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In 2000 Cyndee Buck and some other volunteers proposed a new arts ministry at Lutheran Church of Hope. A volunteer group developed a mission statement, approved by Pastor Mike Housholder, which read:

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An article came out in the Des Moines Register the week after Easter Sunday of 2005. It read, “There was an overwhelming turnout on Easter Sunday morning at Veterans Auditorium. More than 10,000 people from Lutheran Church of Hope gathered to praise, clap, shout, laugh, do the wave, eat, drink, hug, learn, listen, pray, worship and rejoice.” (In other words, a typical Hope Easter Sunday.)

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The 2008 and 2011 Lenten Projects were designed to provide clean water to people in Ghana, led by our ministry partner GlobeServe and its director, Pastor Sam Dunya.

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In the summer of 1993, Heather Goeders and her two roommates were hanging out on a Saturday morning when there was a knock on the door. Looking through the window they saw a very tall man standing outside, and weren't sure they should even open the door. But they went ahead and did the neighborly thing, and then they saw a short woman standing with the man.

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Most Lutheran, mainline, and Roman Catholic churches practice “periscope preaching.” The pericope is the biblical passage or passages which are read before the sermon. These texts are not chosen by the local pastor or congregation but usually come from the denomination or some other authorized group.

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