Fired up for Super Bowl 59? What about the Souper Bowl? Esperanza will host a Souper Bowl of Caring competition during the church service on Feb. 9, 2025, which is Super Bowl Sunday this year.  The football game, in New …

Esperanza’s Children of Hope Child Development Center, under the direction of Lynn Hockenberger, was featured recently by the national publication of the Evangelical Lutheran Education Association. The ELEA is the education arm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). …

Fifty years ago, Lutherans in the U.S. launched the World Hunger appeals to stand with neighbors experiencing hunger. Today, working through congregations and other partners, ELCA World Hunger reaches out to communities in need with meals, micro loans, water wells, …

During 2024, Esperanza donated 1,446 pounds of food to the Kyrene Family Resource Center — a 20.5% increase over 2023. Our food donation goal for 2024 was 1,250 pounds. Esperanza is helping with food needs on multiple fronts at the …

Esperanza volunteers again will help the people of St. Benedict’s Catholic Church by hosting one evening’s dinner for Family Promise families. We will serve the families at St. John Bosco School, located at 16035 S. 48th St., south of Chandler …

A great big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in our City of Phoenix Adopt-a-Street cleanups for 2024! We had a total of four street cleanups, and we are planning to continue this outreach project in 2025. Anticipated dates and …

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 …

“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 …

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 …

Thank you for your continued support of the Kyrene Family Resource Center! Donations for Thanksgiving have included boxes of dressing, canned yams, instant potatoes, fried onions, canned green beans, canned mushroom soup and Reynolds cooking bags. This past week, the …

The Kyrene Family Resource Center will be assembling boxes of food and providing them to families in need for Thanksgiving. Requested foods include: Boxes of dressing Canned yams Instant potatoes Fried onions Canned green beans Canned mushroom soup Reynolds cooking …

Thank you for your willingness’s to serve and contributions to purchase supplies. Volunteers are needed for the I-HELP chicken dinner to be held on Tuesday, Nov. 26, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at Desert Cross Lutheran Church in Tempe. Our …