by Hope Hill Church | Feb 23, 2015 | All Posts, Blog, Prayers for Lent 2015
Mark 1:9-10 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. “The Church does not dispense the sacrament...
by Hope Hill Church | Feb 22, 2015 | Love Does Stories
Our family received an envelope with $20 at the reverse offering at Hope Hill’s 4th anniversary. We took awhile to pray and think about what to do with it – there are so many needs and worthy causes and charities. Andrew and I always want our gifts and...
by Hope Hill Church | Feb 22, 2015 | All Posts, Blog, Prayers for Lent 2015
Matthew 9:2-13 (ESV) And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.” And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is...
by Hope Hill Church | Feb 20, 2015 | Love Does Stories
I was stunned on Sunday when Pastor John announced that the collection basket was to be passed around a second time after our initial offering, but this time each family was to take one envelope out of the basket and use the money to bless others. Why? Because “Love...
by Hope Hill Church | Feb 20, 2015 | All Posts, Blog, Prayers for Lent 2015
Matthew 6.12 Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. “What in retrospect we know about ourselves can always be only that we live by forgiveness.” – Karl Barth To follow Christ, we are called into a new way of doing life....
