Leaders of Organized Solidarity, the collective that Emily Smith volunteers with, will be coming to Desert Palm UCC on Sunday, February 22 to thank the congregation for all they are doing, and also to do a Bystander - Know Your Rights training after the service. They will also answer questions regarding the immigrant situation in Arizona. YOU can make an impact in being prepared during this time of crisis for our immigrant neighbors.
Kicking off Black History Month, Scottsdale Congregational welcomed guest speaker Renee Brooks yesterday! Renée grew up in San Francisco in a very international and cosmopolitan environment but was deeply impacted by the civil rights movement as it played out in the South. And, most importantly, Renée grew up steeped in song, especially gospel music. Renée Morgan Brooks has brought the spirit and holiness of gospel music to her progressive Christian beliefs and practices. She is a voice for empowerment and self- realization! Renée will tell you that she feels blessed and grateful to have a voice and a Presence that touches the heart of so many across so many lines.”
Sun City area churches will gather together for one Ash Wednesday service at 12:00pm on Wednesday, February 18 at First Presbyterian Church of Sun City, 12225 N 103rd Ave, Sun City. As we approach the sacred season of Lent, The Church of the Palms, United Church of Sun City, Sun City Christian, Desert Garden UCC, and First Presbyterian of Sun City invite you for a community Ash Wednesday service, a time to begin our journey toward Easter with reflection, repentance, and renewal.
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Rev. Guillermo Márquez-Sterling of Church of the Red Rocks will be at the 2026 Tucson Festival of Books with his newest book, "Killing the Butterfly" March 14–15 at the University of Arizona Mall. Free to the public, this book fair is the third largest in the U.S.
Join United Church Funds for our upcoming Quarterly Town Hall on Thursday, February 5, at 3:00 p.m. MST. Register today to hear how market performance and our responsible investing efforts intersect with faithful stewardship of church assets. What we will explore:
🏛️ UCF organizational updates and what’s coming next
🌱 Progress and priorities in our responsible investing initiatives
📈 Market trends and performance highlights
🙋 A live Q&A session
You can help uplift the New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light pilgrimage by joining Rev. Clara Sims on Thursday, February 5 to walk the final miles or steps to visit the legislature and ask for robust climate legislation. Join the First Congregational Albuquerque group at the Santa Fe Railyard Plaza water tank at 10:30 AM; you can also join them at the welcome ceremony at The Open Circle Church, 645 Webber St. at 11:00 AM. Then walk the remaining two blocks to the Roundhouse at about 11:45 to join the Climate Solutions Day activities,to join them there if you like.
Join the ReHumanization Project, a statewide, faith-rooted effort organized by Arizona Faith Network & Corazón AZ to protect human dignity, strengthen community safety, and bear public witness to the sacred worth of every person. At the same time, unjust and immoral immigration policies continue to separate families, criminalize asylum, and place already-vulnerable communities in constant fear and harm. We invite clergy and faith leaders across Arizona to join this shared work of unity, nonviolence, and moral courage. Sign up using THIS LINK and you will receive updates about Faithful Witness Gatherings, monthly trainings, public vigils, action opportunities, and ways to participate locally and statewide.
Scottsdale Congregational is doing some early spring cleaning and is looking to give away this ceramic communion set. If you're interested, contact Diana Winston at 480-313-8037 or winston.diana@gmail.com.
Jazz Coffee House 2026 at Church of the Beatitudes
Sunday, Feb 15, Todd Johnson Quartet
Sunday, Mar 15, Beth Lederman Quartet
Sunday, April 19, Dave Schmidt Quintet
All concerts take place in Nelson Hall and begin at 6pm. A $10 suggested donation accepted at the door. Light refreshments served. Email media@beatitudeschurch.org for more information.
From Rev. Paul Whitlock of The Church of the Palms:
Inspired by Rev. Elizabeth Grasham, I have rewritten the Beatitudes for us today in 2026 America.
Blessed are you who turn off the news with trembling hands and weep over the sink while the world carries on—for the Kin-dom belongs to the soft-hearted.
Blessed are you who keep watch at the gates of the jail or the edges of the border, your breath rising like incense in the freezing air—you shall find the comfort of a warm fire and a true friend.
Blessed are you who organize mutual aid in the shadows, sharing passwords and bread with the quiet efficiency of the early church—you shall inherit a reclaimed earth.
Blessed are you who ache for a nation that values people over property, and breath over borders—your hunger is holy, and you shall finally be satisfied.
Blessed are you who wait at the bus station with backpacks and prepaid SIM cards, welcoming the stranger whom the state tried to discard—you shall find the very face of Mercy waiting for you.
Blessed are you who find your choir in the streets, harmonizing justice songs with strangers—you are clearing the way to see the Divine.
Blessed are you who turn your neighborhoods into sanctuaries, using every tool at your disposal to shield the vulnerable—you are the true architects of God’s family.
Blessed are the sanctuary cities that refuse to bend to the machinery of deportation, choosing the law of Love over the law of the Empire—yours is the Kin-dom of Heaven.
Blessed are you when the pundits mock you, the algorithms shadow-ban you, and the President labels your compassion as "treason." Rejoice and be glad! For they said the same damn thing of the agitators and ancestors who walked this path before you—from MLK, Jr. to Dorothy Day to Oscar Ramero, from Fannie Lou Hamer to the Galilean Carpenter. Your reward is found in the liberation of us all.
The Word of God for the People of God. Thanks be to God. Amen.