July 2023 YTD Revenue Expense Net Income/(Loss) Actual $203,508 $176,362 $27,147 Plan $187,985 $173,474 $14,511 Note: Not included above is a $13,235 non-cash asset write-off of original playground equipment removed in June 2023. Through July, pledge giving is ahead …
We stand in solidarity with our siblings of the ELCA Pacifica Synod as the wildfires scorching Maui affect the lives of many. Please read the message below from Bishop David Nagler and consider donating to their Hawaii relief fund. The …
Esperanza’s Web server is moving to a new, state-of-the-art data center on Thursday, August 10th. This move should improve both the Web site’s speed and reliability. We’ve been told by the server relocation team to expect a service outage of …
Seventeen Esperanza volunteers prepared 228 sack lunches for the homeless on July 26 and Aug. 2 and delivered the lunches to Grace Lutheran Church in downtown Phoenix. From early June to late August, Grace Lutheran opens its campus to the …
For the opportunities listed below, an online sign-up form is below and a sign-up sheet is in the Narthex. I-HELP Dinner on August 22nd and Nov 28th Esperanza’s Outreach Team is partnering with Desert Cross Lutheran Church in Tempe to …
Children of Hope Child Development Center, an outreach ministry of Esperanza, has achieved a Highest Quality rating of 5 stars from Quality First. Quality First, a signature program of First Things First, partners with regulated child care and preschool providers …
June 2023 YTD Revenue Expense Net Income/(Loss) Actual $181,494 $155,911 $25,583 Plan $163,950 $148,714 $15,236 Note: Not included above is a $13,235 non-cash asset write-off of original playground equipment removed in June 2023. Through June, giving is ahead of …
After decades of good service, the land line telephones at Esperanza have been replaced! In attempting to fix a problem with one of the phones, we learned that the phones were old enough that the parts to fix them were …
“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 …
Esperanza’s three-day Vacation Bible School, with the theme of “Out of This World,” was attended by 46 children, assisted by 25 volunteers, and praised by parents for its range of fun and educational activities. Each day of VBS began with …