Spirit of Hope Weekly Newsletter

CONTACT INFORMATION

Phone: 480-396-8300

Email: admin@spiritofhopelutheran.com

Email: President@spiritofhopelutheran.com

Website: www.spiritofhopelutheran.com

Office Hours are Tuesday & Thursday 9:00 to 1:00 pm

Spirit of Hope Lutheran – Grief Support Group

Wednesdays beginning August 31 through November 16

We will be meeting at the church from 6:30- 8:00pm

For more information please contact Karen at 701-739-2570

Peace be with you! ·

Memorial Service for

Dick Schultz

Sunday, August 21st

following the worship service.

In memory of Dick, we will be serving waffles during the reception time after worship. Memorial service will begin at 10:45 am. Come and enjoy Dick’s favorite breakfast!

On August 19^th our youth and Pastor Tony will be joining the D-backs and hundreds of churches from across Arizona at Chase Field as we host Faith & Family Night on Friday.

The game is against the St. Louis Cardinals at 6:40 PM.

The D-backs are thrilled to host this special night of unity and fellowship, featuring postgame D-backs player testimonials and an exhilarating concert from Grammy award winning band Switchfoot!

A special thank you to one of our congregational members for making this special night possible for our youth!

September 23^rd -26^th

Camp at Lost Dutchman National Park

Come stay one night or as many as you want!

We already have some space reserved for a few tents.

If you are interested in coming as a family, please contact Carol Scheer or Pastor Tony and we can see if we can reserve a spot near us! Bring your RV if you have one! 909-435-5200

A family is like a harp with many strings

And the music plays with a resounding ring.

And then a string is loose but we can mend

Another string breaks and it is the end.

But the music goes on resonant and strong

More strings break but we still have a song.

New strings replace those that are gone

And the wonderful music plays on and on and on.

Paul Hartman - Families are forever

Prayers –

We pray for those church members who are struggling with many health issues this week and especially with all Covid, colds and flu cases.

Please pray for quick healing for: Peg Goetz, Nicole Jesson, Diane Thompson, Donna Miller.

P ray for the health of: LaVonne Anderson, Tom Snodgrass, Eleanora Crise-Tomes, Ethel Robbins, Frieda Pyles, Stephanie Skansi. Darlene and Darren Holzipel, Moine Gates, Naomi Hensen, Diane Reinhardt, Ruthie Piasecki and Lois Lorts.

Chris Tjon and James Tjon, Curtis Peterson, Matthew Stackoiwak, Mike Tucker Jenna Marley and Joan Gose.

May the God of good health and happiness restore all who are struggling this week with the many situations people in our lives are struggling. Thank you for your presence and give us the joys of everyday life!

AMEN.

Beer and Theology is the third Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. This month it will be on September 20th.

Worship Volunteers

Saturday 5:00 PM

Date Reader Greeters

8-6 Rosemary Brant Mike/ Deb Snyder

8-13 Melody Oliver Wendy

8-20 Rosemary Brant

8-27 Cal Schell Steve/Bonnie Ost.

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Sunday 9:30 AM

8-7 Karen Gowan Mike/ Deb Snyder

8-14 Mike Stark Sam/Diane Small

8-21 Phil Troiano Vicki C & John Rung

8-28 Deb Snyder Terry/Marilyn Williams

Greeters: Please be at church by 4:40 pm on Saturday and 9:10 am on Sunday.

Ukraine

To provide a donation for Ukraine online, go to: https://community.elca.org/eastern-europe-crisis-response

All funds collected in the HUNGER JAR are designated for the Ukraine refugee program through the ELCA .

Breakfast with your Friends

Join us for breakfast on Wednesday mornings at 9 am at the IHOP Restaurant at

(Southern and Signal Butte Rd)

See you there!!!

Ladies Bible Study

Ladies Bible Study meets on Thursdays at 1:00 p.m.

Happy Birthday to all of you with an August Birthday

LADIES ONLY

Second and Fourth TUESDAY of the month

(August 9th & 23th)

Church Narthex from 1:00pm -3:00pm

Please contact Diane Thompson at

480-354-7897 to register! Or just show up. We would love to have you.

Mesa Hydration Donation Campaign

Donate bottled water to help the homeless and unsheltered during the summer

June 1 - September 30

You can drop cases off here at church. Cash donations are also accepted.

Exploring Your Spiritual Gifts Retreat

Sponsored by

Grand Canyon Synod Growing in Faith: The Diakonia Program

August 6th, 13th, and 20th 2022

9am-12noon via Zoom

Our retreat leader is Rev. Stewart McDonald. A long-time Diakonia instructor, he is leader of the courses in the Tucson and Grand Canyon Synod Online cohorts: Images of the Church in the Bible and Beyond; and Daily Life of a Christian. He has led this Spiritual Gifts retreat a number of times. Diakonia students and graduates have found this process to be very enlightening and practical as part of their faith development journey.

Zoom Link will be provided

Questions - Contact: Kim@diakonia.education

Beginning in September we will be engaging in a special stewardship program called Sparked By The Spirit which looks at the different ways we can give of ourselves for the ministry of Christ’s church. YOU are the church and each one of us has a special role to carry out in our ministries. This program is a challenge for you to see how you might be able to make even a BIGGER difference for Spirit of Hope.

Upcoming 8 week workshop that starts Thursday, August 18, 2022 at The Summit at Sunland Springs!

“Grief is about a broken heart, not a broken brain. All efforts to heal the heart with the head fail because the head is the wrong tool for the job. It’s like trying to paint with a hammer—it only makes a mess.”

― John W. James, The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses

Presented by:Advanced Grief Recovery Method Specialist

Shirley Lafferty, Certified Grief Recovery Method Specialist

Erika Russell-Cline

Please RSVP to Lori@thesummitaz.com

(480) 660-3124