Recent Newsletters

The Bright Spot 7-27-2010

It is with great excitement that I introduce to you our new pastor of high school ministries, Mark Hershey. Mark is from Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. He received his college education from Cedarville University, and just graduated from Trinity Evangeli

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The Bright Spot 7-21-2010

A couple of Tuesdays ago, a lady was at Hope who was going to have surgery the next day. Pastor Tom asked everyone to gather around and pray for this lady. My parents were there as volunteers helping fold the weekly newsletter. Mom voiced that she had had this same surgery a few

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The Bright Spot 7-13-2010

My name is Kerri LaMunyon and I am a fellow Hopester. I’m so excited to be involved in the budding Orphan Care Ministry at Hope! I feel alive, because I’m in the game, so to speak. However, it hasn’t always been this way for me. I spent way too much time waiting on the sideline. My first

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The Bright Spot 7-5-2010

Every guy I know loves “worst case scenario” stories. I can’t explain why, but sometimes when my wife asks me, What are you thinking,” it’s usually about a scenario I’m contemplating about how I’d escape certain death. One of my favorites is, “what to do when attacked by a giant python.” Victims are instructed to lay still, knife in hand, and wait until being partially swallowed by

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Bright Spot 4-20-2010

What do they think? What do those on the outside looking in think of Jesus because of Hope Community Church? What do they think about Jesus because of you and me who call ourselves his Followers? What do we impress on them about Jesus by who we are, what we do, and what we have? This past Sunday I spoke about this. Unfortu-

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