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Deanna Rietgraf
Aug 23, 20223 min read
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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Bethany Lois
Aug 16, 20222 min read
Pick One
If you attend one of our services in person or online, you’ve heard “What’s your next step?” We’re all on a spiritual journey, and no...
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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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Nelson Jenkins
Sep 20, 20192 min read
Not just a Spectator
A man walks into a Chicago restaurant with his dog. He begs them to let the dog in. “You see,” he says, “you're playing the Bears game,...
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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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Michelle Schulte
Jan 10, 20182 min read
You can’t follow without walking
“You can’t follow without walking.” I read that sentence in my devotional today; so obvious, so simple, but so profound: Following...
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Mark Smith
Nov 15, 20172 min read
Where is the excitement?
Does this sound familiar? You started coming to church and hanging out with all these happy Christians. At first everything was...
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