Saturday, May 1, 2021

May 2021 newsletter

 House-to-House
Family of Hope House Church                           May 2021

For Family of Hope Covenanting Sunday

Our Vision (who we are)

  “God calls us to be followers of Jesus Christ, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, to grow as a community of grace, joy and peace, so  that God’s healing and hope may flow though us to the world.”

Our Mission (what we are about)

“We meet weekly to seek guidance from Scripture and to find encouragement and direction from our worship and fellowship together in order to more effectively bring about God’s shalom and healing in our church family and in the communities in which we live and work.”

Our Personal Covenant (what we each commit ourselves to)

"I support the goals, vision and faith of Family of Hope, will attend weekly services as regularly as I am able, and will use my gifts and offer my encouragement to this church family to the best of my ability. I invite other members to support me--and to confront me  as needed--in being faithful to this commitment.”

Notes, Prayers and Praises

WE CONTINUE TO MEET ONLINE from 4-5:30. For a phone connection dial 646-876-9923. For video:  https://zoom.us/j/2849269967.

OUR ANNUAL COVENANTING SERVICE, with a celebration of communion, is set for Pentecost Sunday May 23. Each will provide their own bread and grape juice

WE PLAN TO USE THE NARRATIVE LECTIONARY TEXTS through this summer, a series of book studies as follows: May30-July 4, Jeremiah; July 11-August 1, Ephesians; and August 8-September 5, Revelation. 

BIRTHDAY BLESSINGS  to Mary Ellen Overholt, 4/5 (belated!), Margie Vlasits, 5/1, and Alma Jean Yoder 5/15!

May Lectionary Texts

2  Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 15:1-18  Luke 2:29-32
9  Sixth Sunday of Easter Galatians 1:13-17; 2:11-21  Luke 18:9-14
16 Seventh Sunday of Easter Galatians 3:1-9, 23-29  Luke 1:68-79
23 Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-4; Galatians 4:1-7 5:16-26 Luke 11:11-13
30 O.T. Book Study Jeremiah 1:1-10; 7:1-11 

May Services, 4-5:30 pm 

2  Location: on line 
Worship and sharing: Lois Rivera-Wenger
Bible Study: Kent Palmer
9 Location: on line Worship and Sharing: Elly Nelson 
Bible Study: Dick Dumas
16 Location: on line 
Worship and Sharing: Guy Vlasits
Bible Study: Roy Hange
23 Location: on line 
Worship and Sharing: Lewis Overholt
Covenanting and Communion: Harvey Yoder
30 Location: on line 
Worship and Sharing: Harvey Yoder
Bible Study: Elly Nelson

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