2010 Annual Report
January 20, 2011
The 2010 Annual Report is available for download below:
Hope’s Direction – Meeting November 28
November 17, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 9:00 AM – We will continue the question and discussion session which began on November 14. All members of Hope Lutheran Church are strongly encouraged to attend this informative meeting to take advantage of the opportunity to raise your questions and concerns, and voice your opinions and desires for the direction of our church. This meeting will NOT be an official Congregational Meeting. There will be NO official business conducted at this meeting. For more information, go to the Hope’s Direction page on our website.
Thanksgiving Service ~ November 21
November 15, 2010
Come Give Thanks on November 21rst, After Congregational Thanksgiving Meal. See page 2 of the November newsletter for details.
Church Thanksgiving Dinner ~ November 21
November 15, 2010
Mark your calendar for our annual Family Thanksgiving Dinner November 21 following the 10:00 service. Check the newsletter article on page 2 for more information.
November 20 ~ Game Night
November 4, 2010
November 20, 6:00 pm, Join us for an evening fun.
Heralds of Hope November Deadline Date Changed
November 4, 2010
Due to the coming holiday November’s deadline date is November 14. Please email your articles as an attachment to: hopesecretary {at} sbcglobal(.)net
November 14 ~ Thankgiving Offering
November 4, 2010
Hope Lutheran Church Women will be collecting Thankofferings during both services on November 14.
Want more Fun in your Marriage
November 3, 2010
You and your mate will have more fun in your marriage after attending a Marriage Encounter Weekend. November 12-14 at the Doubletree Hotel in Dallas across from Northpark Shopping Center. For complete details see page 5 of the November newsletter.
October 31- 5th Sunday Missions Offering: Sierra Leone
October 11, 2010
This month, our fifth Sunday offering will go to benefit the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone (One of our members, Elizabeth Bockarie, is from Sierra Leone). Since 1988, the ELCSL has been the companion synod of the NTNL, and over the years we have supported them in many ways: building a center for worship and leadership training, opening a medical clinic, supporting pastor-in-residence Kate Warn from the ELCA to minister in Sierra Leone, building schools, and digging fresh water wells.
Your special offering will go to further the above good work that is being done in the name of Jesus Christ by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone. Please prayerfully consider how you can support this work. Please keep this country and this branch of the Body of Christ in our prayers throughout the year.
New Lutheran Church Launched
August 30, 2010
The North American Lutheran Church was launched August 26th, 2010 at the annual Lutheran Coalition for Renewal national gathering in Columbus, Ohio. The North American Lutheran Church is similar to the ELCA that used to exist prior to the August 09 vote in Minneapolis, only they have a much flatter organizational structure and congregations are given more power in the decision of the church. (National decisions of consequence, such as the vote that happened in Minneapolis in August 09, would have to be ratified by congregations of the NALC before they would be adopted.) The NALC is similar to the ELCA of old in that its sexuality policy is very similar to the ELCA’s policy before the ELCA changed.
Go to www.lutherancore.org for information regarding the new church denomination. Also, at this website you will see Lutheran Coalition for Renewal also has an ELCA arm. In this way pastors will be able to connect with likeminded pastors while remaining in the ELCA.
Gene Janke’s sister’s church, St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Pflugerville, Texas recently left the ELCA and joined Lutheran Congregations in Mission For Christ. LCMC has been receiving many former ELCA churches and is a second viable option for congregations who are looking for a home after the ELCA left them in August 09. The LCMC is not a denomination per say but rather an association of Lutheran congregations. In other words, LCMC is more loosely connected to each other than those churches connected in a denomination. For more information about Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ go to www.lcmc.net.
For more information yet, go to www.wordalone.org. There you will fine perspective on the developments of the last ten years.
I have pledged to keep you informed about these matters, and will continue to do so.
Pastor Joel