There's an old saying that it's not a worship service unless an offering is received. At Hope we believe it is important to take an offering at each worship service, but we don't believe the offering is for our financial benefit. Instead, Hope gives away the plate offering - not once a month, but every Sunday. We do this that our church might set an example for others. Hope's Generosity Committee selects a variety of charitable causes. In the past these have included:
Blue Star Moms (Tulsa Chapter)
Oklahoma Blood Institute
Doctors Without Borders
Pet Adoption League of Tulsa
Iron Gate Ministry
The Order of Service contains a weekly announcement about where the money will go that week and how much was donated the previous week. In a typical year the amount given away is approximately $10,000. People sometimes ask how the church is financially supported if we give away the plate. We ask members and friends of the church to make an annual pledge of financial support. We encourage people to give to Hope until it feels good.
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us;
what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
~Albert Pike
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent
people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better
place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you
have lived. This is to have succeeded.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
