Hope's congregation is filled with amazing groups that do various work for the church and the community.
Groups of Hope
Hope's Creation Care Team
Hope’s Creation Care Team (CCT) is a Hope Lutheran ministry team dedicated to the sacred vocation of earth stewardship. This ministry maintains a website hopescreationcare.com to help you make a difference and leave the world a better place than it would have been without you. We are advocates of creation caring actions, local and global. The website, which is updated monthly, provides a mix of practical information, calls for all levels of action, and speaks of our faith. Though our sponsor is Hope Lutheran Church of Bozeman, we realize this is a mission that is greater than one group. We seek to work with others in this stewardship.
We believe, as Jonas Salk said, “Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors.”
Please click the graphic below to be linked to our home page.
INterfaith Quilters
The interfaith quilters are a group of people that believe in sharing
their time and talents. We create quilts that will be sent all over the world through Lutheran World Relief. We have people from different churches that come together to enjoy producing quilts that will be helpful to people in need. The quilters meet for 2 hours each week on Monday afternoon.
Prayer Shawl ministry
The Prayer Shawl Ministry of Hope Lutheran provides hand made prayer shawls and/or lap robes to be presented to members or friends of our church. These are knitted or crocheted with love and prayers for someone in need of comfort due to illness, bereavement or other special need. Anyone may contact a pastor, church office person or a ministry member if you know of someone in need, and we will to its delivery.
Work is done at home but we meet once a month to work and turn in completed shawls to be stored at the church. Upon completion each shawl is blessed in a special ceremony.
We meet the last Tuesday of each month from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. in the Youth Room of the church.
Advocates for an inclusive & diverse church
The AIDC ministry group at Hope Lutheran has been gathering for two years to prayerfully consider how Hope might become a more welcoming and inclusive congregation. We have received valuable mentoring and training from the ReconcilingWorks organization which is an independent, Lutheran, membership supported organization. Our group adopted the goal to one day become designated as a Reconciling in Christ (RIC) partner congregation through fulfilling the four Reconciling Works public commitments:
- Clearly state a welcome to people of “all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions” or “LGBTQIA+” and name its commitment to "racial equity" or "anti-racism"
- Be open to calling an LGBTQIA+ and Black, Brown, Indigenous, Person of Color (BIPOC) Rostered Leader
- Allow community space/sanctuary to be used for LGBTQIA+ weddings and blessings
- Making a meaningful contribution annually to support the national RIC program