New Hope Community Church

JOIN US AT NEW HOPE FOR HOLY WEEK SERVICES – Visitors and newcomers welcome!

  Palm Sunday – March 29:  Worship service at 9:30 AM.  Sunday School children’s annual “Palm Processional” to begin the service.

Good Friday Service – April 3:  Communion service at 7:00 PM. This service of rememberance and reflection on the suffering and death of our Lord Jesus Christ will help you reflect on the price Jesus paid for us on the Cross.  Communion served.

Resurrection Sunday (Easter) – April 5:  In glorious celebration we will gather on Easter Sunday for the following services and breakfast:

*  7:30-8:00 AM:  Early Praise and Worship – This is a lively time of music and celebration beginning the Easter activities!

*  8:00-9:00 AM:  Easter Breakfast for all, hosted by the Fellowship Team.

*  9:30-10:45 AM:  Easter Worship Service – A time filled with beautiful music, uplifing message, scripture and celebration of our resurrected Lord!  “HE IS RISEN! HE IS RISEN, INDEED!”

Are you looking for a church home for your family?  Have you missed attending church for a while and looking for a place to belong?  Winter blues got you down and need to bask in a little “Son”-shine and fellowship?  New Hope invites you to worship with us Sunday mornings at 9:30 AM!  After the service stick around for some refreshments while we get acquainted.  Then Sunday school classes are offered from 11:00 – 11:50 AM for all ages, preschool through adult.  Children’s classes are broken down by age group so Bible lessons can be taught age appropriately.  Generally two or three adult electives are offered for you to choose from.  New Hope currently is being served by interim specialized transitional minister, Pastor Bruce Wilterdink. He is serving in all capacities of a regular minister as well as assisting our congregation in the search for a new pastor!  This is truly an exciting time at NHCC!  Join us!

Christmas Eve Candle-lighting Service  at  New Hope Community Church

Worship with us this Christmas Eve – Dec. 24th, 2014 -7:00 PM

Christmas music and carols, a special visit from the angel Gabriel, and the traditional candle-lighting ceremony at the end of the service. Invite your family and friends!

Church life has been very busy at New Hope Community Church!  In the past few months, we have said good-bye and “until we we meet again” to our beloved Pastor Dan & Lauren Eisnor and family, with a church-wide potluck and send-off.  This spring, God called Pastor Dan to ministry in Grand Haven, Michigan.  We have since been blessed with guest pastors and preaching elders in our pulpit each week.  God truly does provide and grow us even in times of vacancy!

We are getting ready for Vacation Bible School (more information can be found under the Education tab on the Youth and Children’s drop down boxes).

Several members of our church family give unselfishly to the beautification of our grounds by planting flowers and tending to the landscaping.  If you see George & Carol in church be sure to tell them “Thanks!”  The church will be getting a new roof soon which is a God-send following a very leaky winter season.  We praise Him for it!  There will soon be a new handicap accessible door installed at the north entrance door which will make getting to church much easier for our elderly and disabled.  Praise God!

We’d love to have you worship with us!  Our Sunday service is at 9:30 AM and there’s plenty of fellowship that happens in Fellowship Hall following the service.  Join us this summer!

WORSHIP at New Hope Community Church is held each Sunday morning at 9:30 AM.  We are a congregation of believers from all walks of life – some work the land and specialize in agriculture, others are business owners or office workers, there are those in the medical field, are homeschool educators, stay-at-home moms and dads, those who work in production, retired folk and more!  In addition, our congregation is comprised of many spiritual backgrounds, brought together to love, serve and worship the Lord Jesus Christ as one body.

If you are seeking a church home, please consider joining us on Sunday mornings for worship at 9:30 AM.  We offer Christian education classes for preschool through adult from 11:00-11:50 Sunday mornings September through May.  Or call the church office at 715-845-8541 to speak with Pastor Dan about who we are and the programs we offer for you and your family.

We have just entered into the season of Lent and Holy Week and Easter are just around the corner.  Many people are drawn to God during this season.  If you are questioning what it means to be “Christian” or have not been to “church” in a while, this is a great time to come on back or call to speak with our pastor about your questions.  “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”  -John 3:16

Even though winter has taken its toll on many of us this year, the warmth of God’s love continues to be poured out at New Hope Community Church!  Sunday mornings at NHCC bring new opportunities each week to bask in the Word as Pastor Dan brings messages about God’s Covenant to His people.  “God’s Covenant in the Garden”, “God’s Covenant with Abram”, Covenant Confirmed to Isaac and Jacob”, “God’s Covenant with Moses and Israel” are just a few!  Discover with us how God connects the Old Testament and New Testament – His story with the Church today – our story within His story.  In the next few weeks leading up to the celebration of Easter, we will continue the journey through the Bible with “Israel’s Sin and Breaking of the Covenant”, “New Covenant Prophesied”, “New Covenant Fulfilled in Christ”, “Gentiles Grafted into The Covenant”, and more!

Sunday School classes for all ages continue with several for adults as well.

Wednesday Night Activites continue to meet for children preschool through high school.  A women’s Bible study also meets on Wednesday to which all ladies are welcome.

Join us at NHCC as we wrap up winter and look expectantly toward spring!  Watch for more information coming soon about our Easter Resurrection Celebration on Sunday, April 20, 2014!

WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP WINTER RETREAT

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2014   –  9:15 AM – 2:00 PM

NEW HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH

“Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise – the fruit of lips that openly profess His name. And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.”  (Hebrews 13:15-16)

ALL ladies are invited to the 2014 Winter Retreat entitled, “Sacrifice of Praise”.  Guest speaker Carol Hochhalter grew up in a Christian home, attended a life-giving church in South Haven, Michigan.  After college, she and her husband Tom, served in a number of churches in youth, worship and family ministry with a brief time in Papua New Guinea.  For the last 17 years, Carol’s ministry focus has been worship: leading worship at a church, studying worship at the Institute for Worship Studies in Florida, and teaching worship at Kuyper College in Grand Rapids, MI.  We are very excited to welcome Carol to our retreat and to hear what God has laid upon her heart to teach us.

WELCOME & REFRESHMENTS at 9:15 AM.  Salad lunch at noon.  Dismissal at 2:00 PM.

TO REGSITER, call the church office at 715-845-8541 or email your registration to info@newhopewausau.org

NEW HOPE CHURCH-WIDE AUCTION FUND-RAISER for youth mission projects to be held Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014.  Doors open at 9AM; bidding begins at 10AM.  Baked goods and lunch available on site.

JOIN US at New Hope Community Church for the 2013 CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PROGRAM this Sunday evening, Dec. 15 at 6:45 PM.  Delight yourself in the sights and sounds of the season as the children present “For the Glory of the King” in word and song.   Discover along with “Bradley” the real meaning of Christmas and why we worship the Christ-child today.  Pre-service Christmas music will be presented by children from the congregation beginning at 6:45, followed by the program at 7:00.  EVERYONE is invited!  Share in the joy of Christmas!  Families are asked to bring a plate of Christmas goodies to share during the fellowship hour following the program.  Questions, please contact Penny Borrell, Program Director, or the church office.

NOTICE:  All Wednesday Night Activities at New Hope have been canceled due to the cold weather – December 11, 2013.  If you have questions about your program or classes, please contact Barb Fraaza, Christian Education Director at 715-845-8541 or your program’s coordinator.