Celebrating 100 Years of Hope

This year, we celebrate our 100-year anniversary as a church family! A whole century ago, we began with a focus on prayer, obedience, and reaching the lost, and these three focus points are just as important for us today!

In 1925, Joe Kerekes of Detroit, Michigan, received a word from the Lord to quit his job and move to Lansing, Michigan, to witness to a man named James Nemeth. Joe obeyed, moved to Lansing, and found the man named James Nemeth. When James asked Joe, “How long are you staying?” Joe replied, “Until you are saved.” After James Nemeth was led to the Lord, he started holding meetings in people’s homes. His goal was that every family of Hungarian descent in the city would be saved.

That goal was met through fasting, prayer, and Bible studies almost every night—Mount Hope Church was born!

As we thank God for the past 100 years, through eyes of faith, we look forward towards the next 100. To commemorate, our church is going after these objectives in 2025: 100 new church plants and 100 acts of kindness.

Let’s Share Kindness with Purpose

A random act of kindness is a simple, effective, and fun way to show the love of Jesus to people around you. With each act, simply give an Acts of Kindness card to let someone know they are noticed and loved by God. Acts of Kindness cards are available at Info Hubs on Sundays or our Front Office.

Acts of Kindness Ideas:

  • Pay for someone’s coffee or gas.
  • Take some cookies to your neighbor, boss, or co-worker.
  • Leave an extra generous tip for your server at a restaurant.
  • Pay for someone’s fast food meal in line behind you at a drive-through – and take the card to their car window.
  • Take out the garbage for a neighbor.
  • Pay for someone’s groceries who is in line with you at the store.
  • Bring fresh flowers to someone who needs cheering up.
  • Send a note of encouragement to someone with a $5 or $10 coffee gift card.
  • Give baked goods or a gift to a postal worker, repairman, or delivery person.
  • Help someone who you know is struggling financially.
  • Pay for someone’s meal or dessert at a restaurant.
  • Bake or purchase some goodies and take them to a police station, fire station, hospital, or nursing home.
  • Take a box of doughnuts to the teachers at your school.
  • Cook a meal for a neighbor or co-worker.
  • Have your kids draw pictures or make a craft for your neighbors, and put it in their mailbox.
  • Give a gifts to our kid’s teacher
  • Give an encouraging note to a coworker or stranger.
  • Offer your services for free.
  • Give a gift card.
    Offer snacks or drinks to your delivery driver or mail carrier.
    Give people in the mall or grocery store cash or a gift card.
Share Your Acts of Kindness Story

100 New Church Plants

We are passionate about Jesus and the Great Commission, and are called and equipped from Heaven to be a blessing to the nations. We equip, send, and support the missionaries we are investing in, making Christ-followers of all nations. As we celebrate 100 years, are aim is to help support and plant 100 new churches across the globe. From the forest of Papua New Guinea, to savannas in Kenya, to villages in Colombia, let’s help in spreading hope to the nations.

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