80 meals prepped in 30 minutes? YES! It happened on July 16 with an amazing crew in the kitchen under the direction of Kerry Swindle who said, "It was fun."
Let's make the magic happen again on August 13! All are welcome.
Friday, September 8 - Sunday, September 10, 2023
Learn more and register here.
Join your Disciples sisters from all over Arizona in the cool pines of Prescott for a lovely weekend at Chapel Rock Retreat Center.
The 2023 General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) begins this weekend, and you can follow along from home!
Learn more about this event at ga.disciples.org/ and check back here throughout the week for live streams, photos, and more.
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Y'all… it's official. And we are SOOOO excited!!
Rev. Jessica Braxton will join the pastoral team in September!!! We are so excited for all the ways God will continue to work through her. Thank you search committee: Susan K, Michael C, Cathy S, Casey S, Angelica S, Seth M, Kelley D.
Please join me in welcoming Rev. Jessica Braxton!!! YAY!!!
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Thank you, Saguaro, for your faithfulness in donating needed clothing over the past two years, and assembling dry milk packets for so many children who likely haven’t had milk for quite a while.
It is necessary to temporarily stop accepting clothing donations at the church while I travel and have surgery. However, the need continues, so please consider taking your donations to St. Mark’s church, 736 E. 2nd St., Mon.-Thurs. 9 am-12 pm. If you are interested in volunteering, send an email to volunteers@casaalitas.org.
There are many ways you can help that can be adapted to your availability and interests. You will make God’s love real.
Muchas gracias.
- Cheryl Shearer
Faithfully Partnering! YAY!!!
We are excited to welcome New Partners (members) Rick Lucas and Greg Swanson. We are excited to see the ways that will work though y'all!
Saturday, July 2 was a Sol Food Delivered day!!! It’s our honor to help feed our community. As community we can do so much more together than on our own!
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Saguaro CC and FCC Tucson are hosting three weeks of Be The Neighbor groups. Saguaro CC is providing the leadership with Pastor Kelley and FCC Tucson is providing their hospitality center for groups to stay.
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Bring them to Saguaro all summer, starting now!
We're going to make "plarn" (plastic yarn) to crochet into mats for our homeless neighbors.
Watch for the event (TBA) to learn how to make them.
Check with Patricia Leong for details.
Are you willing to bake cookies for memorial services held at Saguaro?
Lynn Crobbe is coordinating this effort; leave a message for her with the church office (or contact her directly) so she can put you on the volunteer list for when the occasions arise.
520-296-5901 or info@saguarochristian.org.
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On May 8, General Minister and President Rev. Terri Hord Owens with Rev. LaMarco Cable, President of Global Ministries (Disciples of Christ and United Church of Christ), and Rev. Chis Dorsey, President of Disciples Home Missions, joined their voices with other leaders across the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) to denounce the rising violence against LGBTQIA persons in a Pastoral Letter Addressing the Unjust Rise of Anti-LGBTQIA Legislation in the United States.
Read the full statement HERE.
For resources, solidarity, and action, see this page from the Disciples LGBTQ+ Alliance.
This Mothers Day, many will celebrate the women in their lives with flowers and kind words. Let us also consider the mothers, grandmothers, aunts, siblings, and daughters across the world facing rape and other gender-based violence daily. We know young ones are also subject to such harm and tribulation.
Join Disciples and the World Council of Churches for Thursdays in Black to build awareness and resistance to permissive attitudes toward rape and violence.
Wear black on Thursdays, take a selfie, and tag it with #ccdocThursdaysinBlack
begins Thursday, June 1, 6 to 7:30 pm
Saguaro library
Preston Young will help to facilitate this new weekly support group.
Widows/Widowers is a nonprofit all-volunteer group of widowed individuals supporting each other in all stages of bereavement.
"We listen to what hurts as well as what works...This is an effective way to process grief, move forward, and heal."
Save the date for the next Sol Food cooking session on May 21
Many thanks to everyone who helped to prep meals in April for our Wednesday evening meal program. We fixed 80 meals in 45 minutes!!
We've planned another prep day for May 21 after worship. Please join us if you can. It's fun and no experience is necessary!
Your gifts to the 2023 Pentecost Offering, received this year on Sundays, May 21 and 28, help ensure our movement continues to embody the Disciples of Christ vision: to be and to share the Good News, witnessing, loving and serving from our doorsteps to the ends of the earth.
Half of your gift supports the local new church movement through your region’s ministry. The other half supports New Church Ministry efforts across the United States and Canada to equip, train, and empower new leaders.
So, thank you. For participating in the new thing God is still doing — just as in the beginning.
Please give generously to the Pentecost Offering.