This Week at Hope Church
August 16, 2026, Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
“Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed.” Matthew 8:8
Dear Church Family,
This Sunday, we hear the story of Matthew 8:5-13, the Faith of a Centurion. It teaches that Jesus’ Kingdom authority is worthy of submission and belief from all people. In the service, we will review our Church Covenant and affirm it with our new members.
Next week, we will take up a collection for the Disaster Relief on Onei Island, Micronesia (see flyer below).
I hope to see you soon! Good Sabbath!
Ever yours ‘til glory dawn,
Pastor James
Announcements
Aug 26 Lecture: Inhabiting the True Myth: The Secret Life of Lovers, Dreamers and Me
From Harry Potter and Pilgrim’s Progress to neo-paganism and Christian Nationalism, imaginative storytelling can buttress truth or belie it. The Biblical Story awakens us from apocryphal enchantments to the reality of God’s redemptive history. With insights from Tolkien, Lewis and the 2013 movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, we illustrate and offer practical examples for cultivating faithful Storiness to enchant your everyday life to the glory of God.
James Roland is a pastor and writer who lives with his wife Heidi at Littlefield Abbey outside Storm Lake, Iowa. If not reading literature or history, he’s tinkering in the workshop. For 30 years, he’s ventured as a wilderness guide, sailor and world traveler, but really wants to be Indiana Jones when he grows up.
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Hidden in My Heart
Memorize 2 Corinthians 9:8 for September 13
"God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times,
you may abound in every good work."
2026 Memory Verses
Jan 11 Deut 10:12-13
Feb 8 Psa 56:3-4
Mar 8 Phil 2:5-7
Apr 12 Jas 1:4-5
May 10 Col 3:1-3
Jun 14 1 Tim 2:5
Jul 12 Eph 6:14-15
Aug 9 Rom 1:16 [17]
Sep 13 2 Cor 9:8
Oct 11 Isa 46:9-10
Nov 8 John 15:5
Dec 13 Psa 23:1-2
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