What a rummage sale! You have heard how much I love treasure hunting. Thank you to all who volunteered their time and backs to setting up, lifting, selling, carrying, loading, packing and cleaning up. Well done. You were awesome! Thank you to all who donated and/or purchased these treasures to support SOH's outreach ministry, fellowship and other ministries to the tune of $4000. Thank you to those who baked, bought or ate slices of delicious pie. Your $200 will help ELCA's Disaster Relief to assist our sisters and brothers here in the United States and around the world, who have experienced the heartbreaking and sometimes deadly destruction of natural disasters.  God bless you all for making Christ known.

Congratulations to SOH's 2018-2019 Congregation Council members:

Jim Gowan - President

Tina Gilson - Vice President

Don Knickerbocker - Treasurer  (Appointed by Council)

Steve Osterman - Secretary

Vic Hannig - Financial Secretary (Temporary - We thank Vic for staying on for the time being)

Amanda Klick

Kit McCormick

Gabby Scott

Dick Schultz

Thank you to Jim and Karen Gowan and Joseph Burnsworth, who will be serving with me as SOH's voting members at the 2018 Grand Canyon Synod Assembly in June. We will be electing our new bishop.

By now, many of you have heard that today is our Office Manager, Ginger Witherwax's, last day with us at Spirit of Hope. While we are saddened by her departure, we send her off with our deepest gratitude for all that she accomplished during her brief time in our midst. She worked above and beyond her job description to help put our office and financial house in order. Please join me in thanking her and wishing her well, as she begins a new and exciting chapter of her life. Godspeed, Ginger.

With Ginger's departure, we ask for your patience and assistance, as we work together to keep the office running smoothly until the office position is filled. Thank you, in advance, for making this transition as easy as possible. Please say "yes", when asked to help in the office.

With hope and joy in God's presence and promises,

Pastor Linda

A life well lived is a precious gift, of hope and strength and grace, from someone who has made our world a brighter, better place.

It's filled with moments, sweet and sad with smiles and sometimes tears, with friendships formed and good times shared, and laughter through the years.

The butterfly floating by, a gentle breeze, that sudden ray of sunshine, a strangers smile...all little signs that your guardian angels are near.  On that note, we have lost a few of our members within the last couple of months. They will be missed not only by their families, but also by their Spirit of Hope family. Rest in peace Ron Kinning, Gayle Troiano and Bob Hanson.

 

Congrats to our new Church Council President Jim Gowan, Vice President Tina Gilson, and Secretary Steve Osterman. Keep them and all of our council members in your prayers. 

 

On a sad note, our Office Manager Ginger will be bidding us goodbye today, after more than a year and half at Spirit of Hope. She will be missed by so many people, as she was our life saver in the office and worked so hard on getting this business into the 21st century with our new website, online member directory, new office systems, and so many other items too numerous to count. She has saved us a great deal of money by just finding ways to save here, there and everywhere. I will miss seeing her smile on Thursday mornings and the laughs we shared. She was always willing to go the extra mile to make sure the committees had what they needed, that all the worship services ran smoothly and well, I can't even begin to tell you all that she has done for Spirit of Hope.  So thank you Ginger, and please know that you will be very hard to replace. It has been a pleasure to work with you on whatever projects we needed to get done. 

Wendy Sontag

Seniors Rock is still making Meals of Hope, so please remember if you are coming home from the hospital or rehab, and would like an extra meal or two for yourself or for you and your spouse, please let me know. We will prepare 5 meals for you. Call me at: 480-219-4975 or email me at:  [email protected] 

Wendy Sontag

Seniors Rock

Week At A Glance

Wednesday January 31st	6:00 p.m.  Nite Lite & Confirmation	7:00 p.m. SWAG	8:00 p.m.  Young Adult Bible Study
Thursday February 1st	9:00 a.m.  Seniors Rock	1:00 p.m.  Women's Bible Study
Friday February 2nd
Saturday February 3rd	5:00 p.m.  The Lift Service	6:00 p.m.  TAG	8:00 p.m.  The Forge
Sunday February 4th	8:30 a.m.  Blended Service	10:30 a.m. Contemporary Service
Monday February 5th
Tuesday February 6th
Wednesday February 7th	6:00 p.m.  Nite Lite & Confirmation	7:00 p.m.  SWAG	8:00 p.m.  Young Adult Bible Study
Thursday February 8th	9:00 a.m.  Seniors Rock	1:00 p.m.  Women's Bible Study
Friday February 9th

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