Vacation Bible School has always been the best ministry week of the year for me! I have so many memories - Marty and I teaching preschool...

If you’ve been around Hope Church for a while, you’ve probably noticed our efforts in sending both kids and students to summer camps....

Think back to those concert tickets you HAD to buy. Not being there wasn’t an option. You scraped, you schemed and you made it happen....

I am so thankful to be part of the Evangelical Free Church of America or the EFCA. Twenty-four years ago, I made a conscious choice to...

I was 16 years old when I went on my first missions trip and I’m pretty sure it was the first calling I had from God to be in ministry....

One of the most clear Bible verses that talks about this thing we call “missions work” or “missions” is Acts 1:8 when Jesus says, “But...

Google Search “Is there a God?” You'll see 1,910,000,000 results (0.58 seconds) The "front door" of our church, the way we met people,...

Did you know that besides the Fall back-to-school season, the Christmas & New Year's holiday season is the time when we see the most...

Happy 100th blog post!! In honor of this bloggiversary milestone, here are 100 random thoughts from the Hope Church staff: Jesus loves...

People often ask me why I decided to go into youth ministry...

About two months after I started at Hope Church, I was walking out of the worship center and someone said, “Have you met ‘so and so’ yet?...

When I was a 9 years old, my parents built a house out in the country side. I remember jumping out of the 2nd story bedroom floor when...

Night to Shine is over, and from all accounts, it was a huge success. This would have been impossible if not for the many, many, many...

Periodically, I get questions about security & what Hope Church is doing, especially when a tragic incident like the shooting at the...

Back in February, we met John Grothjan, the Community Services Director at Area Residential Care (ARC) in Dubuque. John had invited us...