A sampling of Church Life at New Hope Presbyterian Church.
A Year of Fellowship, Worship, and Service
Our goal for everyone here is that 2022 will be a Year of Fellowship, Worship, and Service, and to that end we hope that you will commit yourself to more active involvement…
The Bible Reveals and Rescues
If you were to select a single passage from the Bible that defined the purpose of the Bible, what would you choose?
The First Catechism
This morning we introduced the First Catechism in worship, beginning with the first five questions and answers…
What Was in the Time Capsule?
On Sunday, October 3, we celebrated the 85th anniversary of our congregation and our denomination, which also coincided with the 65th anniversary of our current building…
Does The Bible Influence You Enough?
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth…
Chalcedonian Creed
Recently we recited the Chalcedonian Creed, which is a historic formulation of the person and natures of Christ.
85th Anniversary Sunday
In less than two weeks, New Hope will be celebrating God’s faithfulness during our 85th Anniversary Sunday on October 3, 2021. We have a big day planned!
Study the Old, Old Story This Year
How many emails, social media posts, or app notifications have you received in the last week encouraging you to follow a Bible reading plan in 2022?
Pursue what makes for peace
This time in the WSC (Weekly Spiritual Checkup) we look at the manner in which the strong and the weak in faith are to treat and regard each other and more…
End of Summer Newsletter
And just like that, the season of ministry is officially over! Is it just us or did it fly by? This summer was an answer to prayer and a blessing from the Lord.
Grace Came as a Baby
When you look into that manger in Bethlehem, you need to see a warrior. On Christmas Day, celebrate the birth of the Great Warrior. He won the victory that you and I could have never won.
How do you handle the holidays?
Thanksgiving and Christmas can be relaxing, hectic, busy, lonely, stressful, happy, or sad, depending on your circumstances.
In All of the Noise, The Chapel Stands Out
“Once a king or queen in Narnia,” Pastor Jim Zozzaro quipped as we stood around a makeshift dining table in a dingy screened-in back patio for our Friday night debrief.
Sing These Christmas Hymns
God designed human beings to sing. It’s why from a very young age, babies and toddlers break out into spontaneous song, even if we don’t understand what they’re singing…
2021 Foreign Missions Video
This week’s video features the work of Foreign Missions. Through your giving to Worldwide Outreach, the Committee on Foreign Missions is able to support missionaries…
Art Camp 2021 Update Day 5
Today’s the day! Today we wrapped up a wonderful 5 days of Art Camp! First, we reviewed Titus 3:4-7—which is one long sentence—and recited the whole passage together.
Memorize This Christmas Passage
Last week I shared some practical tips to help you and your family focus your attention on Advent this December. One of those was reading Christmas-related Scripture…
2021 Home Missions Video
What excites me the most is seeing what the Lord’s doing. To see people who are being introduced to the faith, to see their excitement, and their love for preaching.
Art Camp 2021 Update Day 4
Flowers, flowers, flowers–today we made tissue paper flowers! The children learned how to make all sorts of flowers using a pipe cleaner and different colors and shapes of tissue paper.
Peter, Doctrine, and Fear
Salina loved the gospel, never missed her morning devotional reading, and had Alexa belting Christian music throughout her house all day long.
2021 Christian Education Video
“My name is Zach Siggins … I served as a summer-intern at Living Hope under John Van Meerbeke, and I also served as a yearlong-intern at Calvary OPC Glenside under Mark Sallade.”
Art Camp 2021 Update Day 3
Today we learned about the Russian artist Vasily Kandinsky and his use of concentric circles, and we talked about how God’s loving kindness creates a…
Jonah, Doctrine, and Fear
Brad was one of the most theologically knowledgeable men I have ever met—confident, defensive, and ready for the next debate. The problem was, I didn’t want to debate him;
The David Haney Board Room
An alumnus of Dordt, David Haney served the institution as a board member from 2012-2019 and as the Board Chair from October 2016 until his death on August 16, 2019
Art Camp 2021 Update Day 2
What a fun day! This morning the kids learned about abstract art: first, they decorated a ceramic tile, and then it was sprayed with alcohol; after the alcohol was removed…
We Love Because
“We love because he first loved us.” (1 John 4:19) Why are we so hard with one another?
85th Anniversary of our Congregation
This weekend marks the 85th Anniversary of our congregation and of our denomination. 85 years ago—almost to the day—our congregation voted to leave…
Art Camp 2021 Update Day 1
We had a WONDERFUL first day of Art Camp! All 24 kids arrived this morning bright and early and ready to learn.
A Four-Step Plan For Bible Study
Luella and I gave birth to a son who didn’t understand what to do with gifts. We would shop until we found what we assumed was the perfect gift, then watch with parental delight…
Are you reading your Bible?
Are you sharing it as a family? Do you talk about it over the dinner table, or read it together after eating? Are you memorizing Scripture and hiding it in your heart?
Dog Days of Summer?
Is this what they mean when they say, “the dog days of summer?” It’s hot, the kids are bored, and you would love to have something constructive for them to do. Don’t worry…
I Fell And Broke My Hip
I fell, a hard fall, broken body, instant life change, priorities altered, plans interrupted promises by the wayside, what if’s, if only’s assault. A lovely afternoon screeches to a halt, such is life in a fallen world.
Plumbers are Needed!
Immediate need for professional plumbers— response needed by Thursday (2/25) at 5 p.m.
Lemonade From Lemons: Continuing the Conversation 2021
On Saturday, June 12, at the approximate time of what would have been the closing program of the OPC’s Committee on Diaconal Ministry’s fourth Diaconal Summit in Chicago…
Only One Gift
You have given me many gifts, wondrous, merciful, rescuing, healing, transforming gifts. They have given me, life, strength, hope and a future. But there is only one gift…
Are you fighting the good fight?
Are you pressing on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus? (Phil 3:14)
Why Is It So Hard to Receive Help?
It is hard to accept help from others. As Christians, we hear the direction of Paul telling us to be “cheerful givers.” (2 Corinthians 9:7). Paul also tells us (quoting Jesus) “It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35).
Canaries and Coal Mines
One of my earlier pastoral jobs was in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Before the U.S. television show The Office made it comically famous, my family and I knew Scranton as home.
The Lord is Working in Wildwood
It is important to understand that what makes the evangelism joys so sweet is the repetitive rejection that we experience often while witnessing.