Sunday Service: February 1, 2026 • Pastor Peter Kim at HOPE Church in Clarksville, MD ---

Sunday Service: January 25, 2026 • Pastor Q Kim at HOPE Church in Clarksville, MD ---

Sunday Service: January 18, 2026 • Pastor Jason Choi at HOPE Church in Clarksville, MD ---

Sunday Service: January 11, 2026 • Pastor Q Kim at HOPE Church in Clarksville, MD ---

In this Sunday’s message from Acts 8, we see how God moves His people beyond comfort, boundaries, and expectations to accomplish His purpose. Through Philip’s obedience, the gospel crosses cultural, racial, and geographic lines to reach one seeking heart—an Ethiopian official hungry for truth. This sermon challenges us to listen to the Spirit, know the Word, and trust that God is able to do far more abundantly beyond what we ask or imagine as we follow Him to the ends of the earth.

Sunday Service: January 01, 2026 • Pastor Q Kim at HOPE Church in Clarksville, MD ---

As we begin a new year, Pastor Q declares one foundational truth: God is good—and His gospel goes beyond. In this message from Acts 8, we see how persecution could not stop the church but instead propelled the gospel forward. Through Philip’s obedience, the good news crossed cultural, racial, and spiritual boundaries, bringing freedom, healing, and great joy to an entire city. This sermon challenges us to move from spectators to participants, to seek God rather than power, and to trust that even adversity can become an opportunity for God’s glory. Anchored in Ephesians 3:20, we are reminded that God is able to do abundantly beyond all we ask or imagine as He leads us into a new year of faith, obedience, and mission.

NYE Service: December 31, 2025 • Pastor Q Kim at HOPE Church in Clarksville, MD ---

In this message, Pastor Q reflects on Isaiah 43:18–19 to encourage the church to release the past and trust God for a new work as they enter the new year. Sharing vulnerably about one of the hardest years of HOPE and of his life—marked by illness, loss, leadership transitions, and deep personal strain—he testifies that God reminded him not to dwell on former troubles but to lift his eyes beyond temporary storms to the unchanging goodness of God. Using images of sunrise, exile turning into restoration, and God making roads in deserts and rivers in wastelands, Pastor Q emphasizes that even after painful seasons, God brings renewal, healing, and hope. He introduces the theme of “beyond,” grounded in God’s ability to do far more than we can ask or imagine, calling the church to move past limitation and fear into faith. Through the symbolism of cleansing, remembrance, and communion, he invites the congregation to end the year washed, renewed, and united in Christ, celebrating Jesus as the Lamb who saves and the Alpha and Omega who makes all things new.

Sunday Service: December 28, 2025 • Pastor Jason Choi at HOPE Church in Clarksville, MD ---

Pastor Jason’s message calls the church to end the year with gratitude, remembrance, and surrender. Using everyday stories, he emphasizes that just as it is basic etiquette to thank a host for a meal, believers must enter God’s house with thanksgiving rather than complaints, honoring both God and the leaders He has placed over them. He then highlights the biblical practice of building altars—memorials that mark God’s faithfulness after victories, promises, or encounters—so that future generations remember what God has done. In the New Testament, these altars are no longer physical sacrifices but lives offered as “living sacrifices,” where believers themselves become testimonies of God’s goodness. Reflecting on personal history, church transitions, and the challenges of 2025, Pastor Jason urges the congregation to leave both victories and disappointments at the altar, trusting that God is still in control and has not forsaken His people. The message closes with a call to surrender the past, allow God to rewrite painful history with His love, and step into the new year free, thankful, and fully yielded to Him.

Sunday Service: December 21, 2025 • Pastor Q Kim at HOPE Church in Clarksville, MD ---

Pastor Q’s sermon on Matthew 2:1–12 emphasizes that the story of the Magi reveals the true meaning of Christmas: God actively reveals Himself so that those who genuinely seek Him will find Him. The Magi—Gentile wise men guided first by a star and then by Scripture—recognized that the newborn Jesus was not only a king but worthy of worship, showing that God’s salvation is for all people, not just Israel. Their long journey, joyful worship, and carefully chosen gifts (gold, frankincense, and myrrh) point to Jesus as King, God, and sacrificial Savior. In contrast, Herod’s fear and the religious leaders’ apathy reveal how power, indifference, or mere knowledge without obedience can cause people to miss Christ entirely. Pastor Q highlights that signs alone can lead us only so far, but Scripture ultimately leads us to Jesus, and encountering Him changes our direction forever—just as the Magi returned home by another way. Christmas, therefore, is not about traditions or gifts, but about seeking, worshiping, and receiving Christ, the greatest gift God has given to the world.