Hopewell ALIVE: 2011

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Andrew Culp's Dedication

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

1st Responders Thanksgiving Meal

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Thanks so much to our Hopewell Church Family
for preparing a wonderful meal for our
Bessemer & Hopewell area 1st responders!
The children had an amazing time with our Firemen.
They ate together, talked together, and also
played games together.
What a blessing to share this time with those who
daily sacrifice to serve and protect our community.
With God's help, we hope to make this an annual event
and share with even more of our
community & civic leaders next year.

Blessings,
Children's Ministry Director
Sis. Angie
& the
Children's Minstry Team

Nursing Home Visit

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The Children's Ministry visited the Nursing Home
and helped decorate their doors for Christmas.
They also gave them Prayer Monkeys.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Christmas Outreach

Children's Ministry is busy preparing for their December Christmas Outreach. They will be visiting the nursing homes and Children's Hospital. They still need donations of colorful knee-high or crew socks and fiber-fill stuffing to make the Prayer Monkeys they will be giving. What a Blessing our children will be! Let's all help them with this beautiful outreach ministry.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Children's Ministry

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Community Prayer Walk

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Photo Booth

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Friday, November 4, 2011

Heritage Celebration 2011

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Heritage Celebration

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

God's Big Top Carnival

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Thank You

We all want to express our loving gratitude for the beautiful outpouring of gifts & cards during this month. We are so blessed to be a part of the Hopewell Family. We are always showered with so much love and prayers. This is our home, and you are ALL our wonderful family. We love each & every one of you!!

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Monday, October 17, 2011

Celebrating Our Heritage

“Rise in the presence of the aged,
show respect for the elderly.”

Leviticus 19:32

What a beautiful weekend it was this past few days as we

celebrated the heritage of our church,

Hopewell Road Church of God of Prophecy.

Sis. Ana Jean Hopkins (our oldest charter member) was present with us

in the service today along with six other beautiful women of God. We honor

these women today as we look back at our heritage and where it began

sixty-nine years ago in a small bush arbor.

(L to R - Vernice Phillips, Jo Rice, Gursie Lee Lambert, Mary Grimes,

Gertrude Smith, Anna Jean Hopkins, Sara Cooley)

We are also honoring two of our precious seniors who are unable to be
with us in service today - Ruth Durrett and Euville Cates.
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Our adult choir gave tribute as they sang songs of the past.

Sis. Ruby Roper shared interesting facts about each one as

Sis. Lisa Mojica presented them with flowers and gifts.

Pastor Joey Mojica shared with the congregation how each of these ladies

has enriched his life and the impact they have made on shaping the heritage

Hopewell Road. Every person present had an opportunity

to share their love and appreciation to each one.

What a precious time.

Our Kid's Church Choir shared in song "This Little Light of Mine" as their

held glowing candles to symbolize the light that has shown in the lives

of each of these beautiful saints of God.

To each of these women and to the elderly members of our church,
thank you for your fidelity, example, and prayers!

We thank God for the gifts of the elderly in our midst:

their prayer, their example, their faith,
their guidance, and their wisdom.

Our elderly saints can be such a great example and such
great teachers for the young.

Let us always remember them in prayer, and make sure
that we honor them as the Lord commands us.

They remind us that at every stage of life the Lord can ask each of us to contribute what talents we have. The service
of the Gospel has nothing to do with age.

In our culture, old age is not always respected and
esteemed as it should be. The elderly

must never be marginalized or neglected.
The commandment of love includes generous

attention to the elderly in our families and communities.

The Church (WE) need the wisdom, the example, and the prayers of our elderly brothers and sisters. We are all enriched by
their daily witness to the Gospel.
May our Lord bless them with His grace and peace!