![]() ![]() In DECEMBER, Hope surpassed by more than 50 percent the session's goal of raising $5,000 for RIP Medical Debt - with every $100 forgiving $10,000 of medical debt for persons in financial distress. In addition, designated 5 percent of January offerings among these nonprofits: Human Rights Watch, one of the world's leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights and Creating Opportunities for Parenting Education (COPE)/Zenith, Osceola County school program for pregnant students or those with children – providing classes in parenting & childbirth along with an accredited child care center, allowing students to fulfill high school diploma requirements. designated 10 percent of offerings to shared mission through our Presbytery and another 5 percent to an in-house annual Distribution Fund (to underwrite our year-end $5K matching fund + other gifts). SUNBLAZE ELEMENTARY PTA FREEoffered free shopping for books among 300+ titles culled from the library of Nancy Graham Ogne and Paul Ogne - with topics from faith and theology to history and biography, fiction, business, sports, science, math and entertainment. solicited Per Capita donations for ministry with the PC(USA) at local, regional and national levels. In JANUARY, Hope continued its pursuit of racial healing alongside our sister church Washington Shores, gathering for the film Just Mercy, followed by group reflection. In reality, these categories are a bit fluid - designed as a flexible framework rather than strict demarcations. We’ve identified 8 umbrellas or “pavilions” of service - categories that we think relate to these and broader biblical themes: health & wellness poverty action shepherd care for the often neglected mentoring creation and animal care education & the arts justice and gospel proclamation. care for widows, orphans, the poor and aliens.healing and recovery of sight to the blind.To that end, we’ve committed to give back… to invest at least 20 percent of monthly offerings to ministries and causes which advance Jesus’ self-affirmed purposes. ![]() Too often, we church types have lost sight of this calling … and, to our discredit, we’ve sometimes built empires and pursued status to the neglect of it.Īt Hope, we hunger to be a community that serves and shares God’s love with the world – in local neighborhoods, central Florida, and the world.
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