From: Grand Canyon Synod Growing in Faith: The Diakonia Program To: Esperanza Lutheran Church Community We invite you to the following retreat: Exploring Your Spiritual Gifts Retreat Sponsored by Grand Canyon Synod Growing in Faith: The Diakonia Program August 5th, …
People of Hope: In the next few weeks, the Esperanza community will be serving dinner and making sack lunches for I-HELP participants at Desert Cross Lutheran Church in Tempe, preparing sack lunches for the heat respite program, and serving the …
Prayer of the Day Almighty God, we thank you for planting in us the seed of your word. By your Holy Spirit, help us to receive it with joy, live according to it, and grow in faith and hope and …
People of Hope: The Outreach Team has been meeting with leaders in our community, and on Wednesday, June 28, we met with our newly elected District 6 city council person Kevin Robinson. Along with his Chief of Staff Jennifer Wingenroth …
Prayer of the Day You are great, O God, and greatly to be praised. You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you. Grant that we may believe in you, call upon you, …
People of Hope: This past Sunday, we continued our Faith in Motion series, where we are figuring out how to incarnate our mission statement: Esperanza Lutheran Church creates authentic connections and a deep sense of belonging as a Christ-centered community. …
Prayer of the Day O God, you direct our lives by grace, and your words of justice and mercy reshape the world. Mold us into a people who welcome your word and serve one another, through Jesus Christ, our Savior …
Prayer of the Day Teach us, good Lord God, to serve you as you deserve, to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to …
People of Hope: Our new mission statement — Esperanza Lutheran Church creates authentic connections and a deep sense of belonging as a Christ-centered community — leads us to intentionally form healthy Christian community, among other things. Starting this past Sunday …
People of Hope: This past Sunday during Faith in Motion, we imagined ourselves in a new place. We feel awkward. We don’t know where to find things. We need help. We feel lost. We are not sure why we are …
Prayer of the Day God of compassion, you have opened the way for us and brought us to yourself. Pour your love into our hearts, that, overflowing with joy, we may freely share the blessings of your realm and faithfully …
People of Hope: Deacon Connie, Lynn, and Joni like to say, “Teamwork makes the dream work.” After we have accomplished something together, after we have collectively solved a problem, after we have taken responsibility for our particular pieces of the …