Missons & outreach
Hope Community Church believes in doing all we can to care for the spiritual and physical needs of the people in our community and supporting those who do the same worldwide.
Therefore, we commit to giving 10% of our annual budget to support missionaries all over the world, as well as many local missions and ministries on a monthly basis.
We are also provide many services within our own community.
Being the hands and feet of Jesus in our community and around the world in practical, caring ways.
MOBILE FOOD PANTRY
On the third Tuesday of every month, Hope Community Church hosts the Feeding America mobile food pantry. Anyone with a genuine need for food assistance can receive fresh food for their family.
HOLIDAY GIVING
Every year, Hope adopts several families in our community and provides them with complete Thanksgiving dinners and Christmas gifts in the days leading up to the holidays.
MISSION TRIPS
Hope sends out teams for short-term missions work each year.
PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY
The symbol of an unconditionally loving God, shawls wrap, enfold, cover, give solace, hug, and shelter. Shawls are handmade by our Prayer Shawl group and given to people to offer comfort during a difficult time. Our group was also approached by a local hospital to make shawls and cancer caps for patients in their care.
MISSION PARTNERS
From Ethiopia to our own community of Niles, these groups are making a big impact for the Kingdom.
We encourage you to visit their websites linked below to learn more about how the Lord is working through their team and see how you can further support them in their ministry.
CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIATION
CMA is a non-profit, interdenominational organization, dedicated to reaching people for Christ in the highways and byways through motorcycling. In this, there is a three-fold purpose: provide and encourage members to be active in testimony and Christian witnessing to all motorcyclists, provide a Christian fellowship ride group, and provide an evangelistic association for motorcycling. They are involved in motorcycling events across the country and in taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ into America's prisons. CMA also partners with three other ministries (Jesus Film Project, Missionary Ventures, and Open Doors) to spread the Gospel around the world.
Learn more: http://www.cmausa.org
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL
In response to the Great Commission, Compassion International exists as an advocate for children, to release them from their spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enable them to become responsible and fulfilled Christian adults.
Hope Community Church currently sponsors four children.
Learn more: http://www.compassion.com
DESTINY RESCUE
Destiny Rescue is a grassroots, internationally recognized, Christian based, non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing children from human trafficking and sexual exploitation. They help rescue the sexually exploited and enslaved, restore the abused, protect the vulnerable, empower the poor, and are a voice for those that can’t speak up for themselves. Destiny Rescue realizes that human trafficking is a big problem globally with up to 27 million men, women and children enslaved in its deadly grip today and they are determined to respond to God’s call to set captives free worldwide. They currently operate their various programs in five nations: Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, and India and will soon be launching a program in the Dominican Republic.
Learn more: https://www.destinyrescue.org/us
FORGOTTEN MAN MINISTRIES
Forgotten Man Ministries brings together inmates, chaplains, and lay-workers in the study and ministry of God's Word. Forgotten Man Ministries chaplains conduct daily in-house jail ministries that include Biblical one-on-one counseling, Bible correspondence courses, group Bible studies, discipleship training units (group Bible pods), distribution of Bibles and Christian books, showing of Christian DVD's, and the facilitation of pastor visits and local church worship services.
Learn more: http://www.forgottenman.org
GOD'S LITTLEST ANGELS
God’s Littlest Angels is dedicated to helping the children and families of Haiti by providing intensive nursery care for premature, malnourished, and abandoned children. They assist in placing abandoned children with adoptive families and in seeking outside help for children needing surgical or medical treatment not available in Haiti. Their purpose is to help the children of Haiti in any way they can and to spread the word of God to each person they serve.
Learn more: http://www.glahaiti.org
HILL'S AND REIFEL's (RIPE FOR HARVEST)
Hope Community Church sponsors missionaries Earl & Claire Reifel and Roy & Faith Hill, who are currently serving at a Bible, technical, and vocational training center in Sierra Leone, West Africa. They are committed to the development of an indigenous Church in Sierra Leone. As God enables them, they will partner with the National Church in an endeavor to build an educational facility, administered by the Church, which will enable them to offer sound Biblical instruction and technical vocational training in order to empower students to build positive relationships in their communities as spiritual leaders.
