Hope at the Beach -Seal

03/22/2023

03/10/2023

Join us on the sand for an Easter Sonrise service, Sunday April 9th 6:30am. Enjoy music & message, Bogarts coffee & breakfast goodies. Proceeds from our offering will go to Courage House Tanzania to help rescue girls from trafficking. www.courageworldwide.org Bring a beach chair and a friend!

There is a severe lack of dedicated safe houses and trauma-informed resources for the minor female population, yet the issue of s*x trafficking continues to rise.

12/11/2022

Christmas care packages built by the elves of Hope at the beach

09/18/2022

Hi everybody, just wanted to let you know of an opportunity to go deeper in your faith and get to know one another bit more. Starting Saturday, September 24, 4 pm at Misloski’s Home in Huntington Beach we will meet for six weeks going through a series called sacred rhythms based on a book by that title. Tara and I have led several of these and they’re always great. Please let me know if you are interested and we can give you more details.

08/16/2022

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Care for our souls has been neglected in our culture. I spend plenty of time and money caring for my body (diet and exercise, doctors’ visits to get my blood pressure under control :-/ ). We invest in our intellect with education. We take care of relationships (I’m waiting for a friend right now to have coffee as I write this). But our soul…
We have been studying the Psalms this summer and Psalm 103 is my new favorite. It begins and ends with this phrase; “Bless the LORD, O my soul”. To “bless” is also translated “praise”. When I bless/praise the LORD it is for my sake. God is just fine with his self-concept. He doesn’t need me to prop Him up. As I praise Him, I give God my whole focus, my affection, thanks and affirmation. As I do this my world gets much, much bigger.
Whatever I “praise/bless”, I give my full attention to. Recently I went in ½ on the cost of an RV trailer with some friends. Now I find myself giving my attention to RVs, talking with fellow RV owners, trying to figure out how to fix stuff. Its where my focus goes. When things go well with my Winnebego Micro Minnie Trailer things are good with me. When the battery goes down, it’s not as fun. Where my focus is, where my money is invested, where my time is spent, those are the things I am “blessing/praising”.
So back to the soul. The Hebrew word for soul is nephesh. “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul” (Genesis 2:7).
In the New Testament, the word used is psyche. “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul” (Mark 8:36)
There are some practical ways that Christians for centuries have been listening to the Lord, and learning how to care for their souls. Slowing down as you read the Scriptures is a good start. I encourage you to read Psalm 103. Focus especially on verses 1-5. Take your time. Perhaps read it through several times. First time through just get a sense of what it says. Second time through notice if there is a word or phrase that kind of jumps off the page to you. Third time through ask the Lord what you should do with this word or phrase. Then, bless the Lord -that is, give thanks, praise for his specific benefits to your soul these days. For some, it helps to write down prayers (journal) to get your thoughts and prayers down on paper. Final step, share your discoveries with a trusted friend (over coffee is nice).
Let’s continue to meet and share together more ideas on caring for the soul and how we can love the Lord with all our hearts, minds, strength/bodies and… our soul.
Blessings to your soul as your soul blesses the Lord,
Bob

06/10/2022

So glad to have Donald Rowena Donald Davis share at Hope this month… what a fun guy with an amazing story!!

04/22/2022

Help us support Courage House Tanzania -Rescuing, Restoring and Reintegrating girls rescued from trafficking. We will be traveling to Africa in June and are beginning to collect items for the girls, staff and ministries they are involved in. You can simply go to this registry with Amazon, place an order and it will be shipped to us. Then we will carry it with us to Tanzania. Tara will be teaching swimming and water aerobics with the girls and staff as well as equipping them in jewelry making. Bob will be equipping the staff in prayer training, and whatever other needs arise. Thanks so much for partnering with us!! For more info. on their ministry: www.courageworldwide.org

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04/14/2022

Join us this Easter Sunday morning for a Sonrise Service to celebrate our Risen King Jesus! 6:30am, Seal Beach, Northside of pier parking lot -look for the "HOPE" banner. Bring a beach chair and a friend. We'll have pastries and good coffee waiting for you.