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Loving. Inclusive. Affirming.

Hope at a Glance

We are a fun and imperfect community of Christ-followers, committed to grow deeper with God and others and reach wider to serve and share God's love with the world.

As a congregation of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), we're a diverse community of genuine welcome and inclusion for all people -- no matter what you look like, who you love, or where you were born. All of us are made in the image of God – and each of us is a work in progress.

In a nutshell, here are our values:
† God before All
† Kingdom before Congregation
† People before Property
† Love before Doctrinal Precision

Our intention: Never to buy property or build buildings but instead direct those dollars into helping others -- both in our immediate community and around the world.

Hope commits to invest at least 20 percent of offerings beyond our doors. Since 2012, we have given away more than $738,200 – extending compassion across eight biblical ‘pavilions’ of service:  

  • health & wellness
  • poverty action
  • shepherd care for the often neglected
  • mentoring
  • creation & animal care
  • education & the arts
  • justice
  • gospel proclamation

See the At-A-Glance Highlights below for 2022 and 2012-2022.

Marvis J. Marlow "Help Your Neighbor" Grants

Submit this quick application (link below) to Kevin, chair of the Marlow Grant Panel, at bostonjack05@gmail.com .  A panel of readers will assess and, as appropriate, award funds to assist with your project to help a non-family member. Ordinarily funds are distributed in $25 increments up to $150. 

Join Us

Worship: 10-11 am Sundays, Lake Nona Middle School, 13700 Narcoossee Road, Orlando 32832. We're in the chorus room for the summer (behind the cafeteria).

Worship Remotely: Email streamhopenona@gmail.com to receive a link to our Zoom simulcast.

Bible Doing: Select Tuesdays, 6:30-8 pm

What's New

  • $20,000 Matching Grant for Operating Fund throughout December -- thanks to an anonymous donor who promises to match every December gift to Hope's Operating Fund, dollar for dollar. (Please note: this does not apply to extra giving opportunities such as Alternative Christmas Gifts.) 
  • Volunteer Matching Hours Due 12/17 -- document your 2023 volunteer hours for nonprofits and schools to  secure dollars for your agency from our $5K Matching Fund. 
  • Christmas Alternative Gifts -- Hope seeks together to provide Food for Body & Soul this Christmas, first funding 10,000 family meals through Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida with residual donations translating words of Jesus such as the Lord's Prayer or the Beatitudes through Wycliffe Bible Translators. Don't give another ugly Christmas sweater! Give a gift that matters! Pick up donation slips at church to slide into your Christmas cards -- noting gifts "in honor" or "in memory."
  • Christmas Eve worship at 4:30 pm, including communion and a service of light. No morning worship on Sunday 12/24. 
  • Hope eradicates $3,458,639 in medical debt for residents of Orange and Seminole counties! Hope's February $12,500  donation to the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt erased medical debt for 2,188 neighbors. Recipients began receiving letters in April. Thanks to all who contributed to our 2022 campaign to bring relief to our neighbors.  
  • As of 12/1/2023, Hope's Kiva Lending Team has given 1,225 microloans in 82 nations, totaling $31,060. To learn more about Kiva's extraordinary mission, visit kiva.org. To join Hope's Lending Team, click the button below.