Programs

Christian Education | Youth Groups | Confirmation | Worship and Music | Family Activities and Fellowship | Study and Discussion Groups | Presbyterian Women | Women’s Circles | Men’s Fellowship | Outreach

Sunday School classes meet at 9:15 AM. Children pre-K through Senior High meet in the CE building next to the church, while the adult class meets in the downstairs south room of the church building. During the summer months, Sunday School classes do not meet.

Children at Hope Community learn Christian principles and how to apply them. Each year Hope Kids lead a worship service at a local nursing home, put on a Christmas Program, and engage in more long-term global and local service projects. Past projects include the world hunger Heifer Project, the Bill’s House homeless project here on the Iron Range, the local homeless shelter, and a Babies’ Home project in Mampong, Ghana.

Nursery
Nursery care is provided during the worship service for infants through 5 years of age. The nursery is coordinated by the CE Committee and staffed by select volunteers.

Activity Time
Children are encouraged to attend worship. Following the Children’s Message they may go to Activity Time in the CE Building. The activities are geared toward children in preschool through the 2nd grade; however, children through the 6th grade may participate. Activities include crafts, games, skits, videos, and stories. There is no activity time during the summer.

Please contact our CE Director, Priscilla (Paj) Falkowski, if you have questions. She can be reached at the main Church phone number, 741-7336.

Youth Group

The youth group is open to all youth from 6th grade through 12th grade (occasionally splitting into smaller age-based groups). The group is led by Pastor Williams and adult volunteers. Past activities include:

Confirmation

Confirmation at Hope takes place when young people are in the 9th Grade. Confirmation consists of classes and structured learning activities designed to prepare young people for membership. The Confirmation Program is led by the pastor and runs from October to May, culminating in Confirmation Sunday when confirmands are received into membership.

Ministry to Families

Hope Community Presbyterian Church prides itself on being a church for the entire family. Our church committees are actively engaged in providing opportunities for inter-generational fellowship, including the following:

• Halloween party
• Christmas Craft Night with spaghetti dinner
• Sunday School Picnic and monthly activities
• Monthly family fellowship nights from September to May
• Back-to-School Barbeque in August.

Ministry to Adults

Study and Discussion Groups

Food for Thought meets Tuesdays at noon in the CE building conference room.  This is a study of contemporary world issues, drawing from a variety of media sources.  Bring your lunch and join in.

Presbyterian Women

Presbyterian Women is made up of all of the women who are members of the church. The following is our stated purpose: “Seeking to be obedient to God’s call in Jesus Christ, we unite to support the mission of the Presbyterian Church, to help one another to grow in Christian faith and understanding, and to act in Christian concern in the company of God’s people everywhere.”

Our many activities include the following:

• Annual Thank Offering
• Lenten Service followed by a fellowship dinner
• Spring Salad Luncheon and Harvest Bazaar
• Birthday Offering

Women’s Circles

In addition to the Presbyterian Women, the church also has two women’s circles. They are the Hannah Circle and the Sarah Circle. The circles meet once a month and work in conjunction with the Presbyterian Women on many projects.

Men’s Fellowship

The men of the church meet for fellowship and breakfast on the first Thursday of the month at 8:30 a.m. at the North Gate Cafe.

Each year, the Hope Men have gone on a fishing trip in June, usually over a three-day weekend. The trips have been in Northern Minnesota and Southern Ontario, Canada.

On the second Tuesday of every month, the men get together to serve a meal at the Community Kitchen. All men of the church are encouraged to become involved in these fellowship activities.

Outreach and Community Involvement

The congregation of Hope Community Presbyterian Church views itself as a church in mission. With an ever-increasing awareness that the gospel message of Jesus Christ commands us to be concerned with the needs of those outside the church doors, the congregation budgets for mission giving both nationally and globally through the mission agencies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and locally to worthwhile community projects. Current projects include:

• Billy Bell Bakery – Volunteers from Hope partner with consumers of the Range Mental Health Center adult day program to bake cookies once a week for sale throughout the community. Proceeds help fund day program activities.
• Congregations Caring for the Earth – We are a member of Congregations Caring for the Earth, an ecumenical, interfaith group of congregations who have chosen to work together to help highlight in our faith communities the connection between our faith and our relationship with the earth creation.  As part of the Iron Range Parnership for Sustainability, we are delighted to participate in the annual Iron Range Earth Fest.
• Just Coffee – Buy your coffee in our South (Fellowship) Room! Café Justo is a coffee grower cooperative based in Salvador Urbina, Chiapas, Mexico. They market a pure, organic cofee which is grown, harvested and marketed in the spirit of justice. The goal of Café Justo is to provide incentives for people to remain on their family lands.
• Mesabi Community College Outreach – Hope actively pursues connections with out-of-state MCC students to help them feel that they have a “home away from home” during holiday celebration times and special church events and dinners.
• Salvation Army Supper Club – On a monthly basis, members of Hope prepare and serve meals at the Salvation Army Supper Club in Virginia.