Sunday, December 31, 2017

New Year to Shine the Light!



Sisters of Strength Support Group at Hope Ministries . . .

We will be holding our meetings at a local shelter downtown South Bend for women with addictions, abuse and abandonment. Reaching out to our community is a way to shine the light on social and spiritual issues. For the healing to begin there needs to be a reveal of hurts, wounds and scars. The Word of God is a balm that the Great Physician applies to our lives. The way to move forward is to be able to deal with the past and look ahead to the future!


As we begin 2018 on January 4th we'll have our first class of the New year


We'll have some worship & get into the Word of God


Building relationship is important and we look forward to growing together!
Our guest speaker is Dr. Mark Lantz, Pastor of Christian Center Church


With a message of vision & good news for the New Year there will be a time of connecting the women of Hope with a local church that has a heart for their souls.

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

My Christmas Wish

The song says . . .

"No more lives torn apart,
Then wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts.
And everyone would have a friend,
And right would always win,
And love would never end
This is my grown-up Christmas list."

Songwriters: Linda Thompson / David Foster

Grown-Up Christmas List lyrics copyright Peermusic Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music Inc.

This Christmas we took time out of our busy holiday schedules to show some women that the body of Christ cares. We read the Christmas story to the children and moms at a local shelter in our city. Our ladies in our group brought goodies & drinks as well as a lot of love and the light of Jesus. The evening there gave us an opportunity to share, listen and pray with the women and children.

Volunteers for Daughters of Naomi Embraced 
with Volunteer Coordinator, Jill Gunn at 
Hope Ministries downtown South Bend

Their situations are delicate, most having hard times, in different ways, but the struggle is evident. Women not having a sense of self-worth or relying on someone else to be their source, sometimes to their detriment. Only the good news of the gospel can change these lives. What a privilege to represent our Saviour and Lord, Jesus Christ! 

2nd Corinthians 4:16-18 "So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal."




Wednesday, December 13, 2017

HOPE MINISTRIES CHRISTMAS OUTREACH
Monday, December 18th at 7:00 p.m.
The reading of the Christmas story for the women 
& children at Hope Ministries downtown South Bend.

We will aslo have refreshments, goodies & sing carols!


Update on Freedom in Christ study

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