Hope Free Church
Our vision is to be a church whose passion for God gives rise to a heart for the lost and is
demonstrated by our love for one another.
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Music Ministry
Practice Calendar
Teen Choir:
May 3, 9*,17, 24, 31
(All practices at 5pm & 24th is an extended practice)
* Teen Choir Workday , Saturday, May 9 from 4 to 8:30 pm
Celebration Choir
Last practice date is May 7 at 6:50 pm & Mother's Day, May 10th the last day to sing.
Celebration Band
May 28 - time TBA
Thank You
I want to thank my Hope family for your get well cards, phone calls, prayers and concerns during my recuperation from a broken arm. Laura Fleming
Dear Hope Free Family, Thank you for all your heartfelt prayers and thoughts that were expressed during Paul's recent heart surgeries and recovery. We feel very blessed to be a part of such a loving and caring family who were with us through this difficult time. Thank you for the beautiful flowers, which definitely uplifted our spirits. God Bless, The Klebs Family
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Looking for your help in beautifying our Courtyard Garden We are looking for cuttings...
our color theme is blue, purple, pink and white
5 Red peony
1 Pink coreopsis
12 Red coral bells
2 Coneflowers
35 Pink stargazer lilies
21 White stargazer lilies
Purple columbine
5 Pink peony
Sara Bernhardt
14 Yew
25 Galahad Delphinium
Columbine
Iris Sibirica/purple
Wt Bleeding Heart
Black Knight Delphinium
Shasta Daisies
5 Fuller's Wt Phlox
4 Wt glass mums
3 Burning Bush
Eryngium Alponum sea holly
2 White Liatris
4 White Speedwell
VeronicaSpicata
Wt Iris Ensata Alba
Wt Double Peony
Clematis/Elsa Spath
Dianthus
Salvia Farin Acea Victoria
Monk's Hood Aconitum
Geranium Johnson's Blue
4 Pk Bleeding Heart
5 Hosta Sievoldiana Elegans
Kurme Azaleas
Roseboy or maxim Rhododendron
2 Purple Pink Plumonari
If you have any cuttings for the above items - please bring to the office Mon-Fri, 9-5. Thank you for your help!! |
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Helpful Links
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This announcement
is to let you know that Pastor Ken and Sherie are trying to recruit
a tour of the
Holy Land for the Fall of next year. We are contemplating extending the typical tour of ten days to fourteen. This would result in a 50% increase in the actual number of days you spend touring the sites, while only adding a few hundred dollars to the over all total for the trip. If you are interested in seeing Israel, we would love to have you join us. The approximate cost will be $4,000 including air fare, hotel rooms (double occupancy), breakfast and dinner every day, all entrance fees and tips, and some money for personal purchases (lunches and things to bring home). The date is not set yet, but you would need to begin making payments on your total trip early in 2010. We hope at least 25 of you will sign up and invite a friend to go with you. Forty would put us on a nice big touring bus over there. You will never read your Bible the same again. Just ask someone who has been there!
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Men's Breakfast
The last Saturday of each monthe we gather for breakfast at Culver's from 7:30 - 8:30. We are currently going through topics relating to a Man's Guide to the Spiritual Disciplines. If you have never come, please set aside time for this. If you have, who can you invite to come with you next time? |
Annual Congregation Business Meeting
Sunday
May 31
at
6 pm
We will be voting on our 2009/2010 budget.
Members,
we need you there to meet quorum!! | |
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Adult Bible Fellowships Come meet some new friends (and reconnect with some old ones too)
College Age Meets during 9:00 service in Adult Classroom
Taught by Todd Piefer
20's & 30's Meets in Fireside Room during 9:00 service
Taught by Pastor Brad
Mutigenerational Meets in Fellowship Hall during 10:30 service.
40's+ Meets in Fellowship Hall during 9:00 service.
Taught by Ed Titcomb & Jim Edmonds.
Book of John
60+ Meets in Fireside Room during the 10:30 service.
Taught by Pastor Ken
If you have never tried coming to an ABF - what is stopping you from checking one out?
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Missions of Hope 
This month's mission's letter has a very local flavor. During the last full week of March, Dan Meyer, Norm Hansing, and I took a trip to the JAARS campus in Waxhaw, N. C. There we worked with a dozen other men in roofing apartment buildings. JAARS is a nonprofit organization committed to speeding Bible translation for all people. They provide technical support services and resources to Wycliffe Bible.
Retired missionaries live in these apartments, who had spent their working years translating the Bible into foreign languages. They lived with the people, learned their language, and at times created a written form of the language prior to translating the Bible.
JAARS provides for the upkeep of the apartments through their staff plus we volunteers who showed up from all over the country. We enjoyed serving as "weekend contractors". It only took a short time to realize the gift of a new roof was very much appreciated by the elderly missionaries and for our part it was given with joy. It was a privilege getting better acquainted with these two men from our congregation and a delight working with a crew of godly men whose hearts were in service. Thank you for your prayers throughout that week. Marshall Newhouse
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Student Ministries
Schedule for Summer months
May
01 - X-treme video game withdrawal
1st - 2nd - 3rd - PROM Alternative Road Trip to Stewartville
7th - National Day of Prayer
10th - Mother's Day There will be no student ministries (middle or high school) Spend time with Mom.
