Join us for a day of service and fellowship as we come together to enhance our Dayspring UMC Tempe Campus! On May 4th, from 6am to 12pm, we'll be tackling various maintenance tasks to ensure our space is welcoming and well-maintained.

Let's work together to make our Tempe Campus a place of beauty, comfort, and hospitality. See you there! Please email Nikki for more information or to sign up. Learn more

Troop 172 is holding a car wash on May 4 from 8-11am at the Shell gas station at 7602 South McClintock Dr., which is at the Southwest corner of McClintock and Elliot. They will be washing cars to raise money for camp scholarships to send scouts to National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) at Camp Geronimo in Payson, Arizona this summer. The weeklong NYLT program provides Boy Scouts with leadership skills and experience that they can use in their troops and in other situations, demanding leadership of self and others. Please call Jason with any questions at 480-524-8321.

We invite you to attend a one-hour session with Pastor Jeff to learn more about the United Methodist church and Dayspring specifically, next Sunday, May 5, following the 10:00 service in Room 112 and Zoom. Please email Andrea if you are interested in attending or would like to learn more.  

This Sunday, May 5, David Schildkret will speak about Mendelssohn’s Elijah in the Kelley Music Room following the service. Everyone is invited to learn about the background of this magnificent work, what you can expect in the May 19 performance, and more.

On Sunday, May 5, at 3pm we’re pleased to present the Chroma Quartet, a group of ASU graduate students. Their delightful program features Bedrich Smetana’s String Quartet No. 1 (“From My Life”) and arrangements of folk songs for string quartet. This free concert (about an hour in length) will be a lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

We recognize our graduates on Sunday, May 12, during services. If you or someone in your family is graduating from high school or beyond, please email us their name and a photo by this Sunday, May 5, so they can be included in the celebration.

On Friday, May 10, at 7:30pm, Euphony presents “For the Beauty of Mother Earth,” a concert honoring the natural world and our mothers! This elegant performance features music ranging from “Five Flower Songs” by Benjamin Britten to “Six Chansons” by Paul Hindemith to music by Lucy Simon and the Beatles. Admission is by donation. Learn more or donate HERE.

Experience the power of community on Saturday, May 12, at 3pm, as the 110-member Tempe Community Chorus - which includes several familiar Dayspring faces - sings favorite songs about love and being there for one another. Enjoy iconic hits "You'l be in My Heart," "Never My Love," the pop hits,"Higher and Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me)," "The Times They Are A-Changin" and more. Tickets: $10 for adults; 12 years and under FREE. Learn more 

The Dayspring Prison Ministry team continues to reach out to women prisoners at Perryville Prison with a pen pal and birthday card program, and to mentor newly released women through the Bridges Reentry program of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Litchfield Park. A new opportunity to expand Bridges Reentry has arisen with the wonderful donation of a furnished house in Avondale.

Magdalene House No. 2 will open on May 1 to house six newly released women prisoners. Coupled with the first Magdalene House, this is a comprehensive healing residential program offering health services, addiction recovery, and employment training.

Dayspring is one of the only churches to supply basic household needs for the program. On Sunday, May 12, we will be collecting these items:

Paper goods (toilet paper, towels, napkins, tissues), Ziploc bags, trash bags, Cleaning supplies (for home and laundry) and household items (trash cans, toaster, coffee pot, broom, iron, ironing board, mops).

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) includes rebates and tax credits when you invest in household energy efficiency improvements. The SAGE team invites you to join one of our May Zoom meetings to learn about these household benefits:  

Tues., May 14, 6:30–7:30pm

Thurs., May 16, 10:30–11:30am

To request the zoom link, email Maureen.

Join our Common Ground watch party on Friday, May 17, 6:30 - 8pm in the Dayspring Tempe Palo Verde Room. This new documentary profiles a hopeful, uplifting movement of farmers using "regenerative" models of agriculture that could balance the climate, save our health and stabilize America's economy - before it's too late.

VBS is making a splash June 10–13 from 9:00 - noon. This year’s Scuba VBS will be full of the games, songs, activities, and snacks that you and your kids love. We’ll dive deep into an amazing undersea adventure where they’ll experience the ever-flowing, never-ending love of God. Children must be three years old (and MUST be potty trained) through entering 6th grade. Register online at dayspring-umc.org/vbs. Email Andrea with questions or to volunteer.