Shalom
Welcome to the Community of Hope United Church of Christ. We are a multiracial, multicultural, open and affirming, accessible to all, Just Peace church. Our gathering and worship is a safe space and sacred time so that no matter where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here.
Our Vision is to be a community of faith and hope, committed in the way of Jesus to the struggle for justice, compassion, and a life-giving spirituality for all people. Our mission is to witness, in and through our life together, to the good news that the way of God is in our midst and the Journey is our home.
We define worship at Community of Hope as "practicing the kin-dom until we know it by heart." "Kin-dom" is a word we use to subvert the hierarchical understanding of kingdom with an image/vision we discover in Jesus' parables--an image of a 'community of companions that are no longer separated by the social/political/economic lines that culture uses to define and maintain norms.
What we mean when we say 'kin-dom' is community here and now, real-life community grounded in the ethics and values of right-relationship: mutuality. trust, justice, and compassion.