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Easter – Resurrection Sunday – April 5th

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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Good Friday Service • April 3rd • 6:30 PM

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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.

Men of Hope Retreat 2026 • April 24-26th

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.

Women of Hope & MomCo Clothing Swap

Deeper N2Worship Summer Camp: For Intermediate and Up

Do you have a heart for music and worship?

Don’t miss this chance to develop your musical gifts in a Christ-centered environment.

Welcoming anyone 10 years and older (including adults), everyone is placed in age-appropriate, ability-based groups where they learn the fundamentals of performing, both individually and together. Students can choose from voice, piano, guitar, bass, or drums. We’ll provide instruments if needed.

Deeper N2Worship

Afternoon camp, June 1-5th from 1:30-4:30 PM. Deeper N2Worship focuses on band and ensemble skills. Participants should be familiar enough with their instrument to play with others.

Registration

Registration is open March 1st!  Space is limited—we can accommodate 30 students.

Let’s make a joyful noise unto the Lord together this summer!

Register HERE for DeeperN2Worship!

Contact

Contact Melinda Armbruster or Tammy Kraus  with questions.

FYI: Students doing both camps need to provide their own lunch between 12:30-1:30 pm.

Women of Hope Night Out: Strike, Spare, & a Surprise: Thursday, February 26, 6PM

Join us ladies at Hope for a night of bowling, laughs, and a surprise wig exchange you won’t see coming! Each guest should bring a surprise wig for someone else—and yes, you’ll be receiving one too (this is NOT mandatory). Come ready to roll some frames in a brand-new look.

$4 for bowling shoes. Wig reactions encouraged.

Time: 6:00pm at Hope in the Family Room for light snacks & wig exchange. 7:15pm at Pins & Wheels (8822 McCann Dr, Austin, TX 78757) for bowling.

Contact Joelene Michel with any questions!