You're Invited to Hopeline's 40th Anniversary Benefit!
We hope you will join us for a very special evening as we return to Monroe, Connecticut, where Hopeline’s story began 40 years ago.
This is more than a benefit—it is a celebration of 40 years of faithfulness. The evening will be filled with photos and memories from Hopeline’s history, honoring the friends, donors, and influential people who have helped shape Hopeline into what it is today.
We are honored to have Cliffe Knechtle join us for an open forum, where he will share how to speak boldly about abortion and why your voice matters. Come with your questions and join the conversation during the open mic.
The evening begins at 6:00 PM with a cocktail hour, followed by dinner stations and passed hors d’oeuvres. This is a wonderful opportunity to browse through Hopeline’s history, reconnect with old friends, and meet the people who make this mission possible. The official program will take place from 7:30–9:00 PM.
We hope you will come ready to celebrate, be inspired, and invest in Hopeline’s future, because God was faithful then, and He is faithful now.
Keynote Speaker: Pastor Cliffe Knechtle
Born in New York City and educated at Davidson College in North Carolina, Cliffe later graduated from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, just outside of Boston. He began working with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and various churches around the country upon his graduation from seminary in 1979. He has been the Senior Pastor at Grace Community Church in New Canaan since its founding in 2001.
Cliffe is the host and founder of Give Me an Answer, a ministry. He loves to converse with skeptics and truth-seekers to explore the tenets of Christianity at colleges and universities throughout the United States. He has held open-air discussions at Harvard, Yale, MIT, and the universities of Florida, Texas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Maine, San Diego, Berkeley, Stanford, Hawaii, Washington, and UCLA. These dialogues can be viewed on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook.
Cliffe is happily married to his best friend, Sharon. They have three children and six granddaughters.