Reformation Sunday is October 31: One service at 9:30 a.m. to celebrate the confirmation of our youth. We celebrate our confirmands and their families this Sunday as they affirmation of their baptism.  Join us at 9:30 a.m. for worship and …

Dear People of Hope, As I write this letter, the cool air of an autumn desert morning is coming in the open door of the church office along with the laughter of our Children of Hope Preschool children and their …

As is tradition here at Esperanza, we will all gather in ONE WORSHIP SERVICE AT 9:30 A.M. to celebrate our young people who are affirming their baptisms. They have been learning and growing in their faith and now are ready to take …

Pastor Annemarie and Deacon Connie toured Esperanza recently to show our people putting their faith to work in service and the places where we lift our hearts in worship. Watch hope growing on the vine in the garden that is …

Monday, October 4, 2021 Dear Esperanza Family, I hope you’ve had the opportunity to start learning about our new program of church planning and growth. Last year, the theme was Hope Starts Here–breaking new ground as we transitioned between pastors …

I love language. The beautiful complexities and joyful absurdities of the phenomenon that is human language. I’ve studied linguistics from anthropological and sociological lenses; I’ve lived immersed in a language not my own (Swahili in Tanzania); I grew up surrounded …

Prayers Without Borders The girls of Afghanistan are as Our daughters, Dreading A life of being covered Head to toe In fear. The women of Afghanistan are as Our mothers, Fearful Of being silenced For song. I will breathe a …

I’ve heard more than one person describe the year 2020 as a “dumpster fire.” We have endured the pandemic and the divisive reactions to it and struggled to face our original sin of racism in the fabric of our society. …

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Jeremiah 11:18-20 Wisdom 1:16-2:1, 12-22 Psalm 54 James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a Photo by Andrik Langfield on Upsplash    

One of Jesus’s disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are they among so many people?” John 6:8-9 A large crowd was gathered around …

For four weeks we’ve been journeying through Chapter 6 of the Gospel of John: we saw Jesus feed over 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish, we heard Jesus say, “I AM the Bread of Life,” …