Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Tell of His salvation from day to day. Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all peoples. For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised!”
I Chronicles 16.23 – 25
As Christians, it is our duty and our delight to worship God for all His good gifts to us. In the beginning He created us and all living things, and in these last days He has saved us by the gift of His Son, our Lord Jesus, who died and rose again.
You and yours are always welcome in this house of worship!
We gather for worship as a community three times each weekend, and at special times during the year (Lent and Christmas, for example). We invite you this week! And to God be the glory.
Sunday Morning Worship
Good Hope offers two services of worship each and every Sunday morning.
The first service begins at 7:30 am, and the second at 10 am.
The services are the same both times, the only differences being the singing of the choir, and the offering of a children's sermon--both of which are at the 10 am.
Saturday Evening Worship
Services of worship are held at Good Hope every Saturday evening at 5 pm. Saturday worship is informal! Come as you are and enjoy the fellowship! The sermon is the same both Saturday evening and Sunday morning, but on Saturday there is also a give-and-take Bible study incorporated into the service. Come and see!
Choir
Our choir, under the direction of Dan Basinger and accompanied by Montgomery Moore, will begin rehearsing once again this fall on Tuesday, September 15, at 7:30. We meet each week in the choir loft in the worship space, and add our voices to worship every Sunday. You would be welcome to join in!
The Handbell Choir rehearses on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Education Unit, and generally plays during the 10:00 service on the 3rd Sunday each month. New Ringers are always welcome! Contact Dan Basinger, or attend a practice to get started!
Contact the church office if you’d like more information, otherwise we’ll see (and hear) you there!
The Wreck of the Famous Dove
The ancestors of many of the members of Good Hope (as well as our sister congregation, St. Paul in Jenera) all came to this country from Germany in the year of our Lord 1831. Most of their voyage to America was uneventful, but on the night of September 17, their ship “The Famous Dove” nearly sank in a storm off the coast of Virginia. When the families all were safely ashore, they vowed that they and their descendants would remember that date, as the time the Lord God saved them from disaster.
And we still do.
Every autumn, on the Sunday closest to September 17, both Good Hope and St Paul commemorate “Shipwreck Sunday,” and remember the grace of God shown to us over the years. Worship that morning at both congregations will include references to the Shipwreck; there is also a special commemoration service at 3 pm on the 20th, to take place by the Shipwreck Memorial at the St. Paul cemetery. Everyone, and especially those with a family connection to the Shipwreck, are welcome to attend.
Seasonal Worship
The Season of Growth
From Christmas through Easter, we retrace the Lord’s life of time on earth, both the life He lived and the death He died for us, and for our salvation. After Easter, we intentionally enter into a season of growth—knowing who the Lord is and what He has done for us, how might we hear His voice and seek His will in our lives today?
We invite you and yours to Bible study and worship, as together we tackle those very questions, and ask His help in our lives of faith today.