The Hope Blog

2022 Christmas choir – Reaching beyond our walls to bless the Church in the City!
Our first practice is this coming Saturday morning at 10:15!

This year we are partnering with Northwest Fellowship to form
A combined Christmas Choir.

Would you prayerfully consider joining us to celebrate
One Church in the City
One choir, two congregations
Celebrating our one Savior with Joy-filled voices

2 offerings (“performances”)
1) Northwest Fellowship’s Christmas Party
Sunday night, December 11 at 6pm
13427 Pond Springs Road 78729 (near 183 and Anderson Mill Rd)

2) Hope Chapel’s Sunday morning worship service, December 18 at 10am
6701 Arroyo Seco 78757

Our practices will be from 10:15-11:45 on Saturday mornings
And they will be divided between Hope and Northwest Fellowship (NWF) as follows:

This Saturday, November 5 at Hope Chapel
Saturday, November 12 at Northwest Fellowship
Saturday, November 19 at NWF
Saturday, November 26 – Give Thanks! (We’re off for the holiday!)
Saturday, December 3rd at Hope Chapel
Saturday, December 10th at NWF
Saturday, December 17th at Hope Chapel

Men of Hope Retreat • October 14-16th at Twin Lakes YMCA

Body Building – Being and Building the Body of Christ

Come focus this year on Body Building – Being and Building the Body of Christ with your brothers from Hope on retreat not far from home at the Twin Lakes YMCA Cedar Creek Camp. In I Corinthians 12:

“For just as the body is one and has many members…If the foot should say, ‘Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,’…The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I have no need of you…’

…But God has so composed the body…that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.”

KICK-BACK, RELAX TIME
Unstructured time abounds: fellowship, sitting around the campfire, prayer, conversation, and time away to enjoy with brothers in Christ.

And maybe mark some of them with a paintball.

COSTS
Camp runs from Friday 5PM to Sunday 11:30ish.
Full: 5 meals and overnight stay – $120/per person
No Lodging: Day Camp with meals – $70/per person
No Meals or Lodging: Day Camp without meals: $35/per person

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
Joe Friedman says, “We are also very happy to receive donations for scholarships. (Note: the fees for the retreat, though paid to Hope Chapel, are not tax deductible. However, gifts made for retreat scholarships are tax deductible).”

SIDE ACTIVITIES IN ADDITION TO HIKING, BIKING…
Archery: no charge
Paintball: $35 per person; minimum of 10 players required.

RSVP TODAY AND/OR HELP PLAN
You can RSVP for the retreat here. Have questions? Contact Joe Friedman.

What is Family Night? Hope Chapel hosts small groups and book studies on Wednesday evenings from 6-7:30 PM: everyone is welcome: single, married, with or without kids. For more info about groups that meet during family night – and groups that meet throughout the week – check out the Hope Groups page!

JUNIOR HIGH MINISTRY

Jr. High meets weekly on Wednesdays in the Lighthouse (1510 Ruth Ave.) They also meet 2nd & 4th Sunday mornings. Contact Wes for more info.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT KIDS’ CLUB RSVPs CLOSED

If you have kids (5th grade and younger) you’d like to bring, please contact Hala to see if there is room.

NO MEAL THIS SEMESTER AT FAMILY NIGHT

Eat before you come or bring your dinner and eat on the playground before groups start. No meal will be served at Family Night this semester.