To kick-off our focus on hunger this year, we’re very excited to welcome Solveig Muus to Esperanza on Sunday, March 20. She will join us at both worship services as our guest preacher.
Between services, Solveig will discuss hunger in our neighborhood and larger context of Arizona, answer questions about local issues, hunger advocacy and action, and discuss ways we can jump in and make a difference!
Listen to this special presentation on Sunday, March 20, at 9:40 a.m., in the Sanctuary, also live-streamed on Esperanza YouTube Channel.
God is calling us to live as people of faith in a world of abundance, yet it also is a world where people are going hungry.
A seeming conundrum? Not necessarily.
Join us during Lent as we take a deeper look.
Invite your friends and neighbors to take part and find out how we all together can bring hope to our community!
Solveig is director of Lutheran Advocacy Ministry Arizona, a ministry of the Grand Canyon Synod. Solveig worked for a decade at Augsburg Fortress Publishers (Minneapolis) in marketing services before joining Christian Brands, a.k.a. Autom, (Phoenix) where she was director of marketing, creative, product development and brand manager. Solveig also serves the Grand Canyon Synod as director of advancement at Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center.
Solveig is a graduate of Saint Olaf College (Northfield, MN) and has an MBA from Metropolitan State University (Saint Paul, MN). She is a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Phoenix, where for 14 years she has served Grace as outreach director, working with volunteers and ministry partners to serve the Grace community through its Heat Respite Program, pancake breakfast and Grace Room. She loves singing, cooking, feasting and camping with her dog, Happy.
Our “Hunger Catechism” continues March 27 and April 3. Each lesson begins with Martin Luther’s interpretations in both the Small and Large Catechisms and discusses their spiritual implications and social applications.
We’ll have examples of how the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is working alongside neighbors within the U.S. and around the world through the ministry of ELCA World Hunger. We’ll discuss how you and I can make a difference in our own community. And we’ll take questions.
2022 Esperanza Hunger Ministry Plan
During the January 30, 2022, annual meeting, Council President Chuck Yount announced the Church Council had identified a couple of initiatives for 2022, including a hunger ministry. At the request of Chuck, a hunger ministry plan was drafted with Peggy and Larry Hanson and Pastor Annemarie. The plan was presented to and approved by the Church Council on February 15.