on my blog here.  She tells how sharing about her same-sex attraction in the church led to isolation and deep despair.  Jesus is bringing healing.  But her story echoes a major theme of Sunday’s sermon–we must be able to talk about this subject among ourselves and embrace those who struggle with this orientation.  –geno

Adult Baptism Sign Up

Geno will be hosting a class for adults thinking about getting baptized on Saturday, May 16 from 10:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.  If you wish to be baptized or are simply interested in learning more about baptism at Hope Chapel, please send Geno a brief note at genohild@gmail.com.

Sunday Baptism Helps

We will be baptizing about a dozen people in a large trough on the front lawn of Hope Chapel.

It will be hot and sunny. So I strongly recommend that you bring a hat to wear and maybe some sunscreen.

Also, It would be GREAT if most of us could bring a folding lawn chair to allow folks to sit during the event, particularly our seasoned saints.

Baptism class Saturday morning

Just one final reminder that tomorrow morning, Saturday, May 17th, I will be conducting a 90-minute class on baptism. We will be looking at the relevant passages of scripture and I will be answering any questions which you may have.

We will begin at 10:00 AM in the Lighthouse and conclude on or before 11:30 AM You are not obligated in any way to be baptized as a result of taking the class.