People of Hope: Please excuse me sharing two messages this week! After hosting Mission Gatherings, proposing and getting approved a new mission statement and guiding principles, and sending out and receiving responses on a survey, the Transition Team has completed …
Prayer of the Day Beloved and sovereign God, through the death and resurrection of your Son you bring us into your kingdom of justice and mercy. By your Spirit, give us your wisdom, that we may treasure the life that …
People of Hope: On the wall of my house is an art piece given to me by someone in a congregation I once served that reads: No one has ever become poor by giving When I first received it, I …
Prayer of the Day Faithful God, most merciful judge, you care for your children with firmness and compassion. By your Spirit nurture us who live in your kingdom, that we may be rooted in the way of your Son, Jesus …
People of Hope: In the next few weeks, the Esperanza community will be serving dinner and making sack lunches for I-HELP participants at Desert Cross Lutheran Church in Tempe, preparing sack lunches for the heat respite program, and serving the …
Prayer of the Day Almighty God, we thank you for planting in us the seed of your word. By your Holy Spirit, help us to receive it with joy, live according to it, and grow in faith and hope and …
“It’s too hot for (fill in the blank).” You’ve been saying it. Everyone has been saying it. Everyone, that is, except the hardy people who keep Esperanza’s facilities and grounds maintained, even during the brutal heat of a Phoenix summer. …
The Outreach Team invites everyone in the Esperanza community to bring their own mug or travel mug for fellowship on Sunday mornings as a way of reducing our trash. There are plenty of mugs available for use in the church …
In the last several weeks, many of our Esperanza community members have received emails from individuals who are posing as Pastor Sarah or Robert Elsaesser or other members of our community. Some of those emails have requested that you purchase …
People of Hope: The Outreach Team has been meeting with leaders in our community, and on Wednesday, June 28, we met with our newly elected District 6 city council person Kevin Robinson. Along with his Chief of Staff Jennifer Wingenroth …
It was a hot but happy Fourth of July, and Esperanza played a big part in it. For the Children’s Bicycle Parade, a tradition sponsored by the Ahwatukee Chamber of Commerce, the church had two tents for face painting and …
Prayer of the Day You are great, O God, and greatly to be praised. You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you. Grant that we may believe in you, call upon you, …