Dear Subscriber First Name,

As the weather warms up and the first signs of spring appear, we are happy to remind you that there are many life-giving ways to be involved with GOHOP in the next few months! We trust that you will be inspired, encouraged and blessed by being part of this community in the weeks ahead.

Read on to learn about …

• Pancake Supper - May 7

• CrossWalk Pilgrimage - Days 3 and 4 - April 23 and 30

• Living Fully - NEW COURSE - May - June

Thank you for the many ways you strengthen and support the GOHOP community. We are blessed beyond measure!

Grace and peace.

Pancake Supper Fundraiser

Please join us for this fun evening. It includes a family-friendly meal, silent auction, live auction, worship, prayer, celebration and information. There is no cost to come, so feel free to bring friends and family, neighbours and acquaintances. Please register so we know how many pancakes to make.

If you aren’t free to join us at the Pancake Supper, we will miss you, but you can still participate! Here are some ways to be part of the event:

• Encourage others to attend.

• Make a donation. Click here. Our goal is to raise $8,000.

• Donate an item for the silent or live auction. Email us at info@gohop.ca for more information.

CrossWalk Pilgrimage

We have had two amazing days walking more than 23 km across Hamilton from Confederation Park in the East to Websters Falls in the West!

You see the city differently when you walk and pray instead of rush from A to B. God has blessed us with a renewed sense of His love for this city and the people who live here!

You can still join CrossWalk! We are getting ready for days 3 and 4 on April 23 and 30. We are halfway through our pilgrimage across Hamilton and we have raised half of our financial goal! If you were planning on donating, but haven’t gotten around to it, it’s not too late.

It would be so encouraging to raise another 25% of our goal as we prepare for day three!

Living Fully Prayer School

We are very pleased to announce a new course for GOHOP. We are partnering with Victorious Ministry Through Christ (VMTC) to offer Living Fully, a powerful learning experience that helps us find full freedom and deep healing in Jesus!

GOHOP has a lot of connections with VMTC. Several GOHOP friends have received VMTC prayer ministry, others have attended a Living Fully Prayer School before and some are released VMTC prayer ministers.

We read in Scripture about Jesus setting prisoners free and healing the broken-hearted, but sometimes we don’t know how to step into the freedom and wholeness that Jesus promises. This is what Living Fully is all about: learning to embrace the abundant and victorious life we read about in the Bible. Teaching topics include confession, forgiveness, total commitment, spiritual warfare and the Holy Spirit.

Living Fully runs over four Thursday evenings (May 14, 21, 28 and June 4) and a full day on Saturday (May 30) and costs $75. It includes potluck meals each Thursday evening, lunch and snacks on Saturday, a detailed participant's guide, worship and teaching, prayer ministry for each participant, a prayer vigil, communion and a blessing service.

You can learn more on our homepage. There is a link there to VMTC’s webpage with all of the details and related resources.

GOHOP Events

Please mark your calendars with these exciting opportunities to partner with us.

• April 23 and 30 - CrossWalk Pilgrimage

• May 7 - Pancake Supper

• May - June - Living Fully Prayer School

• June 12-19 - Prayer Truck

• July - August - Summer Hours at the Prayer Room

• September 6-13 - Global Week of Prayer

• October 17 - GOHOP’s 25th Anniversary