{"id":4416,"date":"2026-03-02T14:46:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/?page_id=4416"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:27:15","slug":"why-become-a-member-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/why-become-a-member-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Become a Member of Hope?"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre data-path-to-node=\"1\">Joining a church is a significant step in our spiritual life.\r\n\r\nIf at some point of your faith journey you start to consider membership at Hope, here are the three core reasons to join us:<a href=\"http:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Hope-Lutheran-2023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4417 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Hope-Lutheran-2023-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Hope-Lutheran-2023-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Hope-Lutheran-2023-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Hope-Lutheran-2023-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Hope-Lutheran-2023-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Hope-Lutheran-2023-958x539.jpg 958w, https:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Hope-Lutheran-2023.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/pre>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"2\"><strong>1. Faithful Teaching<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\"><span data-path-to-node=\"3,0\">The primary and most important reason to join Hope is our commitment to teaching that is faithful to the <b data-path-to-node=\"3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"105\">Word of God<\/b>. The <\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"3,2\"><span class=\"citation-222\">Holy Scriptures are the foundation for all we do and are the source and norm of all of our teaching. You\u2019ll find that the biblical truth speaks directly to the challenges of your daily life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"4\"><strong>2. Worship Life and Fellowship<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\"><span data-path-to-node=\"5,0\">Hope is a welcoming congregation where you can experience a vibrant worship life. <\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"5,2\"><span class=\"citation-220\">We gather as a community of &#8220;imperfect people, perfectly forgiven&#8221;<\/span><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"5,4\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"6\"><strong>3. Hope in Action<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\"><span data-path-to-node=\"7,1\"><span class=\"citation-218\">We are a congregation that seeks to be <\/span><span class=\"citation-218\">active in love<\/span><span class=\"citation-218\"> as we grow in Christ<\/span><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"7,3\">. <\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"7,5\"><span class=\"citation-217\">Following the example of Jesus, who &#8220;came not to be served, but to serve,&#8221; we look for ways to help our neighbors at Church, school, at home, and in the wider community<\/span><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"7,7\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1327\" data-end=\"1458\">Join us for coffee following the 10:00 AM worship service, or reach out to begin a conversation!<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1460\" data-end=\"1503\"><strong data-start=\"1460\" data-end=\"1476\">Pastor Lucas<\/strong><br data-start=\"1476\" data-end=\"1479\" \/>\ud83d\udce7 <a class=\"decorated-link cursor-pointer\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1482\" data-end=\"1501\">lalbrecht@hopelcs.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joining a church is a significant step in our spiritual life. 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Faithful Teaching The primary and most important reason to join Hope is our commitment to teaching that is faithful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4416","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Become a Member of Hope? - Hope Lutheran Church Port Coquitlam<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/why-become-a-member-of-hope\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Become a Member of Hope? - Hope Lutheran Church Port Coquitlam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Joining a church is a significant step in our spiritual life. 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