There will be a special presentation by BUMP participants during the 9 and 10:30 services. 15th/16th - "Stones, Bugs & Harmony" BUMP "night of misery" @ Hononegah Forest Preserve
24th - Begins 40 Days
June
01 - prayer journal II
6th - Jr/Sr High on the Rock River
19th - 23rd - Sr High Camping Trip (Wisconsin Dells)
26th-27th - 30 Hour Famine
July
01 - TV die in July
4th - End of 40 Days
4th - Beloit Fireworks Picnic -
9th - 10th - Jr High Camping Trip (Lake Geneva)
12th - Sr High on the Rock River
13th - 16th - Serving at VBS
18th - 27th - BUMP 2009
August
1st - Jr High on the Rock River
2nd - Sr High on the Rock River
9th - Hello/Goodbye Swim Party @ Ledges Pool
11th - 16th - Boone County Fair Experiment
Looking ahead to school year 09-10:
04-06 SEPT: Roscoe Fall Festival
23 OR 30 SEPT: possibly SYATP
30/31 OCT (FRI & SAT): Halloween alternative
08 NOV: possibly Code Blue Rally (WVW)?
22 NOV: Thanksgiving Special
06 DEC: Possible youth Christmas special (for teens)
15-18 JAN 2010: possible high school ski retreat
Looking ahead to summer 2010 - a possible Creation Museum trip, BUMP (again) and/or something with other EFCA youth (we'll see - keep praying for us!!)
All information and dates subject to change. |
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Resource Center News
We are grateful for your patience and understanding as we transition to the new software. We are hoping to start using the barcode scanner sometime soon - which will make so many things easier (and fun)!
Please remember that the Resource Center is only available when a Library Aide is on duty (before and after the 2nd service). Please do not enter the library unless you have been trained to use the new software. If you would like to open the up the Resource Center during the week (i.e. before or after Bible studies), please contact Shannon Nordgren for training.
We would like to train a few more people as Library Aides (or substitutes.) If you are interested in volunteering in the Resource Center, please contact Shannon Nordgren at (815) 494-9470 or hefclibrary@gmail.com. Thanks!
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 Senior Saints Luncheon May 12 at Noon - The Pastoral Staff is GRILLIN' hamburgers, hot dogs and brats for the seniors meal on Tuesday, May 12th at Noon.
Pastor Ken will be giving a devotional - "He Knows MY Name, Does He know YOURS?" and will sing a "new" song based on John 10 entitled "He Knows My Name" by Tommy Walker (1996) - #57 in the top 100 songs in the USA churches. Levon Kline will be presenting the program with Pastor Ken - seeing if we can guess the titles to some songs and then have a sing-a-long of some familiar songs. Call Betty Alexander (815-623-2336) to make your reservation and when you call be prepared to tell her which meat you would prefer.
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Biblical Virtue to Pray for our Kids - This month let's pray that our children will grow in prayerfulness. "Grant, Lord, that my children's lives may be marked by prayerfulness, that they may learn to pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests." (Ephesians 6:18)
 NurseryThank you to everyone who helped in the nurseries on Easter Sunday! We are blessed to have so many willing and cheerful volunteers. Thank you to those who donated the ride on toys! The kids are happy!
 Preschool
Summer teachers are needed for the 10:30 hour. This is a good time to "try out" teaching preschoolers and see if it is for you without making a long term commitment. Call Vera Juhlin at 623-6545 or Anne Wagner at 623-8694.
 Elementary
We're gearing up for Summer Sunday School and still need a few more people to help with teaching and leading the K-5th graders at the 9:00 hour
 VBS
We're pleased to welcome Sarah Haggerty to the leadership team for the SonRock Kids Camp VBS July 13-17. If you haven't already signed up to help at VBS do so soon! We will start registering kids in June and the major factor limiting how many kids we can minister to is how many volunteers we have.
 Club Corner
Karen Platzbecker, Commander
Monday night, April 27 was the Awards Ceremony for AWANA clubbers
Sparks Book Awards:
Finished Book 1 (Hang Glider/Skipper)Lexa Armbruster Quentin Smith
Tyrese Harris Kadin Coke
Tjaden Keip Garrett Heckman
Katie Link Anna Mitchell
Jacob Link Emma Underwood
Garion Bryant
Finished Book 2 ( Hiker) Finished Book 3 (Climber)
James McCormick Aidan Heckman
Kadin Coke Meghan Juhlin
Abbey Dietrich Dylan Hill
Noah Try
Noel Mullins
Reagan Wells
Josiah Underwood
TNT Book Awards
Finished Book 1 Finished Book 2
McKaylee Armbruster Carly Johnson
Ethan Coke Amanda Juhlin
Rachel Dean Leah Knaul
Megan Klebs Lauren Lee
Paige McCann Madalyn Williams
Maggie Mitchell
Matthew Wang Finished Book 3
Kayla Welsh Lori Dantuma
Nathan Wriedt Gracie Dean
Dylan Wrona Emma Platzbecker
Leanne Zimbelman Rebecca Wriedt
Finished Book 4 - Timothy Award
Grand Prix Awards
DIVISION A
Place SPEED DESIGN
1st Leah Knaul Becca Wriedt
2nd Emma Platzbecker Cole Skadeland
3rd Carly Johnson Ethan Coke
DIVISION B
Place SPEED DESIGN
1st Rebecca Huffman Lori Dantuma
2nd Brett Ott Mattie Hill
3rd Amanda Juhlin Trevor Underwood
Congratulations all Awards Winners!!
JUST A REMINDER!! Don't forget our Leader/LIT Appreciation Dinner on May 4th at 6pm!
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 Men's Softball: This year Hope Free Church has fielded four teams. One in the Church competitive league and three in the Church Recreational league. If you are looking for a fun night of fellowship on Thursday nights, then come on out to Telfer field in Beloit for the recreational league. Three teams will be playing each night and sometimes we will be playing against one another. The competitive team plays at Krueger field in Beloit. Game times vary but the first game is always at 6:30. If you are interested in a schedule, please pick one up at the Information Center
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