What Can We Learn from Our History?

Hope Church has always been willing to reach people in new ways and focus on justice for those who have been harmed by other Christian communities. Although Christianity has included periods where the Church has caused harm in its nearly 2000-year history, the roots of our modern-day pursuits for justice can also be found throughout the history of Christianity. You are invited to join us either online or in person tomorrow at 9:30 or 11 as we look at the ways in which our faith calls us to advocate for the well-being of all God's people, beginning in the Bible and continuing throughout church history and into today!
Grace and Peace,
Erik Slingerland (he/him)
Substitute Minister

If you want to help at the Hope Church table at this year's PrideFest in downtown Bloomington on August 3 any time between 3 and 8 pm, be sure to let us know! Click the link below for more details and to indicate your interest in volunteering. Please contact Erik (admin@behopechurch.org) or fill out this form no later than Tuesday (July 30) if you wish to participate!

Although the initial ideas for this week's sermon began a month ago, I was further inspired by a talk that I heard when I (along with other Hope Church folks, Anish and Pastor Jennie) attended a gathering of 10 United Methodist Annual Conferences a couple of weeks ago. To go into more depth on the roots of justice in the United Methodist Church and its predecessor denominations, you're invited to join us for a viewing of this presentation and a brief discussion of it afterward! We will meet in the gathering space next to the sanctuary on Monday (July 29) at 6 pm to learn what it means for us to, like John Wesley, be "more vile" in our approach to faith!