CONTACT INFORMATION
Phone: 480-396-8300
Email: admin@spiritofhopelutheran.com
Website: www.spiritofhopelutheran.com
Office Hours are Tuesday & Thursday 9:00 to 1:00 pm
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Outreach Team Will meet on Tuesday, December 7th at 6 PM... we are always looking to welcome new members who have a heart for outreach. If you're newer to SOH, or have been here for many years, you are invited to attend and hear about what we do. We will meet in the narthex. Tina
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CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES
4:30pm - Family Service
6:30pm – Traditional Candlelight Service
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Greetings to all.
I would like to thank everyone who donated goodies for the bake sale. Also, I want to thank the volunteers who assisted with it. Thanks to your generosity, we were able to raise $558.00 for the youth. Please accept our sincere thanks.
The Justa Center will be my next project. During the last five or six years, we have helped them out a great deal. They are one of the nation's only day-resource center for homeless seniors . They have helped veterans and seniors get housing. Additionally, they receive meals, assistance in applying for benefits, and other forms of assistance.
I am once again asking for your assistance. There are tags on the tree, so please grab one. The items will be picked up after New Years, but you can drop them off any time.
I would like to thank each and every one of you.
Wendy and Senior's Rock
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Let’s keep the reason for the season alive by giving a gift that makes a difference around the world. The ELCA has a wonderful program called “ELCA – Good Gifts”
Instead of giving a gift that you don’t know if someone needs, give in their name a gift to someone who IS in need on the other side of the globe. Through this program you can purchase: a farm animal for a needy family, access to clean water, healthcare and medicine, or even mosquito nets to prevent disease.
You can present a donation card to your loved one stating that they have become a part of making a difference in someone else’s life. To participate in this program go to:
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WOODWORKERS
Here is the group of woodworkers that met last week. Join them again on Tuesday morning, December 14th at 10 am as they start making the wood crosses. Click on the button below for directions.
This includes men and women who enjoy working with wood and/or other materials. No experience is necessary to join this group. We want you to share your projects and ideas with each other too.
Coffee and a treat will be served!!
Dave Torgersen - 480-219-9343
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The most popular flower of the Advent – Christmas season is the bright red poinsettia. Actually, the red petals are not the blossoms; they are the small yellow clusters found at the center. Somehow the red and green leaves of the plant give to Christmas an added touch that would not be the same without them. |
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Nite Lite
Tonight, December 1st
at 6:00 pm
All school age kids welcome
Bring a friend or two
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It’s that time of year again where there is a need for gift cards to provide for the families in our community that are in need around the holidays. Please consider purchasing some gift cards in the amount of $25 to $50 to the local grocery and gas stations and bring them to the church office. Thank you.
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Caroling We Will Go!
Calling all singers!
On Saturday December 19th we will meet in the church parking lot at 1:00pm to visit our shut-ins and a few assisted living centers. Please come and share the cheer of the Holidays!
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Shoebox Ministry
This year the Shoebox Ministry came quite early. Our Church is so reliable and caring in its support of this project that it jumped right in to support it once again. These shoebox gifts bring a heartwarming and memorable experience to the children that really need some special attention. We thank each and every one of you for your generosity. We received a lovely thank you note from the Mesa Police Department for our continued support of this much needed project. God bless you!
Debbie Kravek
Mary Beth Bracken
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Next Monthly meeting is December 21st
Come gather and share a beer or a beverage and discuss theology. We can try to solve the world’s problems too! We meet on the THIRD TUESDAY of every month at 6:30pm. Feel free to bring your own beverage! Come bring your questions, your curiosity, and pull up a chair.
Carol and Pastor Tony Scheer
11133 E. Segura Ave - Mesa, AZ 85212
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Prayers –
We pray for those church members who are struggling with many health issues this week.
Great news! Prayers have been answered!! Lloyd Stucke is at home and resting comfortably and is feeling much better. Thanks be to God!
Also please pray for Bonnie Ostermann as she is not doing well and is in pain. Pray for comfort and healing.
We pray for the health of: Eleanora Crise-Tomes, Lorayne and Dave Thompson, Mary Greimann, Ron Thomas, Ardis Johnson, Ethel Robbins, Linda Vandenberg, Tom Snodgrass, Marie Renda, Frieda Pyles, Vicky Kuehl, Kevin Hicks Stephanie Skansi, Darlene and Darren Holzipel, and Kim Husebye.
We pray for Pastor’s close friends – Chris Tjon and James Tjon.
Thank You all for continual prayers and for being a part of such as meaningful and special ministry for so many people.
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.
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SATURDAY 5:00 PM
Date Reader Greeters
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SUNDAY 9:30 AM
12/5 Phil Troiano Debbie Kravec
Darcy Cox
Greeters please be at church by 9:00 am.
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Now is the time!
The ELCA National Youth Gathering is right ahead of us! This next year it is being held in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The event takes place on July 23-28, 2022
Every three years, 30,000 high school youth and their adult leaders from across the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America gather for a week of faith formation known as the ELCA Youth Gathering. Through days spent in interactive learning, worship, Bible study, service and fellowship, young people grow in faith and are challenged and inspired to live their faith in their daily lives. We are currently registering our youth and will let you know how many will be participating! Cost per participant will be about $1400. In the next months we will be having a number of fund-raising events to help off set the cost for each family.
If you would like to sponsor a child or make a donation please see Pastor Tony or place the gift in the offering plate. Thank You for your support!
Each Sunday the youth are continuing to sell collectibles at a table in the narthex. The funds collected from this drive goes toward the cost of each youth attending the National Youth Gathering in July of 2022. Come and support the YOUTH of your church! Thank You!
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Second and Fourth TUESDAY of the month
(December 14th and 28th)
Church Narthex from 1:00pm -3:00pm
Please contact Diane Thompson at 480-354-7897 to register!
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Did you know that we have a private Facebook page for Spirit of Hope? We post interesting articles, the newsletter, good things happening at church, pictures fromevents, plus members can post on the page as well! Membership is for SOH members only. If you are not already a member, please search on Facebook for Spirit of Hope (Not the public page called Spirit of Hope Lutheran Church), and ask to be added. A moderator will add you within a day or two.
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The Rummage Sale is BACK! We want your STUFF and your TIME!
We are planning to hold the rummage sale on Friday, February 4th, 2022. Setup will begin on Monday, January 31. Drop off of your items for the sale will be between 9 and 3 PM and 5 and 7 PM Monday through Wednesday. We will need LOTS of volunteers. If you can assist a few hours or a few days, we'd love to have you. Sign up sheets will be posted soon.
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Breakfast with your Friends and Pastor
Join us for breakfast on Wednesday mornings at 9 am at the IHOP Restaurant at (Southern and Signal Butte Rd)
See you again next Wednesday, December 8th at 9:00 am
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Ask me about our Outpatient Memory Clinic
Lori Marsh, Marketing Director
The Summit at Sunland Springs Assisted Living & Memory Care
Memory Clinic at The Summit
2415 S. Signal Butte Rd. Mesa, AZ 85209
Cell 480.955-1633
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Lutheran Disaster Response – Give where needed
HUNGER JAR - Each week we collect money in this jar to make a difference in the world through our Outreach efforts. All the funds that we collect from this jar go to help in specific ways throughout the world. These funds will be collected through the end of 2021 and are designated to go directly to the ELCA Disaster Response Fund. All money donated goes 100 percent to the disaster.
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