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 …
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 …
The evening begins at the Appetizer House, TBA, at 6:00 p.m. Next, we all head out to respective homes for soup/salad then we will leave the soup/salad homes and head to the entree homes * Those NOT hosting a soup/salad, or …
Christmas 2024 Schedule Wednesday, December 4th – Mid Week Advent Service – 7:00pm Sunday, December 8th – Promesa de Esperanza Cantata – 9:00am Monday, December 9th – Jazz Night Christmas Concert – 6:30pm Wednesday, December 11th – Mid Week Advent …
All are welcome to a joint Thanksgiving Eve worship with our sister congregation Mountain View Lutheran Church on Wednesday, November 27th at 6:30 pm! We will gather at Mountain View Lutheran, 11002 S 48th St, Phoenix in their sanctuary with …
There will be a Congregation Meeting on Sunday, November 17th following the 9:00 AM service. Meeting agenda items will include voting to: • Approve the Congregation Meeting Minutes from Esperanza’s May 19, 2024, meeting. • Approve the 6-month “Stub” Budget …
This Sunday is the culmination of our stewardship program here at EsperanzaLutheran, as we receive in worship the financial intent cards for 2025 that were sent outto our community this past week. If you are joining us in person for …
At the upcoming congregational meeting on Sunday, November 17, we will vote to approve a “stub” Mission Plan for the first six months of 2025. This six month budget is needed to transition to a new fiscal year per our …
People of Hope, Over the course of the last few weeks, millions of Americans across the United States and stationed around the world participated in our national elections. For many of us, there was a mix of anxiety, hope, and …
Right now I am typing at my desk at Christ Lutheran Church in Sedona, where I am the new Associate Pastor. I am looking at a cross from Pastor Steve Hammer that’s hanging on my wall, ready for Sunday. It’s …
Join us for our Annual Fall Oktoberfest on Saturday, October 26, 2024 from 6:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M. There will be contests for the best potato salad, best use of kraut and German costumes if you wish! Brats, hot dogs …
In spring 1988, Pastor Dave Risendal had made the decision to become a mission developer charged with gathering a new church in the new neighborhood called Mountain Park Ranch in Ahwatukee. But before he could begin the church needed a …