On May 19, during the Coffee Hour after church, we will have a VBS Call Out in Wesley Hall. This will be an informal meeting to discuss how we at Community of Hope would like VBS to look going forward. So, if you have ideas or are interested in helping with VBS going forward, please...
Join us in celebrating Pastor Heather’s ordination! The ceremony will be June 7 in Indianapolis, and our reception will be June 16 in Wesley Hall following worship. Be watching for details. If you would like to contribute to a gift for Pastor Heather, please designate the offering as “ordination gift.” We’ll collect offerings through the...
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...
Cardinals and Hoosiers and Boilermakers Oh My! This year during NCAA March Madness, Grace Village is participating in Campus Ministry Madness, a fundraising challenge between Lutheran Campus Ministry sites across the country. Did you know that 89% of students who participated in campus ministry planned to continue being active in a faith community? Your support...
Palm Sunday, 10 a.m. March 24 in the Sanctuary Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m. March 28 in the Sanctuary Good Friday, 7 p.m. March 29 in the Sanctuary Holy Saturday, 7 p.m. March 30 in the Sanctuary Easter Sunday, 10 a.m. March 31 in the Sanctuary
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...
Happy New Year! We can be thankful for any opportunity to reset and begin to do better. Heather in particular loves fresh starts and clean slates. Her favorite part of the new year is actually in September, when she buys her annual “Simplified” planner from Emily Ley. All of Heather’s pens and papers are “Simplified”...
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...
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...
Join Pastor Colin & Pastor Heather at the MLK Jr. Community Breakfast this Monday at 9 a.m. The event is free and features keynote speaker Dr. John Anderson, Director of Ryan Family Navigators Program. A memorized reenactment of the “I Have a Dream” speech is also expected. If you have a CoH shirt, please wear...
