Light of Hope

04/12/2026

RSU Students with the Presidential Leadership Class blessed our Light of Hope family during their PLC Cares Day on Saturday, April 11th.

These amazing students instantly became an integral part of our LOH family.

They helped with many projects and started planning some exciting news that we will announce soon.

Thank you for your dedication and commitment to LOH.

04/09/2026

LOH is looking for Sponsors for our upcoming Pickleball Bloomin' Rally! Event will be Saturday, May 9.

Sponsorships available at $100 or $250. Please call our LOH office if interested - 918-373-4596.

The 2nd Annual Bloomin' Rally Pickleball Tournament hosted by the Claremore Pickleball Club and Matt Mauldin at the Claremore Rec Center is just around the corner, and we want YOU on the court!

📅 Saturday, May 9
📍 Claremore Rec Center
💻 Sign up TODAY: https://swishtournaments.com/.../bloomin-rally-mixed.../

04/06/2026

🌸🇺🇸 Mother’s Day & Memorial Day Flower Arrangements 🇺🇸🌸

Celebrate, honor, and remember with beautiful, handcrafted floral arrangements from Light of Hope. (These arrangements are made from Silk Flowers.)

https://pages.snwbll.com/storefront/m_ubcvDPX0TLOnzK64EP_5bw/sf_e7XzL2AvArgYG3zIgr_2BA

Pre-orders open Now for both Mother’s Day and Memorial Day arrangements.
✨ Mother’s Day pickup begins May 4
✨ Memorial Day pickup begins May 18

Need something last-minute? We’ve got you covered! Limited made-to-order arrangements will be available:
🗓️ May 7 & 8 (Mother’s Day)
🗓️ May 21 & 22 (Memorial Day)

Each arrangement is created with care, and every purchase supports the mission of Light of Hope.

04/06/2026

Friends who are planning on attending the upcoming ORU Blood Drive on April 8 - 9, please SIGN UP on this app/website - https://bit.ly/lohcares

We are excited to announce our partnership with Donable® Cares, an app that gives back to nonprofits through blood donations! For every blood donation made through the LOH link, Donable® Cares will donate up to $100 to our mission!

If you’re a first-time donor, it’s $100, if you haven’t donated in 2+ years it’s $35, and all other donations raise $15 each.

Dates/Times/Locations:

Wednesday, April 8
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
7777 S Lewis Ave
Hammer Center
Hammer Center - Fenimore Room
Tulsa, OK 74171

Thursday, April 9
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
7777 South Lewis Avenue
Hamill Center
Bloodmobile @ Hamill Center
Tulsa, OK 74171

PLEASE SHARE! Thank you! 💛

https://ourbloodinstitute.org/events/oral-roberts-university/

04/05/2026

Praying everyone has a
blessed Resurrection Day!

Happy Easter from your Light of Hope Family 💙💛

In that time…
a woman’s voice
was not trusted

Her testimony
was not even considered valid in court

She was not the one
you would build a story on

Not if you wanted people
to believe you

And especially not
this kind of story

Not a resurrection

Not a claim
that a dead man
walked out of a grave

Because if you were trying
to make something up

you would choose someone credible

Respected
honored
trusted

A man

A leader

Someone whose words
carried weight

But God—

chose a woman

And not just any woman

Mary Magdalene

The one
people would have whispered about

The one
with a past

The one Scripture says
had seven demons cast out of her

If this were fabricated
they would have never written her in

They would have erased her

But they didn’t

Because they couldn’t

Because she was there

Weeping
waiting
loving

When others left

She came expecting death

and saw life

And the first voice
the risen Jesus chose to speak to

the first person
He revealed Himself to

was her

And that changes everything

Because the gospel
is not built on what sounds impressive

It’s built on what is true

And the truth is

Jesus didn’t come
for the polished
the powerful
the already accepted

He came for the broken

The overlooked
The ones with a past

The ones the world
would never choose

And He didn’t just save her

He honored her

He entrusted her

He let her be the first

to see Him

alive

So if you’ve ever felt
disqualified
too messy
too far gone

remember this

The first witness
of the resurrection

was a woman

with a past

And God didn’t rewrite her story

He redeemed it 🤍

04/05/2026

He is Risen!

The first to see Jesus
was a woman
who once had seven demons

Not a priest
Not a ruler
Not the ones who walked closest beside Him

A woman
the world would have overlooked
the world would have labeled
the world would have whispered about

A woman
who knew what it felt like
to be bound
to be broken
to not even recognize herself

Seven demons

Fully captive
Fully lost
Fully unable to save herself

Until Jesus

And I wonder
if that’s why she stayed

Why she was the one
still at the tomb
still weeping
still searching

Because when you’ve been set free like that

you don’t leave

You don’t forget
You don’t move on like it was small

You stay close

Even when it looks over
Even when it feels finished
Even when hope feels buried

She stayed

And she came looking
for a dead Savior

But Jesus doesn’t stay dead

And the first voice
He chose to speak to

the first eyes
He chose to meet

the first name
He called

was hers

Mary

The woman
who once had seven demons

The woman
who knew exactly
what He had saved her from

Because maybe

the ones who have been freed the most
love the deepest

And maybe

the reason she saw Him first

is because she never stopped looking

So if you feel disqualified
too broken
too far gone

remember this

The first person
to witness the resurrection

was a woman
who used to be completely bound

And Jesus chose her

to see Him

alive 🤍

04/04/2026

EASTER PHOTO OP: There is a beautiful mural painted by Tammy and her Fun Art Class students available to take Easter photos! Drop by
Light of Hope at 403 West 1st St, Claremore, OK, United States, Oklahoma 74017 #

Thank you Tammy Hornek!!

04/04/2026

The grave isn’t empty today.
The stone is still sealed.
the air still heavy
with everything that didn’t turn out
the way we hoped

He’s still inside

Still wrapped
still silent

And if this is the end—

then everything He said
falls quiet with Him

The blind stay blind
The broken stay broken
Sin stays unshaken
Death keeps its throne

And hope…

hope becomes a story
we told ourselves
because we needed something
to hold onto

If the grave stays full

then love went all the way
and still lost

Then the cross was just
another ending

Another life
swallowed up by death

And we are left here

standing outside a tomb
with nothing but memories
and unanswered prayers

Because if He didn’t rise

then forgiveness is fragile
grace is just a word
and eternity
is a question mark

If the grave isn’t empty

then darkness
gets the final say

And all we have
is a God
who stayed dead

But…

what kind of God
would let the story
end like that

What kind of love
would go that far
only to stop there

No

This silence
this waiting
this unbearable stillness

is not the end

Because graves
were never meant
to hold Him

And tomorrow—

everything changes

04/03/2026

⛳️ Leadership Rogers County’s Annual Golf Tournament is coming up on April 24 and Light of Hope is blessed to be the beneficiary!

They are currently looking for Sponsors and Teams who want to hit the course, support a great cause, and enjoy a fun day of golf.

For more information, email amy.littleton@bancfirst.bank or call 918-283-8953. Visit the LRC page at https://www.facebook.com/leadershiprogerscounty