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Pickleball and Gaga Ball Summer Fun Night!

Come join us for a fun night of games and good food and the kickoff to our Summer Fun Nights, now complete with small group competition.

Dinner will be provided in the form of good ol’fashioned hamburgers and hotdogs along with sides and drinks.

We will be sectioning off the parking lot to have 3 pickleball courts where we shall host a Pickleball tournament open to all skills and ages.

Inside the playground area we will have a Gaga Ball tournament also open to all skills and age ranges.

The tournaments will start promptly at 6 pm to ensure that we have time to complete the competition before it gets too late.

Summer Fun Night: Food Fun Competition!

Friendly competition is not an oxymoron when you love each other! Bring some friends, neighbors, co-workers, and family to the Family Room and taste what Hopites hands hath prepared with “intent to win.”

Feel free to compete in as many of the categories as you like:

• Meats/Main Dishes

• Bread

• Sides

• Salads

• Desserts

Voting will happen. Points will be totaled. And the winners will receive a small prize and eternal glory and recognition.

DETAILS COMING

More info on how to sign up and when to bring items to follow from Wes Neely, Assistant Pastor.

Sharon Kern Celebration of Life

CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE:  TUESDAY, AUGUST 6th at 3:30PM

Our dear, sweet friend and Hopite, Sharon Kern, went to be with Jesus last Saturday. Please join Sharon’s family as we celebrate her life on Tuesday, August 6th at 3:30PM at Hope Chapel (6701 Arroyo Seco, 78757). This service will not be livestreamed.

RECEPTION AFTER THE SERVICE – PLEASE RSVP

Join us in the Family Room for a reception after the service.

Hopites can RSVP on Realm if you’re attending plus add  if you are able to bring a dessert or snack to share. Other friends of Sharon can RSVP to Joelene Michel to help us plan (if you’re bringing something, please let her know). Sharon’s favorite desserts were lemon meringue pie or anything lemon like lemon bars.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS

In lieu of flowers the family asks that you donate to The MomCo, N2Worship, or Hope General Missions fund: https://hope.org/giving

OBITUARY

You can find Sharon’s obituary here on Austin Statesman.

A NOTE FROM JACK

From Jack Dorman, long time friend of Sharon, elder, and Pastor Emeritus, “…Sharon often talked of longing to be with Jesus and her dear husband…We are comforted to know where she is. I pray for us all and rejoice in this passage from Romans 8.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. for the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God…who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved…But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

Portions of Romans 8: 18-24 ESV

Posted 31July2024.