{"id":8,"date":"2014-07-01T17:18:44","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T17:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hope.thinkexperiments.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:09:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:09:45","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Hope Lutheran Church in Port Coquitlam"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome to Hope Lutheran Church in Port Coquitlam. We are a Lutheran Congregation endeavouring to live out our mission statement: \u201cActive in Love, Growing in Christ\u201d, and this is our virtual home.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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We welcome you here and we invite you to please take a few minutes to explore the site. You are also invited to visit the School<\/a> side of our website.<\/p>\n

You are more than welcome to join us for our Sunday Worship in our sanctuary,\u00a0 where we receive God’s gifts and worship Him in faith and love. Come and join us in a Bible-based, Christ-centred, life-directed Service.<\/p>\n

If there is some way that we can help you to \u201cGrow in Christ\u201d or be \u201cActive in Love\u201d please do not hesitate to contact us<\/a> in any of the ways listed.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your visit here – and we would enjoy meeting you face to face as well. Come visit us some Sunday<\/a>. It will be great to meet you!<\/p>\n

Rev. Lucas Andre Albrecht<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Philippians 2:9 – “Jesus Christ is Lord.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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