The final day to order eight free at home COVID tests is this Friday. (Tomorrow!) Tests may be ordered from: covid.gov/tests

Due to the holiday weekend, there will not be Children's Sunday School during the 9:00 service this Sunday, however nursery care for children up to age eight is available. During the 10:30 service, we will have a combined Sunday School class in the Fellowship Hall. Nursery care is also available.

We host Family Promise, a temporary shelter for unhoused families, starting this Sunday. Volunteer opportunities include room set up, tear downs, meal preparation and clean up, and overnight hosting. Overnight hosts can sign up HERE. Please email Maria or Howard with questions or to volunteer. 

The book “Who Stole My Bible? Reclaiming Scripture as a Handbook for Resisting Tyranny,” is available in office for $5. We are studying the book in anticipation of its author, Rev. Jennifer Butler, speaking at Dayspring Tempe about the threat of white Christian nationalism on October 2.

Studies are:

Sundays at 9am (begins 9/4)

Sundays at 10:30am (begins 9/11)

Mondays at 5pm on Zoom (begins 9/12)

Thursdays at 10am at Friendship Village (begins 9/15)

Please email the church office to register for the Monday Zoom.

Learn with Amy and Joel as they explore adrienne maree brown’s invitation to see change in ways that emerge through small adjustments and actions that then replicate and multiply in beautiful ways. Discover how you and Dayspring can use Emergent Strategy to make the world more peaceful, just, compassionate and inclusive. The discussion is on Dayspring Arcadia's Facebook page (HERE) Tuesdays, starting September 6 and will be live at noon. 

PRIDE TheoPub

Pride TheoPub is a group of GLBTQ+ and Ally folks that has been active for about five years. The next gathering is Tuesday, September 6 at 6:00pm at Postino’s located at 8749 S Rural Rd., Tempe. Join us for another “Open Mic” night of great conversation! Please email David to RSVP or for more details.

ARCADIA TheoPub

Join Amy and Joel in person as we get together for our monthly talk about spirituality, life, and anything else on your mind! Wednesday, September 6 at 6pm at Sip Coffee and Beer Garage, 3620 E. Indian School Rd. Phoenix.

On Sunday, Sept. 11, please join our Dayspring Watch Party to hear from Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, speaking live from the Green Team Summit about her recent book, “Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World.” We will connect online from the Palo Verde Room at 2:45pm. Hayhoe will deliver the Keynote address for the Summit, followed by a live Q&A during which we can submit our questions. Afterward, anyone interested is welcome to stay for an informal discussion with the newly formed Dayspring Green Team about how we can take an active, spiritual approach to environmental care. 

Pastor Shirley will offer more information about Walking our Labyrinth between services next Sunday, September 11. Meet at the entrance to the labyrinth on the patio following the 9:00 service. Walking the labyrinth represents the journey of our lives, including experiences, changes, discoveries, and challenges. We are so fortunate to have a labyrinth at Dayspring which is a valuable spiritual tool to aid us in our own healing and spiritual growth.

Are you new to Dayspring UMC or have you been attending for a while and are interested to know more about the church and what is involved in membership? We invite you to learn more about the UMC and Dayspring specifically, on Sunday, September 11 from 11:45 am - 1:15 pm. This will be a hybrid session, meeting in-person in Room 112 as well as on Zoom. Email the church office with questions or to register.

Dayspring's Prison Ministry will be collecting books and yarn for the women at Perryville State Prison in Goodyear AND household items for the Magdalene House in Avondale. Needed items for the transitional house include: toilet paper, paper towels, laundry detergent (pods, powder or liquid), dryer softener sheets, large refill sized liquid hand soap for bathrooms, 2 new angled brooms, Circle K or Quik Trip gasoline cards, and city bus passes. The team will have a table after services on September 11 and 18 for drop off. Please email Jane with questions.

We look forward to presenting our third graders with Bibles on Bible Sunday, September 18. If you would like your child (in third grade or older if they have not yet received a Bible) to be presented with a Bible during this service, please email Andrea. 

We host our annual Flu/Pneumonia Immunization Clinic on September 25 from 8:30am until noon in the Fellowship Hall. You do not need to be a member of Dayspring to participate. Costs vary, depending on the type of immunization and insurance.