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Weekly Worship Messages

Tonight Mid-Week Advent Service Featuring Holden Evening Prayer with Guest Speaker Solveig Muus

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December 4, 2024

This evening, Wednesday, December 4, Esperanza Lutheran is hosting Mid-Week Advent Worship Services featuring Holden Evening Prayer. We are blessed with a guest speaker, Solveig Muus from Lutheran Advocacy Ministry of Arizona. She will be present and available starting at …

Prepare for Worship: Sunday, December 8th, 2024

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December 4, 2024

Prayer of the Day Stir up our hearts, Lord God, to prepare the way of your only Son. By his coming give to all the people of the world knowledge of your salvation; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, …

Reasons to be Thankful

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November 29, 2024

Thanksgiving is a bit of an odd holiday, isn’t it? The more I think about it, Thanksgiving is closer to Valentine’s Day in its nature than Halloween or Christmas. What I mean is Halloween and Christmas have special moments that …

Conceptual Image Of The Word Trust Chiselled Into Stone Or Rock

Where We Place Our Trust

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November 24, 2024

I usually don’t start my sermons with a disclaimer, but every now and again it’s worth it. This Sunday is Christ the King Sunday. It’s where as a community and as leaders in the church we’re challenged to examine our …

The top of wailing wall of Jerusalem city

Certainty in God Alone

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November 17, 2024

Sometimes I think it’s important to remind ourselves that when we read scripture, we’re reading it not just as if Jesus were speaking to those present in those moments that are being recorded, but he’s also speaking to those first …

Roman silver coin with portrait of caesar

Why We Give

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November 10, 2024

I have to be honest, when I read this gospel text today, I have this image in my head of Jesus and his followers sitting on a bench mere feet from the collection box. And as each person comes forward …

Christmas Jazz Night Concert at Esperanza – Monday, December 9th, 2024 at 6:30PM

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December 4, 2024

On Monday, December 9th, you’re going to want to join us in the Sanctuary for a festive holiday Jazz get-together while we listen to our very own Steve Newell, Steve Waters, Dick Dorwart, John Yocky and Dan Meyer from 6:30 …

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Christmas Ladies Bunco is Thursday, December 12th 2024

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December 4, 2024

Exciting news: our annual Ladies Christmas Bunco party is Thursday, December 12th at 6:30 p.m. The photo from our 2019 party illustrates how much fun we have! Jayne Peterson has once again invited the women of the church to her …

Christmas Poinsettias Order Before December 22nd

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December 4, 2024

Help decorate our worship space for Christmas by donating a poinsettia by December 22nd. Each plant costs $20 and 30 plants have been ordered. Sign-up & Donation: Please submit your check made payable to Esperanza Lutheran Church with a copy …

This Sunday Volunteers Needed! Street Cleanup Sunday, December 8th

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December 4, 2024

Please join us on Sunday, Dec. 8, at 4 p.m. for our fourth Adopt-a-Street cleanup of 2024! We will park and meet at Kyrene de la Esperanza Elementary School, which is located at the intersection of South Ranch Circle and …

Take the Challenge, Support ELCA’s World Hunger Relief

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December 4, 2024

“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” – Matthew 25:35 Fifty years ago, Lutherans in the U.S. launched the World …

Next I-Help Service Opportunity Scheduled for April 22

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November 27, 2024

Thank you to all who donated and prepared food and served 21 guests at our I-Help dinner on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Guests were eager to visit and thankful to our volunteers. We celebrated November birthdays with guests and many of …

Thursday December 5

10:00 am – 11:30 am: Thursday Matters Bible Study
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Men's Group (nooners)
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm: In-Person Women's Bible Study

Friday December 6

7:30 am – 8:30 am: Toastmasters (Ahwatukee Chamber)
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Men's Group (nooners)

Saturday December 7

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Men's Group
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Progressive Dinner

Sunday December 8

9:00 am – 10:00 am: Promesa de Esperanza Cantata
9:00 am – 10:00 am: Worship Service - In-person & Live-stream
10:00 am – 10:30 am: Fellowship