Join us on Earth Day for our second Garden Building Day! Please email Chris if you can help shovel, mix, and/or wheelbarrow our soil from the piles into the new beds this Saturday, April 22. We will start at 7:00 am so we can finish before it gets too hot.  We will also need people wetting the soil as the beds fill and sweeping-up the dirt off the pavers and parking lot when we are done.  Extra shovels and wheelbarrows will be needed, if you have them. Please bring your own refillable water bottle. A simple breakfast will be provided.

The Judicial Council of the United Methodist Church (kind of like our Supreme Court) meets next week, April 25-28, 2017. It will be considering a complaint made against the Western Jurisdiction last July when Rev. Karen Oliveto was elected to become one of five bishops for the Western Jurisdiction of the UMC. Bishop Oliveto is openly gay and has been in a committed relationship with her spouse, Robin, for over 20 years. Please pray for wise and spirit-led discernment throughout the process. The Western Jurisdiction has released this video around the election and consecration of Bishop Oliveto, and our own bishop has released this statement.

Our next build date is Saturday, April 29th. We are building a duplex townhouse in Tempe this year and have been asked to provide a team of volunteers for this endeavor. No construction skills are required. Tasks will likely be indoors. For more information, email Mark.

Graduation Sunday is May 21!  Do you have someone in your family who is graduating from High School or College? Please click here to let us know so they can be included in our Graduation Sunday bulletin.  

The Dayspring Foundation's Pass It On Scholarship and Philana Duprey-Riherd Memorial Education Grant applications will be offered between services on the patio on April 23.  Copies are also available in the church office. All students attending any post-high school education are encouraged to apply.  Click below to download the applications:

The Table - our Sunday 11:59a.m. jazz-influenced Communion service - will take a break for the summer. May 21 will be the last Sunday. It will start up again on August 13.

VBS is back! And it's filling up quickly! This year, our program is called Maker Fun Factory and will run June 12-15 from 9:00am - noon. There will be games, singing, dancing, hands on play, and a chance to learn that we were "made by God and built for a purpose." Registration is open now, cost is $35 for the first child in the family and $25 for each additional child. A $5 discount per child will be given to anyone who volunteers during the event. Click here to sign up today! Questions? Please email Emily.