Hope Gate Way

Celebrating Home is just under two weeks away, and our silent auction is now live! Bids can be made online before and during the event. Check out some of our awesome featured items!

4 tickets to a Hearts of Pine match of your choice — ALL games are sold out for the season!
An iconic “Hopeful” lit neon sign by local artist Charlie Hewitt.
Plenty of getaways — from the midcoast all the way to Thailand!

& food, art, and more, check out all items on the link below:
https://www.32auctions.com/HopeActsCelebratingHome

Bidding ends at 9PM on 7/27, and all proceeds from the silent auction go towards Hope Acts’ homelessness prevention and housing stabilization work❤️

Come

What if in the end there is no law-giver
demanding obedience
but a life-giver offering life?

What if there is no seer
dispensing secret wisdom
but a friend, offering companionship?

What if there is no messiah
leading a crusade
but a presence who delights in you?

What if there is no savior
rescuing us from hell,
but a fellow traveler offering help?

What if there is no journey, no trial,
no mountain, no door, no key, but only
the Beloved, right here, offering themselves?

~Steve Garnaas-Holmes, Unfolding Light

Come What if in the end there is no law-giver demanding obedience but a life-giver offering life?

To The Immigrant
(The Bone Of My Bone And Flesh Of My Flesh)

I love the sound of your native tongue.
I love the way it ebbs and flows,
like music or a stream.

I love the dreams you have for a better world,
a safer world, a peaceful world.

I love the way you share bits of your home through
cardamom and turmeric,
aji dulce and sumac.

I love the names you have for God
and the devotion with which you pray.

I love your children—
…the ones who are homesick,
the ones who still believe the world to be beautiful.

And I love the dust you came from,
for I was there too.

So when our country says you are unlovable,
please know this: they lie. They lie. They lie.

~Sarah A. Speed, Writing The Good

To The Immigrant (The Bone Of My Bone And Flesh Of My Flesh)