A Small church with a Large Sizable Program
Dear Members and Friends of Hopewell UMC,
Tomorrow Wednesday, October 25, 2023 @7 pm, Led by Rev Jenny from PUMC, the HUMC will convene for its annual charge conference. It is a great moment for us to be thankful to God for His gracious love for what has been happening in our midst. Equally, it is also an opportunity to lay a vision to stay faithful and committed to our mission to bring hope into our community.
I want to take the opportunity to thank all of you for your labor of love and effortlessly contribution to keep the running of our church. We are a small size church with a large sizable program.
This year, we have continued our involvement into the community with the Chubby project and the Hopewell Council of Churches. We have expanded our different mission outreach programs and have hosted PTS students in our midst. We have built a new program; Thanks God It is Wednesday (TGIW) that is re-starting in January 2024. We have repurposed the Sunroom community fellowship that has become the hall mark of our building.
We have also offered so many cups of coffee and provided meals on Sundays and during Hayride. We have lifted so many of members and friends in prayers during the morning worship services and in our Wednesday prayer meetings. We have provided a sizable discretionary financial support to those in need. We have paid one hundred percent of our shared ministries at the conference level.
Our vision in 2024 is to move to phase 2 of the repurpose project of Burton Hall to make available a modern conference room and a prayer place dedicated to church members and the community at large. We intend to pursue a Family outreach to the North East Hopewell and create a greater presence in the community by hosting discussion forums on TGIW. A Family and Children Ministry program is overdue and we will continue to work on it. We are committed to offer a vibrant worship Service.
Another project is to establish international partnership with a couple of churches. We intend as well to diversify our sources of income by exploring nonmembers support for specific projects. We might feel like grasshoppers facing giants (Numbers 13:1-3; 17-20, 25-33) we are, however, a risk-taking church not foolishly but with confidence that God is with us and calling us to advance His Kingdom in our community.
My prayer is that you join me in this journey so that HUMC continues to be relevant in our community.
Peace and Love!