February 10, 2023

Access This Weekend's Handout Online

The Making Abundant Life Known team has issued a handout for this weekend! You can collect your handout at church this weekend, or click the link below to view it digitally.

Looking for a past handout? You can find them all on our Capital Campaign webpage at hope4all.church/capital-campaign-2023 or by clicking the link below.

'Rise from the Ashes' Event at Hope Lake Weir Campus

Pastor John LeCain invites you to join us for a special workday at Hope Lake Weir Campus. This event, titled "Rise from the Ashes," will take the place of our previously scheduled All-Ages VBS.

It all happens on February 11 from 9:00am to 11:00am at Hope Lake Weir Campus. We will be completing work on our permanent labyrinth, meditation garden, meditation walkways, rock garden, and butterfly garden. 

Volunteers have been working tirelessly on these additions for a prayerful area for all at this beautiful lakeside campus. The areas will be dedicated on February 22, Ash Wednesday, at 2:00pm, so it is important they are finished soon.

We are a people of resurrection at Hope Lutheran Church and this will be a day of celebrating resurrection, as we come from the disappointment of our cancelled event and rise from the ashes like a phoenix to create this new meditative are in a beautiful setting.

All-Congregation Event at Hope Central Campus

In celebration of Hope’s past, present, and future, we cordially invite you to join us for a congregational event to hear about the details of the Making Abundant Life Known Capital Campaign and Annual Stewardship efforts.

Sunday, February 19 at Hope Central Campus

1:30pm or 4:30pm



A light meal will be served. There is no cost to attendees. Please RSVP online at hope4all.church/register or by clicking the links below. Deadline to register is February 13 at Noon.

Pizza Party to Benefit The Rock

Enjoy hot and fresh pizza for a good cause!

You are invited to join a special Pizza Party to benefit The Rock at Lake Weir Middle School. The cost is only $5 per person for delicious pizza, salad, and dessert. We also ask attendees to bring donations to benefit The Rock.

The Pizza Party takes place on February 15 at 5:00pm at Hope Central Campus. You must register for the party. Deadline to register is February 13 at noon. Click the link below to register.

The Rock at Lake Weir Middle School is a church-sponsored resource for children in need. Staff by volunteers, The Rock provides clothes, food, and toiletries for students who often go hungry or without proper attire. Students are able to access The Rock during school hours and even take home items for the weekend.

Below is a list of suggest donations:

• School supplies including: Mechanical pencils, Spiral-ring notebooks.
• Personal items including: Socks, Deodorant, Shampoo.
• Food including: Canned meat (tuna, chicken), Chicken or Beef Ramen noodles, Chicken or Beef Teriyaki individual lunches, Chicken Cup o’ Noodles, Boxes of cereal, Macaroni and cheese, Canned fruit and vegetables, Cans of soup.

Summer Smiles Program Meeting

There will be a meeting of the Summer Smiles Program Team on February 27 at 1:30pm at Hope Central Campus.

During this meeting, we will be finalizing our plans for this summer's Angel program. Anyone who is interested is welcome to attend!

Lenten Giving for World Hunger

Lent is a time for reflection and repentance, of sacrifice and self-examination. But Lent is also a season of hope - hope in the work God is doing in the world, even in the most challenging times. We invite you to study, pray, and give with us during Lent for the good of our families, our neighbors and communities around the world.

The world provides enough food for all, but more than 820 million people around the world face chronic hunger. That’s about 11% of people in our world today. ELCA World Hunger is our church’s ministry to end hunger and poverty. We walk alongside our partners and companions in the United States and 60 other countries. Your gifts to ELCA World Hunger address hunger and poverty around the world with creative and courageous action.

Take a box on Ash Wednesday so you can collect your giving at home. On Palm Sunday Weekend - April 1 & 2, 2023 - we will be collecting our contributions. Your little box can make a big difference when all our contributions are counted. You can make out your checks to Hope Lutheran Church and write World Hunger on the memo line. We would appreciate a check of any amount. You can count up your coins and bills and then turn in the check for that amount. The box is a helpful tool for your collection and helps to remind us that hunger is an everyday occurrence.

