“Whatever lies ahead for us, it’s big.” That’s the firm belief that Rev. Sara Ewing-Merrill shared with the HopeGateWay community during this year’s annual meeting. Hear Pastor Sara’s vision for HopeGateWay.

Beginning with Isaiah 40:3-5, Patsy Frey-Davis wonders about the preparation we can and need to do to make a highway fit for our God. "We want to find the place," she says, "where our call is our capacity."

In this episode of HopeGateWay Conversations Dr. Arthur McClanahan talks with Bethany Smart, HopeGateWay's Administrative and Program coordinator about Advent and what it means and offers to the community this year.

In this episode of HopeGateWay Conversations, Dr. Arthur McClanahan talks with Rev. Sara Ewing-Merrill about two task groups that will study what needs to be done in order to return to in-person gatherings.

"Transformation is on the horizon for us," said Rev. Sara Ewing-Merrill in her sermon for the First Sunday of Advent. "We reimagined community...we are open to possibilities we'd never conceived of." And, as Hanna Garrity notes, "We must...make space for God's dreams for us."

Citing the words of Paul's letter to the Romans, in Chapter 12 (vs. 6-13) we're invited to understand that we cannot do self-care without community care. Our challenge is to be curious enough to find out why suffering exists and to realize and that we have healing to unleash.

In this inaugural episode of HopeGateWay Conversations, Margaret Menger, chairperson of the Leadership Team, invites the HopeGateWay community to the 2021 Annual Meeting, to be held, via Zoom, on December 9, beginning at 6:30 pm.

Rev. Katie Mears challenges us to take the time to listen to others, especially persons in need and to be aware that Jesus is there, in the conversation, bringing to bear the full capacity of the Holy One. Rev. Katie’s message, in the worship service of November 14, 2001, is the second in the series, “What Hurts? What Helps?”

We want to make the world a better place. We want our ministry and missions as the new HopeGateWay to impact the world in meaningful ways, not simply in ways that make us feel good. Especially during this season when we traditionally reflect on gratitude and generosity, we invite our re-forming community into a challenging and important conversation about how we can be a community of intentional and co-created generosity.

Rev. Sara Ewing-Merrill, HopeGateWay's lead pastor, talks about "What Hurts? What Helps?" The sermon series will be an opportunity to "reflect on and reevaluate what it means to be helpers" and the ways in which "the ministry and missions of the new HopeGateWay can be world-impacting in positive ways."