My Covid VBS
Vacation Bible School has always been the best ministry week of the year for me! I have so many memories - Marty and I teaching preschool...
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Ross Harrison
Aug 2, 20222 min read
Why We Choose Summer Camp
If you’ve been around Hope Church for a while, you’ve probably noticed our efforts in sending both kids and students to summer camps....
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Michelle Schulte
Jul 26, 20222 min read
Sometimes I get asked this question...
Think back to those concert tickets you HAD to buy. Not being there wasn’t an option. You scraped, you schemed and you made it happen....
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Matt Collins
Jul 12, 20223 min read
Why Don’t We Howl at the Moon?
I am so thankful to be part of the Evangelical Free Church of America or the EFCA. Twenty-four years ago, I made a conscious choice to...
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Deanna Rietgraf
May 3, 20222 min read
A Beautiful Partnership
I was 16 years old when I went on my first missions trip and I’m pretty sure it was the first calling I had from God to be in ministry....
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Dave Clarke
Apr 26, 20223 min read
What is “Missions Work”?
One of the most clear Bible verses that talks about this thing we call “missions work” or “missions” is Acts 1:8 when Jesus says, “But...
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Bethany Lois
Dec 14, 20212 min read
The New Front Door
Google Search “Is there a God?” You'll see 1,910,000,000 results (0.58 seconds) The "front door" of our church, the way we met people,...
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Dave Clarke
Dec 7, 20213 min read
The Gift of Friendliness
Did you know that besides the Fall back-to-school season, the Christmas & New Year's holiday season is the time when we see the most...
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Hope Church
Nov 2, 20215 min read
100 Random Thoughts From The Staff
Happy 100th blog post!! In honor of this bloggiversary milestone, here are 100 random thoughts from the Hope Church staff: Jesus loves...
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Nelson Jenkins
Sep 23, 20202 min read
It was either Youth Pastor or Plumber
People often ask me why I decided to go into youth ministry...
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Deanna Rietgraf
Feb 19, 20203 min read
On Being New at Hope
About two months after I started at Hope Church, I was walking out of the worship center and someone said, “Have you met ‘so and so’ yet?...
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Dave Clarke
May 2, 20194 min read
Our 2019-2020 Agape Project is...
When I was a 9 years old, my parents built a house out in the country side. I remember jumping out of the 2nd story bedroom floor when...
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Matt Collins
Feb 14, 20182 min read
5 Things I loved about Night to Shine
Night to Shine is over, and from all accounts, it was a huge success. This would have been impossible if not for the many, many, many...
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Dave Clarke
Jan 16, 20182 min read
Is Our Church Secure?
Periodically, I get questions about security & what Hope Church is doing, especially when a tragic incident like the shooting at the...
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Dave Clarke
Nov 8, 20172 min read
Why does it have to be just one night?
Back in February, we met John Grothjan, the Community Services Director at Area Residential Care (ARC) in Dubuque. John had invited us...
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