Community Involvement
Hope’s current campus was moved into in 2008 with a deep commitment to being involved in the community of Bozeman and the wider Gallatin Valley. Our building is used by a wide variety of groups within the community from the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), to the American Red Cross for blood drives and the Gallatin Valley Elections Department as a polling site.
That community involvement extends outside of our walls with participation in ministries that support Jesus’ “least of these” from Matthew 25. These include involvement with a Mobile Soup Kitchen, the Fork and Spoon Restaurant, hosting an annual ‘Christmas Shop’, and hosting a Gallatin Valley Packathon for Haiti, to list a few.
Hope also has a strong relationship with Montana State University's Table and Grace Campus Ministries.
Fork & Spoon
The Fork & Spoon is Montana’s first and only pay-what-you-can restaurant. Hope provides a team of volunteers one Sunday a month to take orders, plate and serve food, bus dishes, do dishes and clean up after the meal. More volunteers are always needed if this is a way you would like to serve the community. You can learn more about the Fork & Spoon by clicking the button below, or sign up to help volunteer!
Love INC
Love INC is a Christian, faith-based, non-profit organization designed to connect the human, material and spiritual resources of dozens of local congregations with individuals and families struggling in difficult circumstances. Since 1995, Love INC has responded to tens of thousands of requests for assistance, and has activated hundreds of volunteers, provided real help, restored hope, and transformed the lives of individuals and families in southwest Montana. Love INC helps churches help people! Hope Lutheran Church is proud to a partner church for Love INC.
Mobile Soup Kitchen
Five churches in the Bozeman area support a Mobile Soup Kitchen, free to anyone who needs a meal. Hope is one of those five churches which serves a hot meal on a grassy area over by Murdoch’s Ranch and Home Supply every Saturday of the year. Hope provides a team to cook and serve the meal every fifth Saturday. Volunteers are always welcome to become a part of this rewarding ministry.
Christmas Shop
One of our biggest events of the year is our Children's Christmas Shop. This event is aimed to help the children and families of Bozeman by providing a free experience to shop for presents for Christmas. Each child has an "elf" to help them shop for their family members and themselves. This is a great opportunity to help out the families of Bozeman during the Christmas season. Volunteers are always needed. For more information contact Paul Goodman.