Church News
This year SCUCC will have a presence at the Phoenix Pride festival on April 7 and 8. They have not done this for many years, so they are forming a task force to make sure they show just what Opening and Affirming really means!
Read Morenext: 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 8
Casas Adobes Congregational UCC, 6801 N Oracle, Tucson
With its beginnings as an ecumenical inter-spiritual community in France, Taizé is an alternative form of worship, embraced by people of all faiths worldwide. This unique service includes soothing music, brief readings and silent meditation by candlelight. There is no sermon.
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Odds and ends from around the conference:
Read More7 pm, Friday, March 9
Congregational Church of the Valley, 12001 E Shea Boulevard, Scottsdale
In the mid-20th century, the songs of Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, and their contemporaries dramatically changed the depth and scope of American musical theater and popular music. Jenn Newman, Steve Fitch, and Larry Loeber will delight you with selections by these composers as well as other modern composers whose works sprang from the tradition of the Great American Songbook, including Stephen Schwartz and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Pre-sale tickets may be purchased online for just $25 at by clicking here or by calling 480-451-4565. Tickets will also be available at the door for $30.
from left: Hedy Hall, United Church of Sun City Mission Board Chair; Rev. Brady Abel, Sr. Pastor United Church of Sun City; Rev. Paul Whitlock, Sr. Pastor of Church of the Palms – Sun City; Norm Still, United Church of Sun City Vice-Moderator
The “2018 Souper Bowl of Caring,” is over.
And the winners are the people who frequent the West Valley Food Bank who received more than 6,000 packages and cans of soup in the friendly competition between United Church of Sun City and the Church of the Palms.
The home team, UC of Sun City, scored the winning touchdown by collecting the most cans and packages of soup and the coveted Silver Ladle Trophy is back on Sun City Blvd.
Read MoreSaturday, February 24, 8 am
Shepherd of the Hills UCC
5524 E Lafayette Blvd, Phoenix
Church members and friends are downsizing!
Read MoreThursday, March 1, 2018
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Nelson Hall, Church of the Beatitudes
555 W. Glendale Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85021
Arizona Foundation for Contemporary Theology and Church of the Beatitudes' Rev. Dr. Tony Minear are pleased and excited to announce that Diana Butler-Bass will be speaking on March 1 at the Church of the Beatitudes.
Read MoreOdds and ends curated from the church newsletters by Holly Herman. Thanks, Holly!
Read MorePastor Sue Joiner writes:
"On Sunday, we approved the 2018 budget and we voted to close the preschool at the end of the May 2018 school year. We are grateful for all the staff, volunteers, children, and families who have been a part of the preschool. We are forming a transition team to help us work through the closure of the school.
Read MoreSunday, February 15, 12:15
Church of the Good Shepherd
7834 Tennyson St. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122
Attend a pup-tastic presentation by Kirsten Ralph and her instructor service dog, Scarlet! Whether you’ve always wanted to train a therapy dog, want to learn what service dogs can do, have questions about how to get your own pet to behave, or just want to enjoy some lunch with friends, this is the program for you!
Read MoreThursdays at 6 pm, beginning on February 14
ALL ARE WELCOME: Non-walkers will be provided with "hand labyrinths." Please invite friends and neighbors. The sessions will begin in Fellowship Hall, 6pm, and will conclude at 7pm on successive Thursdays: February 22 and March 1, 8, 15, and 22.
Our Lenten Journey program concludes on Good Friday, March 30 when individual guided walks will be staffed by our Labyrinth Team from 4 pm-7 pm.
Read MoreFebruary 16 and 17 Good Shepherd United Church of Christ in Sahuarita
This year’s presenter is the Rev. Gretta Vosper, a United Church of Canada minister who has been stirring up the thinking of the church and theology in the 21st century. She is a minister, author and atheist who is wanting to have a conversation about just and compassionate living where people can support each other with love and wisdom in a church with or without the god called God. It should be a challenging and insightful conversation.
Read MoreMarch 24-25, 2018 at Church of the Red Rocks
Spend a weekend making beautiful music with other choral singers as we celebrate the joy of singing Sacred Music. Find new inspiration for your directing, warm-ups, interpretation, teaching methods, and vocal skills while exploring wonderful church music.
This FREE workshop is available to the first 100 people who register by March 16.
Read MoreSaturday, February 24 - Begins at 10:00 a.m.
Change is the moment in time something becomes visibly new. Transition is the period of time required for people to adapt to the difference physically, emotionally, spiritually, psychologically, and intellectually. While change is inevitable, 80% of change efforts in organizations fail.
Read MoreTuesdays, February 6, 13, 20, and 27 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Shadow Rock UCC
In the four-session series, we'll explore practicing self-empathy, identifying needs and feelings, dealing with anger, and sharing our requests with others.
Read More10 am to 3 pm on Saturday, February 24, 2018
Church of the Palms, 14808 N. Boswell Blvd, Sun City
The Palms' Worship and Fine Arts Committee announces an art show! They expect a wide variety of media with artists from their church and some from the Sun City community.
They also invite you to respond to what you see. More art shows are suggesting a new dimension to the visual experience by articulating written responses as they view — only if wished by the viewer.
Read MoreCompiled by Holly Herman - thanks!
Read MoreThe Ministry of Mission and Outreach at Casas Adobes Congregational Church will institute a new program to help children and families living nearby Keeling Elementary School.
In partnership with Keeling and the Community Food Bank, they will begin, in late March, to pilot a once-a-month mobile food pantry open to anyone in the school's vicinity. By the time the program gets fully under way this coming fall, they expect to provide food for hundreds of individuals when food stamps run out at the end of each month.
Read MoreFebruary 13, 7:30 - 10 am at HonorHealth Shea Medical Center