Learn more: https://www.ripeforharvest.org/about-earl-and-clare-reifel/
HOPE MINISTRIES
For nearly 52 years, Hope Ministries has been a refuge in downtown South Bend, Indiana, where those who need a warm meal, an encouraging word, and a place to stay have been able to seek refuge. Hope's mission is to relieve the suffering of those who are homeless, and give them hope through laying a foundation of stable health, life skills, and opportunities for a brighter future by being transformed through a relationship with Christ.
Learn more: https://www.hopesb.org
JESSURUN'S (SIM USA)
Tom and Heidi Jessurun are missionaries in Kano, Nigeria, where Tom has served as a Bible teacher. In addition to being in the classroom, he and Heidi have been able to assist with seminars in various venues: Christian parenting, marriage, and Muslim evangelism. Most recently, Tom accepted a position as SIM Nigeria's Field Director. Tom’s new role will include significant travel throughout Nigeria, leading 80 SIM missionaries and their families, and framing the direction the field will take in vision and strategy for reaching the lost in Nigeria.
Learn more: http://www.simusa.org/about/where-we-work/africa/nigeria/
KLAUS' (HOPE IN VIEW)
Hope Community Church supports the ministry of Ron & Carolyn Klaus. Hope In View's mission is to strengthen the Church, especially in Ethiopia, so that it is empowered to bring about wholistic, sustainable transformation of individuals, churches and communities. Ron teaches discipleship training to young pastors in Ethiopia while Carolyn, a doctor, trains pastors and community leaders on AIDS and is also spearheading spiritual and economic development training.
Learn more: http://www.hopeinview.org
LIFEPLAN
Lifeplan provides life choices and offers hope to individuals facing pregnancy-related issues. Located in downtown Niles, Michigan, the center offers pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, counseling services, post-abortion support as well as other pregnancy related services facing young women and families today.
Learn more: http://www.pregnancyniles.com
LUVABILITY MINISTRIES
Luvability is an effort to communicate the love of God to people with disabilities. This is done mainly through their Worship Arts service where the team encourages and shares their faith in Jesus Christ with the congregation. The Worship Arts service welcomes over 300 people monthly. Several surrounding church congregations have joined together to provide Worship Arts inclusive experiences for their communities. The goal is to create a community of believers regardless of disability and to build up the Body of Christ through love and faith expression.
Learn more: http://www.luvability.org
MICHIGAN CHURCH OF GOD
The Evangelism and Home Missions Department of the state of Michigan Church of God is dedicated to develop and implement ministries in soul-winning, church planting and church growth that will assist the local church to reach and reap the harvest of the 21st century.
Learn more: http://www.choginmi.org
REIFEL's (CHRISTIANS IN ACTION)
Elmer and Joann Reifel are missionaries currently serving in West Africa. Most recently, they have been managing a skills training center near Waterloo, Sierra Leone and have focused on discipleship and pastoral training, using basic development as as bridge ministry to the rural communities. You can read more about them and view their latest newsletters at their page linked above.
Learn more: http://www.cinami.org/reifel.html
SALVATION ARMY - NILES
The Salvation Army is "an evangelical part of the Universal Christian Church" who's primary objective is to transform lives through a combination of social services programs, and preaching of the Gospel. Some of their programs include: Feeding His Sheep, Lunch Bunch, Home League, Community Care Ministries, Youth Programs, and Grocery Assistance.
Learn more: http://www.saniles.org/
ST. MARGARET'S HOUSE
St. Margaret's House is a day center committed to the gospel value of hospitality as reflected in Matthew 25 and improving the lives of women and children. Some come for a day to meet an immediate need for a hot, nutritious meal, to take a shower, to access their clothes closet or simply to make a phone call. Others come longer to take part in a program—parenting, empowerment, health or Bridges Out of Poverty. And still others have come for years because they find a supportive community which helps them battle the isolation that sometimes comes from struggling as a single parent, coping with mental and physical health issues or surviving a history of sexual or physical abuse. Here they can lend a hand, meet new friends and experience the power of women helping women.
Learn more: http://stmargaretshouse.org/
