United Church of Santa Fe is proud to be the home of the annual choral workshop Santa Fe Sings!, sponsored by the Desert Chorale and led by their music director, Joshua Habermann. This takes place on Sat., April 27. Check-in and coffee hour begins at 8:45 am, and the workshop culminates in a 2:00 pm informal performance in the sanctuary. For more information or to register, go HERE.
Encanto Community Church is thrilled to offer two weeks of Cinema under the Stars this spring! So, please come on April 12th and April 19th at 8 p.m. when they will screen different family-friendly movies outdoors on the lovely front lawn. Encanto will provide the snacks and drinks, and you bring your lawn chair or blanket. Admission is free, and as always, ALL are welcome! The line-up for the movies is: “Wonka” on Friday, April 12th at 8 p.m.; and “Next Goal Wins” on Friday, April 19th at 8 p.m.
UCC leaders and pastors will discuss interfaith relationships amid continued violence in Gaza in a special presentation, Speak Our Truth. UCC national leaders and local pastors will share their thoughts in this special webinar, “Navigating Interfaith Relations in the Midst of Global Conflict,” on Wednesday, April 10 at 11:30 a.m. ET. Read here.
It Can Happen Here – White Power and the Rising Threat of Genocide in the US
Sunday, April 14, 6:00 pm at First Church Phoenix UCC. This event marks our culminating in-person gathering for our Breaking Barriers: American Christian Nationalism series for the Phoenix area, promising a thought-provoking discourse that will linger long after the last word is spoken. The evening will be a conversation with scholar Dr. Alexander Laban Hinton, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Founder and Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, UNESCO Chair on Genocide Prevention at Rutgers University, and the author of over a dozen books.
Desert Garden UCC’s week of collecting electronic devices for re-cycling was exceedingly successful. In 2022, their first year of having the recycling event, they collected 15,000 pounds of electronics over 8 days. This year the report from AZ StRUT, who receives all the electronics, is that they collected 20,468 pounds of electronics in four days. This included desktop computers, laptops, cell phones, TVs, numerous cables, and some CRT’s (the old tube TVs). They even had a Dish antenna donated. Thanks for everyone who contributed to this fantastic ministry knowing that none of these electronics will end up in a landfill. A great community ministry.
Pastor Jay from First Congregational in Prescott will be one of the speakers at the Caring for Creation event on April 25 at 5 PM at Temple Brith Shalom.
A Celebration of life service for Rev Gene Lefebvre will be held on Saturday, April 27th at 10am at Shadow Rock UCC.
The next event in the Jazz Concert Series presented by Jeff and Carol Morse will be held on Sunday, April 21st, featuring the Tom Wakeling Quartet. All concerts start at 6pm in Nelson Hall at Beatitudes Church. Suggested donation of $10.
The Desert Palm UCC Council voted to accept the City of Tempe's invitation to be part of its Resilience Hub network, which is designed to build community resilience and disaster preparedness. They will become one of ten community centers along with Day Spring Methodist , University Presbyterian, and others. To learn more about the program, click here.