April 22, 2021
CELEBRATING CREATION
Today is EARTH DAY 2021! This is our time to both celebrate the wonder that is our Earth and also commit to acting in ways that restore the health of the planet. Check out our third weekly Sacred Ground message. We are joining with congregations and faith communities across the country through Interfaith Power and Light’s work with faithclimateweek.org to education and inspire.
KISS THE GROUND MOVIE SCREENING
What if there was a simple solution that could help balance our climate, replenish our freshwater supplies, and feed the world? That solution is right under our feet.
Kiss the Ground is a new film how about how regenerating the world’s soils has the potential to rapidly stabilize Earth’s climate, restore lost ecosystems, and create abundant food supplies. Thanks to a special arrangement with Kiss the Ground and Ro*co films, Interfaith Power and Light is offering a free online viewing period for home viewing through April 26. Watch the trailer and register HERE.
CHRISTIANITY, SPIRITUALITY, AND CULTURE
The Four Corners Native American Ministry is hosting a webinar series. The first webinar in the series features a conversation with Robert Warrior. Robert Warrior is Hall Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of Kansas and a member of the Osage Nation. He is the coauthor of Like a Hurricane: The Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee (New Press, 1996) and author or editor of five other books. He is past president of the American Studies Association and…
MUSIC APPRECIATION HOUR
Music Appreciation Hour will be devoted to a study of the Brahms Requiem for the next few weeks. Join us as we examine and listen to this powerful work of consolation and comfort. Wednesday evenings from 7-8 Arizona time. Email David for the Zoom link.
UPCOMING SERMON SERIES
The Neighbor Next Door
What if when Jesus said to love our neighbors as ourselves, he meant to love our ACTUAL, next-door neighbors? To love people who live in the doors closest to us in addition to those who live beyond our streets and cul-de-sacs? Starting in May, we will be embarking on a 6-week sermon series exploring the act of intentional neighboring with those who live closest to us as part of our call to love our neighbors and work to build compassionate communities. 
COVID-19 VACCINE INFO & VOLUNTEERS
Find a vaccine appointment
The Mesa Convention Center (263 N. Center Street, Mesa) has walk-up appointments on Wednesdays and Thursdays between 8am-4pm. Recipients must be over 18, as these are the Moderna vaccines. If those times are not convenient, check podvaccine.azdhs.gov or vaccinefinder.org.

Volunteer
Volunteers are still needed! Sign up to volunteer at a vaccination pod HERE.
YOUTH MINISTRIES COORDINATOR
The Staff Parish Relations Committee is looking for a high energy individual who is interested in working up to 20 hours a week with the youth (7 – 12 grades) of the church in the capacity of Youth Ministries Coordinator.

Requirements of the job include:
  • BS/BA degree preferably in education or counseling
  • Alignment with the core values and mission of Dayspring
  • Experience in Progressive Christian Education and youth ministry is strongly preferred
  • Excellent listening, communication, organizational and prioritizing skills
  • Demonstrated ability to teach, meet, recruit, and work with youth, parents, volunteers, and colleagues
  • A current State of Arizona Department of Public Safety Finger Print Clearance Card
  • Driver’s license and clean driving record.

If you are interested, please email your resume to David Barnhouse, Staff Parish Relations Committee Chair.
A MESSAGE FROM OUR BISHOP
Wisdom from a Prophet
Apr 21, 2021
by Bishop Bob Hoshibata

The time of anxious waiting has ended. The nation and the world have received the results of the jury verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd in 2020. Scripture reminds us that sometimes, when we cry for justice and deliverance from harm, we feel God is not listening. As described in Habakkuk’s message of lament, a feeling of being forsaken, ignored by God is distressing. Have you ever, in the face of violence in today’s world, cried out like the Biblical 7th century prophet?
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