We will gather to celebrate the life of Denzil Klein on Saturday, February 22 at 10am at Esperanza Lutheran Church. A reception will be held at Rudy’s Bar-B-Q in Chandler following the service. Please dress Denzil-Style in blue jeans, plaid, …
We will gather to celebrate the life of Denzil Klein on Saturday, February 22 at 10am at Esperanza Lutheran Church. A reception will be held at Rudy’s Bar-B-Q in Chandler following the service. Please dress Denzil-Style in blue jeans, plaid, …
Esperanza Lutheran Church 35th Anniversary Event Guide Sunday, February 23, 2025 Click For Event Site Timeline & Diagrams Event Guide – Printable PDF Order of Service PLEASE PARK IN CHURCH PARKING LOT! TIMELINE OVERVIEW: School – Procession* starts at Approximately …
This Sunday, February 23, we will celebrate 35 years as an ELCA chartered church! We have been fortunate to have had 12 deeply committed spiritual leaders walking alongside us through the years, and several of them will be with us …
Inscribed Stones (engraved) This will be the last week to order your customized river stone so don’t miss out! For 35 years, Esperanza has been grounded in hope. During the anniversary celebration, we will build a permanent art piece that …
2025/2026 – Don’t be the last to know on what’s going on at Esperanza and our Community engagement & events! Keep up to date on all ministries, events and outside organizations visiting and using our campus, through our online calendar. Note: …
Our Lenten journey begins with Ash Wednesday on March 5th, 2025, a day we hear both that we are loved and that we are dust. The cross made on our foreheads with oil in Holy Baptism is retraced with ashes, …
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Pastor Dave Risendal, the founding pastor of Esperanza Lutheran, and as we were chatting, I realized he probably had stories upon stories of the early happenings of Esperanza, some of which …
Help fellow Esperanza Community members and Ahwatukee volunteers to clean-up Esperanza’s campus for a few hours and you will make a huge impact! Our next clean-up will be: Saturday, February 8th, 2025 Join us between 7:00 A.M. and 10:00 A.M. …
People of hope, this past weekend ministries of the Lutheran church, specifically Lutheran Social Services, Global Refuge (formerly known as Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services), and their local variations were named specifically by former Vice General Michael Flynn in an …
One of the joys of regularly joining our Thursday Matters bible study group is the fact that the group of people gathered in the fellowship hall (Thursdays at 10am if you want to join) are a group of people who …
In 1989 my mother ushered her four children into a room at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, down the street from our house. The room was already too small for the brand new church. Happy chatter, folding chairs, what looked like …
In early December, we began our next Habitat build. This home will be one-story located in a new Habitat development. It is located at 1317 E. Saint Catherine Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85042. It is part of a 25-home development, so …