Our monthly Taizé Service will be held in the Palo Verde Room this Sunday, March 17, at 4pm. Gathered in the presence of Christ, this is a quiet time of meditative common prayer; truly a time for deep connection and restoration.

Tomorrow, March 16, at 3:30pm, Music Celebrations International presents a joint concert by the Cleveland High School Choir from Portland, Oregon, and the Cantamus Choir from Tempe Preparatory Academy. The program includes pieces by Daniel Brinsmead, Judy A. Rose, Mary Lynn Lightfoot, Bill Withers, and many others. Admission to the concert is free, and all are invited!

The Dayspring Prison Ministry has been mentoring a woman who was released from prison a couple of months ago and she is in need of items to set up house. She is college educated and has found a job and a rental home near her job. She moves in this weekend and needs basically everything. Her wish list: Couch, Dining Table and chairs, TV, Beds, Dishes, Eating Utensils, Pots/Pan, Broom and Mop, Dish Rack, Pillows, Wall Hangings, Rugs, Shower Curtain, "Whatever else that someone would want to bless me with." If you have any of these items to donate, please email Karen Spencer-Barnes.

On Thursday, Mar 21 at 7:30pm, the ASU Concert Choir will share Durufle's famous Requiem setting with woven interpolations of modern dance, spoken word, and visual projections. The featured soloist is Dr. Stephanie Weiss. Please purchase tickets in advance. Guests who do not have a ticket at the door will be directed to purchase them online.

Children’s and Youth Ministries are hosting a packing event at Feed My Starving Children next Saturday, March 23, from 2:30-4:00. Please register here no later than Sunday, March 17 if you are interested in signing up. Email Andrea with questions or if you need help registering.

The Sema Foundation, who joined us for our recent “Sacred Earth: Common Ground” storytelling event, invites everyone to a joyful Iftar Ramadan Dinner on Saturday, March 23, at 6:30pm at their Chandler location. The event is free but requires an RSVP so they can plan accordingly. Please RSVP here to join in this traditional Turkish dinner following their dawn-to-sunset fast. The dinner will be held at the Sema Cultural Center, 325 N. Austin Drive in Chandler.

Our children are collecting toothbrushes to send along with the medical and dental mission trip to Tochimilzoco, Mexico. Now through Palm Sunday, we are collecting new, individually wrapped toothbrushes, floss, and travel sized toothpaste. Children can bring their donations to Sunday school and there are collection boxes in the narthex.

We host Familu Promise, a temporary shelter for families seeking permanent housing, the week starting Sunday, March 31 (Easter!). Volunteers are needed to setup the bedrooms, cook, entertain, spend the night, chaperone, and tear down/reset the rooms for Sunday.

We are exploring the idea of a Dayspring Columbarium. This project would help improve missions and ministry and enhance the beauty of our church, while accommodating the true, growing needs of our members. In addition, it will help grow greater emotional bonds between church and family. IF you are interested in this project or in learning more, please take the survey online by clicking the button below. Paper surveys will be available on Sunday morning.