We are super pumped to let you know that on April 14, we will have our last Super Sunday Kids Ministry of the school year. This will be at Lutheran Church of the Cross (4401 N. Wheeling Ave.) from 4 to 6 p.m. As a reminder, our theme this year is Superheroes, so feel free to dress as your favorite...
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Children’s Sanctuary Volunteers
As part of our effort to be a more accepting and loving community for families with young children, we are asking people to sign up to sit in the Children’s Sanctuary on Sunday mornings. Your responsibilities would be to sit in the pew behind the area or sit in the area with the kids, help...
All Church Lenten Study: Hard & Holy Work
In the 40-day season of Lent, Community of Hope will engage in a church-wide study of the book “Hard and Holy Work: A Lenten Journey through the Book of Exodus.” In Sunday worship, in small group gatherings, and in our own reading and action, we as a congregation will deepen our connections with God and...
Lighthouse Congregation: A Place for You
If you have always had a wonderful and faithful experience in the Church, praise God! For some, especially in the past few years of United Methodism, “church” is a difficult word. In late 2023, some members of Community of Hope were trained in becoming a Lighthouse Congregation. Lighthouse Congregations are places that are intentionally hospitable...
Advent Study 2023
Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m., starting on November 28, 2023 Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., starting on November 30, 2023 Pastor Colin & Pastor Heather will be leading an Advent study based on the book “Light of the World,” by Amy-Jill Levine. The class will be in the chapel on Tuesday afternoons at 1:30 p.m. beginning Nov....
Children’s Super Sundays, Dec. 10
Sunday, December 10, 2023 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in Wesley Hall On Sunday, Dec. 10 at 4:00 pm we will have our second Super Sunday here at CoH in Wesley Hall. This is for Pre-K through Fifth graders. Remember, if you want to dress up as your favorite Superhero, you can. We hope you can...
Thankfulness
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.“ Psalm 107:1 November is always a good time to be thankful for all that we have and all that God does. This month we are thankful for all of you! Our adjustment to Muncie is going well – it’s still quite the...
Children’s Super Sundays
Sunday, October 29, 2023 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian On Oct. 29, we will be kicking off Super Sundays, our ecumenical children’s ministry events. The first one will be at First Presbyterian Church from 4 to 6 p.m. All the events will be superhero themed, so we encourage your kiddos to dress up...
Acolytes
One of the ways that the children of the church can serve is to be an Acolyte and we would love to give all the kiddos of the church that opportunity. To start the process of having Acolytes in the service, we will have Acolyte Training on Sept. 24 right after worship. So, parents, if you kids...
Reconciling Ministries Update
Dear Community of Hope, We are excited to inform you that information about our RMN process has been shared with Colin and Heather Cress and they are excited to join us for our final steps of affiliating with the Reconciling Ministries Network and in doing the work to live into what that will look like...