About Us
Thank you for visiting Hopewell's website! Hopefully you will soon visit us in person and discover the wonderful opportunities for spiritual growth and service awaiting for you. Hopewell is a place where you can come and be a part of our family of Christian believers who earnestly seek to grow closer to God and one another as we share the Light of Christ to a dark broken world. Our members join me in welcoming you to the caring love of Jesus Christ found in and through this great and exciting church. We look forward to meeting with you and your family real soon!
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God bless you,
Rev. Scott Pickering
A Message from the Pastor “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, It was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair …” The above excerpt is one of the most recognizable openings to a novel in all of English literature. It was also one of the many lines of literature that my high school literature teacher forced all of his students to memorize. At that young age, I must admit, that I failed to appreciate Mr. Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities as much as I do now. I now realize that you must first have some experience under your belt before you can begin to truly marvel at the words he penned. Human beings, in my opinion, have the tendency to live on one side of the comma. Either we perceive everything as the “best of times,” or we recognize that we walk in the “season of Darkness.” We become uncomfortable when forced to recognize that both the good and bad exists side by side. Ultimately, it reminds us that we are not in control, and that produces far more fear into our spirits rather than comfort. On Wednesday, February 17th, we will begin our journey with Christ to the cross as the season of Lent officially begins. Along our journey, there will be opportunities for us to be warmed by the “season of Light” enveloping us, and there will be those times in which we will feel the coldness of the “winter of despair” deep within our bones. Both experiences are vital to our well-being. I invite you to join us as we walk with Christ during this season of Darkness, because in the end, we KNOW that the season of Light will ultimately and definitively overcome the darkness. Reverend Scott Pickering January 27, 2010
A Walk with Jesus