Congregation Needs and Concerns - If you have a need or concern that you would like to have pastoral assistance with, or would like to have shared with the Hope congregation via all church email, please be sure to notify Pastor Tom or Laura Miller.
We extend a warm greeting to everyone who enters the doors of Hope Covenant. Your presence makes the worship service more complete. Please sign the registration card located in your worship folder and place it in the offering plate. Thank you!
This week at Hope
Today, 5/4
9:30 a.m. – Sunday School for all ages.
10:30 a.m. – Morning Worship Service.
6:30 p.m. – Women’s Bible Study.
Monday, 5/5
12:00 p.m. – Women’s Bible Study will meet at Tomato Pie for lunch and to discuss Ch. 12 in To Stand and Not Be Moved.
Tuesday, 5/6
7:00 a.m. – Men’s Bible Study and Prayer Group. (The last chapter in Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy).
6:00 p.m. – Alpha Study Dinner.
6:30 p.m. – Alpha Study. Week 15: How Can I Make the Most of the Rest of My Life?
Wednesday, 5/7
5:30 p.m. – Dinner
6:15 p.m. – Kids’ Club. Theme: Paul Teaches in Athens.– Coffee Club Lounge.
Saturday, 5/10
9:30 a.m. – Mother’s Day Breakfast.
1:00 p.m. – Baby Shower for Mykiea Thurman. (Please see the invitation on the white board in the narthex for more details.)
Next Sunday, 5/11
9:30 a.m. – Sunday School for all ages.
10:30 a.m. – Morning Worship. Loose Change Offering Sunday.
Looking Ahead
Cake Walk Sign-Up - Cakes or anything dessert-like are needed for the Kid’s Club Party Cake Walk on Wednesday, May 21st. Please bring your donations to the church by 5:00 PM on May 21st. There is a sign-up sheet on the table in the narthex if you would like to help.
Mother’s Day Breakfast - Ladies of all ages are invited to a Mother’s Day Breakfast on Sat., May 10th, at 9:30 AM. The cost is $5.00. Please bring a picture of yourself as a baby or young child for a game. It’ll be fun! RSVP to Kathie Riley (570-0213) or the church office if you plan to attend.
May Loose Change Offering - Next Sunday, May 11th, is Loose Change Offering Sunday. This month our giving will be donated to the sponsorship of a Nicaraguan woman to attend the Women’s Seminar. The funds were needed previous to this month, so everything we collect will go to replace the money already given. If you would like to read more about this event, information is posted on the mission’s bulletin board in the upstairs hallway. Thank you for giving and making a difference is someone’s life.
April Loose Change Total - The total for last month’s loose change offering was $100.00. The money you gave went toward the Akagi Bible Camp in Japan and scholarships for campers attending the camp. Ann Carlson will have an opportunity to visit the camp this month while on a Women Ministries trip. Thank you for your support!
Teacher Appreciation Pitch-in - On Sunday, May 18th, we will have a pitch-in lunch after the morning worship service to honor our teachers. Please bring a main dish and a side or dessert to share. Come and help us honor our teachers.
Boundary Waters Canoe Trip - Adults of all ages are invited to experience a great adventure August 29-September 6 canoeing the BWCA in northern Minnesota. The BWCA offers some of the finest backcountry canoeing and fishing in the world. The cost is $225 per person. Information/registration is located at the Information Center in the narthex. The trip host is Pastor Tom, and he will be happy to answer any questions you may have. (Ladies, this invitation is open to you as well! Laura Miller is planning to go on the trip and would be happy to answer any questions you may have!)
Thank You - A BIG thank you goes to everyone who helped spruce up the church at our Spring Work Day yesterday. Your help is much appreciated! Working together makes a big job more manageable.
Thank you to Jill Bainbridge for providing a delicious lunch.
~Mark Carlson
Flowers for Hope - This year in lieu of a flower sale we are asking for your help in providing flowers for Hope’s gardens. If, while you are out shopping for your own flowers, you would like to purchase some extras for the church, your donations would be much appreciated. Whether you chose individual packs or whole flats, you contributions will be planted and well cared for. Just bring your donations to the church and leave them by the wooden fence behind the rock wall on the SW corner of the church. We can use sunny or shady flowers. If you wish, you may donate money toward this project instead. You may also bring any extra perennials from your own gardens. Please see Laura Miller if you have any questions. Thank you for your help and stewardship!
Prayer - Betty Yount; Laura Miller’s sister, Angie (bone cancer); friend of Vicki Dayan, Linda (colon cancer); Pastor Tom and Laura Miller’s son-in-law’s twin brother, Staff Sgt. Stephen Burley (morale); Michele Anderson’s aunt, Marcia (breast cancer treatment); Jorge Silva’s niece, Tania (torn vertebrae); Pastor Tom and Laura Miller’s sister-in-law, Anita (breast cancer recovery); Curt Sellke’s friend, Rob Bruder’s, 21 year old sister (brain cancer); John Bunge (knee surgery recovery); Pastor Tom’s family in the death of his Aunt Caroline; Nathan Kelly’s family (especially his mother, Becky) in the death of Nathan’s maternal grandmother.
Staff
Minister – Tom Miller
Pastoral Intern - A. Evan Westburg
Ministers to the Community – The Hope Congregation
Hope Covenant Church, 8615 Spring Mill Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46260