Hope Mission Outreach Team

Women of Hope Breakfast Meeting

Thursday, February 16 at 9:00am

Hope Central Campus

Calling all cooks (and those that like to eat). Tired of preparing the same old meals? Looking for something easy, healthy, and delicious for that last minute dinner? This event has something special for you!

February’s Women of Hope Breakfast will host Chef Warren Caterson who will share “Ten Meals in Ten minutes." He will prepare, cook, and share tastes with us of delicious and healthy weekday meals. Chef Warren is a writer of cookbooks who studied at Southeast Institute of Culinary Arts. He travels extensively presenting cooking demonstrations and recently he was at the Ocala Home Show.

We encourage you to attend and invite a friend. The cost is $5.00 for the breakfast and the presentation where you will be able to sample his meals. For questions please contact Margaret Furlong at (352) 430-5092 or Laura Hultmark at (352) 753-9463. Registration deadline is Monday, February 13, 2023 at noon.

Planning Assistance Available

Did You Know? 

At no cost to our congregation or our members, the ELCA Foundation offers charitable legacy gift planning assistance. Rev. Ana Lugo, Regional Gift Planner, will devise the best plan for you according to your assets and charitable goals, using tools available to charitable foundations such as the ELCA Foundation and compliant with IRS rules pertaining to charitable gifts.

Pastor Ana has worked with our Endowment Committee and shared information with the members of Hope Lutheran Church for several years. Many of our members have utilized her services. If you would like to speak with her, please contact her directly. 

Rev. Ana L. Lugo, Regional Gift Planner - ELCA Foundation 

Office (773) 380-2997; Mobile (904) 219-2769.

New Bible Study Beginning at Hope Lake Weir Campus

There will be a new Bible Study for all those interested in deepening their understanding of the Book of Genesis! Pastor John LeCain will launch this new study on February 21 at 3:00pm at Hope Lake Weir Campus.

Think you already know Genesis? You'd be surprised! Let’s bring life to the first book of scripture as we look into what God was leading all humanity to when He began!

This will be an ongoing study. We may cover one chapter in one week and several chapters the next. An outline of readings will be available at class or from PastorJohn@hope4all.church.

Worship Attendance for February 4-5, 2023

Hope Central Campus:

4:00pm = 226

6:00pm = 87

8:00am = 178

10:00am = 498

Hope Lake Weir Campus:

10:00am = 109

Hope at the Everglades Rec Center:

8:00am = 88

10:00am = 165

Flowers This Week Given By...

Larry & Janet Bohl in thankfulness for family and friends as they celebrate their 60^th wedding anniversary.

Charlotte Morse and Janis Fong in memory of their mother, Helen.

In Memoriam

Barbara Mangels died on Saturday, February 4. Barb was born on May 5, 1941. She was widowed in 2018. She joined Hope Lutheran Church on February 22, 2004.

Arrangements are pending at this time.

Please keep Barb's family in your prayers.

Annette (Linda) Green died on Saturday, February 4. She was born on March 1, 1940. Linda was widowed. She joined Hope on October 27, 2002.

A service is being planned at Beyers Funeral Home in Lady Lake on Friday, February 10 at 11:00am. Pr. Bob Knepel will officiate.

Please keep Linda's family in your hearts and prayers.

Roseann Halliday died on Sunday, February 5. Roseann was born on April 13, 1965. She joined Hope Lutheran Church on February 12, 2012.

Arrangements are pending at this time.

Please keep the Halliday family in your prayers during this period of mourning.

Upcoming Memorial Service

There will be a graveside service for Dave & Judy Wold in the Memorial Garden at Hope Central Campus on Thursday, February 16 at 10:30am.

Submit a Prayer Request

Need Prayer? Submit a prayer request via our hope4all.church website.