Hope’s first mission trip group will be headed to North Carolina near the end of April. At this point it looks like there will be a contingent of 8 in our Hope group, 5 from Florida and 3 from Ohio. This is an exciting opportunity to help with hurricane damage and cleanup as well as strengthening Christian fellowship. We ask for the congregation’s prayers during the trip that the members will be able to get much accomplished and for safe travel.

This month BLAST is especially in need of peanut butter, jelly, and canned vegetables. Food donations will be due on April 6. As always, any non-expired and non-perishable food donations are appreciated. Should you have any questions, you can contact Nancy Sutter at 331-537-2717. Thank you for your support.

Daily Bread will be officially closing it’s doors at Fee Ave on May 9^th.  There will no longer be any services located at that location however they will still very much so be a part of our community.  They will be partnering with South Brevard Sharing Center using office space for counselors and other needed facility operations in exchange to helping them grow their food pantry abilities. The DB warehouse will stay open and stocked along with a mobile clinic, streetside showers and a mobile food truck among many other resources. They will be breaking ground for Providence Place (a 120 unit apartment complex) this year and have completion planned for 2027. It will have many needed facilities within it’s walls which include a clinic, counselors and more.  It will be located on Appollo blvd south of the Appollo SPCA Thrift store. They are creating trusted points of contact throughout the community where a weekly meal can be provided, the first of which is Coastline Community Church. More info will be provided as it becomes available.

Hope’s holiday meal for the clients and staff of the CITA Rescue Mission will be held on Thursday, April 10. The meal will be provided by Beth Hazley (Two Chicks and a Pot) and Thrivent. We will need meal servers at 4:45 p.m. Following the meal there will be a hymn sing at 6:30, and Pastor James will lead the evening service. The mission is located at 2330 Johnny Ellison Dr., Melbourne. You may indicate that you will help on the sign up sheet in the narthex. Dave Roberts (dlrobertsfl@gmail.com or 804-512-1496) can provide additional information.

Baker's Blessings will be taking the month of April off but will be back in May.

Hope Cares is a program that matches needs with resources all within our Hope family community. Here are just a few of the categories we could use help in providing:

              -Greeting cards to shut-ins and emails

              -Meals to homes – mostly after surgery, births, and so on

              -Transportation – mostly to church, appointments, important errands

              -Contribute food to funeral lunches, as per the family’s request

If you would like to be a resource providing these activities, please fill out a gold half-sheet which is on table in the narthex then check off your choices.  Next, please give the form to Deaconess Lois or drop off in the church office. You will receive an email, or phone call, when a request for these items comes up.

Hope Cares is truly a blessing to our Hope family.  Thank you for your help.

If you would like more information, please contact Deaconess Lois Diebel at 321-536-0430 or deaconess.lois@hope-brevard.org

• Operation Christmas Child
• Gifts from the Heart
• Guardian ad Litem Angel Tree
• Children's Hunger Project
• New Life Mission
• CITA Mission
• The Haven for Children
• Trinity Lutheran School
• Sherwood Elementary School
• Daily Bread, The Sharing Center, Genesis Food Pantry
  
• Family Promise of Brevard
  
• Habitat for Humanity
• LCMS and LWML
• Seven AA Groups