A quick Friday email...

Hey everybody…
 
Hope you’re all doing well this rainy Friday evening. I’m not writing a Deeper Thoughts today, but be sure to join us on Sunday for a great Palm Sunday celebration! The kids have some neat plans to help us worship, and I will be teaching one of my favorite passages in all the New Testament—a story that Jesus was so impressed with himself that he promised it would be told and retold every single place the Gospel is ever preached. Gonna be great.
 
Updates worth noting…
 
·      Due to cold, blowing rain tomorrow, we’ve CANCELLED our planned church workday. We’ll reschedule for some time in May.
 
·      Teens:  Youth Group THIS Sunday, 11:30-1:30 with lunch & games. AND… Youth Game Night, THIS Monday, April 14, 5:00-8:00 p.m. @ the church. Pizza & snacks, fun & games! If you’d like to be added to the youth group email group, contact Jess at [email protected].
 
·      Easter is NEXT Sunday, April 20: TWO Easter worship services at Mt. Hope: 9:00 and 10:30 a.m., Sunday, April 20. Kids Connect will be at 10:30 only with an Easter Egg Hunt to follow at 11:45 a.m.
 
·      Facility Expansion Project: LAST Sunday, we released both an online and paper CONFIDENTIAL “Generosity Commitment Card” for those who are being led by the Holy Spirit to sacrificially contribute to the expansion of our facility. Please click here for the online version.
o   Our hope is that over the next two weeks—leading through Easter Sunday—those who are being led to contribute will communicate what God is leading. Your response will be strictly confidential, with only our finance team and a select committee of our Board of Administration having access to your information.
o   Click here to download our most up to date four-page synopsis of the expansion project and project images.
o   FINALLY… on Sunday, April 27, 11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., our FINAL decision meeting where our Covenant Partners will consider and vote on the next steps for the future of the expansion project. All are welcome to this important discussion and we value your wisdom!
 
·      We are almost done with our Gospel of Mark “Daily Six” video series… Click here to jump in on the final two weeks. And if you’d like to receive daily email reminders, click here for a link to The Daily Six each morning!
o   AND… stay tuned for more of The Daily Six as we embark on a brand-new teaching series beginning May 4 called “Knowing God.” We will be discovering how to relate passionately and powerfully with our God through the life stories of dozens of heroes of the faith found in the Old Testament.
 
OK…that’s it for today for you email skimmers and… well… actually everybody. BUT…
 
Let’s meet on Sunday… you are so loved!
 
Chris Eads
Mt. Hope Pastor
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