Maundy Thursday - April 1  

    2pm - View Maundy Thursday video on Zoom

    6:30pm - View Maundy Thursday video together at HUMC

                   Communion will be served at the 6:30 service

Good Friday - April 2  

    2pm - Stations of the cross service on Zoom

    6:30pm - Stations of the cross service in-person at Hopkins UMC

Watch the video below for a brief introduction to what Holy Week is all about, by our Bishop, David Bard. 

If you would like more detailed information about what those church holy days are about, follow THIS LINK for Maundy Thursday or THIS LINK for Good Friday 

Pastor Kelsey has brought together a Devotional for the 40 days of Lent using the children's book, “Images of God for Young Children” by Marie-Helene Delval and illustrated by Barbara Nascimbeni. Paired with each Image from the book is a Psalm selection, a reflection, and a prayer. Each day's devotional will only take you around 5 min, so it would be an easy thing to add as your Lenten practice.
The Lenten Devotional is being posted to the church website, you can find it through the link below. You can also find them posted every day on the church Facebook page.

Easter Sunrise Services have been celebrated since the 1700s as a way to remember the original Easter story of the women coming to the tomb at dawn to find the stone rolled away and the tomb empty. Gathering at a different time than we are used to is a reminder of the unexpected happenings of the original Easter story and reminds us that it is not just another Sunday. 

South Monterey is hosting a sunrise service at Common Ground to welcome in the risen light of Christ with the rising of the sun. We will gather at 7am and have a short service culminating with the sunrise that should be about 7:20. We will be outside so bundle up, and please still wear a mask so that we can sing some verses of hymns together safely. This will not be the same service as the in-person/indoor services. 

Our church family has come together to make little Easter gifts for all of the young ones in our flock. All kids and even babies that come to worship will receive one. We have baskets geared toward babies and others toward children. We hope we get to see you in person for those special church services, but if you know your kid would really like one and you know you can't make it to church those Sundays, let Pastor Kelsey or Mitzi know and we will figure out a different pick-up option.  

We are looking ahead to next year and we want to hold a community-wide Egg Hunt! But that means we need a LOT more eggs and little items to stuff them with. As you go to the store in the next week or so, be on the lookout for plastic eggs on sale/clearance and scoop them up! If you see anything that would be fun to stuff in an egg, we’d love to have you get those, too.  Bring them to the church on Wednesdays or Sunday mornings and we will add them to our collection to get ready for next year. 

Thank you so much for your faithful donations!
The needs right now are:  macaroni & cheese, potatoes, pasta, and canned fruit. Drop off Wednesedays from 10am to 1pm and 5pm to 7pm. Bring them to church or contact Mitzi or Pastor Linda about a drop off time.

Allegan County Food Pantry is collecting cereal for the month of April! Their goal is to bring in 25,000 boxes to stock up to support families during summer vacation. You can bring boxes to Allegan, or drop them off with our Hopkins Food Pantry (mark them for Allegan FP). You can also donate funds at www.alleganfoundation.org or mail to ACCF 112 Locust St. Allegan, MI 49010 (memo note: cereal).