Easter Sunrise Service 2025
January 23, 2025Note: Scripture references are from the New International Version of the Bible (NIV) except as noted. This is the full text of the message but certain passages were omitted on the day, for brevity. Introduction: Good morning, everyone. My name is John Rains, and I am the pastor of Hope House Ministries, a non-denominational ministry that began…
Easter Sunrise Service 2024
March 31, 2024These days, the onset of arthritis in my left hand makes playing guitar extremely painful. I had intended that this Easter service would use recorded music instead, opening with “Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!”, a contemporary rendition from Hillsong; a hymn written by the Anglican bishop Reginald Heber (1783–1826), followed by Michael W. Smith’s live renditions of “Above…
New Year’s Morning, 2024
January 1, 2024Good morning, and welcome to the second New Years Day Service. The first was held at The Palms in 2019 at the request of dear friends who were not going to be on island for Easter, and now, at the request of dear friends who are not going to be on island for Easter 2024,…
The Day of Atonement
October 18, 2023The first five books of the Christian Bible are also the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, in combination, are known in Hebrew as the Torah, and in Greek as the Pentateuch, and sometimes referred to as the “Five Books of Moses”. I lack…
Easter 2023: April 9th
March 29, 2023Good morning and thank you for staying for this Easter Sunrise Service. My name is John Rains and I am Pastor of Hope House Ministries, a ministry formed in 2001 as part of the Foursquare Gospel Church. Denominationally, I am a Pentecostal – I believe in the working of the Holy spirit – but I’m…