December hike
December 14 at 8am
Broadway Trail Head (about three miles east of Houghton on Broadway Blvd)
Take a break from the holiday rush & connect with nature! Whether you're a seasoned hiker or just looking for a peaceful walk, this is a chance to step outside, breathe deeply, and experience the beauty around us. Let’s enjoy the desert landscape together, finding rest and connection on the trail. Hike will last one to two hours.
Bring water. All abilities welcome! Questions? Reach out to our Hike Coordinator Rob Madrigal or our Seminary Intern Patricia Leong.
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Sign up to serve communion or light candles at worship!
Want to serve communion or light candles? In the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), we practice an open table. That open table applies to those who receive communion, but also those who serve. Anyone is welcome and invited to serve communion!
Sign up for the dates you would like to serve using this Google Form.
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Do you have a free morning during the week?
The Saguaro Christian Church office is a happening place during the week much more happens on our church campus besides Sunday service!
We're looking for 1-2 volunteers each morning to help from 9:30 am-12:30 pm in the office.
Volunteers may answer phones, take messages, accept donations, hand out food bags, resource individuals who come seeking assistance, and help share God's love on the corner of Broadway and Sarnoff by getting to know our neighbors. Will you volunteer to be one of these helpful people, one morning a week? Give us a call if you want to know more. 520-296-5901
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Be the Neighbor 2025
Ready for an open & affirming service & justice learning trip? Check out Be The Neighbor! We are a Disciples based ministry with 17 sites across the country. Registration for our 2025 youth, young adult or intergenerational trips is open. A Be The Neighbor trip will equip your group to live a life of love, service and justice around topics like anti-racism, environmental justice, food justice & disaster relief. Come join us to be the neighbor our faith calls us to be!
Learn more here.
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Saguaro's partner for medical equipment
We've recently partnered with PMHDC Southwest Medical Aid (PSMA). Mary Renaud and Cathie Carson discovered that this organization would accept all the donated wheelchairs, walkers, shower benches, etc. that the church had accumulated. In turn, PSMA will provide us with any medical equipment needed by members of our congregation and community, free of charge. We gain extra storage space and a terrific non-profit partner!
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Trunk or Treat
We'll have our annual Trunk or Treat on Halloween, October 31, 6:00–8:00 pm here at Saguaro Christian Church!
Please bring in candy or small toys by October 30 for the trunks, and sign up to volunteer during the event. Pastor Jessica or Missy Crobbe can help you with any questions.
It's our FAVORITE HALLOWEEN PARTY so invite friends and neighbors!
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Saguaro's Community Water Station
Saguaro Christian Church has upgraded its styrofoam cooler cold-water cooler station to a Community Water Station, courtesy of Community on Wheels and Community Care Tucson. Community Water Stations provide publicly accessible drinking water to anyone who needs it. Stations are hosted primarily outside of privately owned locations that are open to the public and are strategically placed to serve vulnerable Tucsonans who struggle to stay hydrated in the desert heat.
Saguaro is the first church in Tucson to host a station. It is also the farthest east water station in Tucson.
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Saguaro at the Tucson Pride Parade!
Happy Pride Tucson!! Friday was the Pride Parade!! God is Love and Love always has the last word!! Wahoo!! Grateful to walk as a community of faith together to affirm all God’s beloved!
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Global Ministries issues joint statement on current crisis in Haiti
The United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) have issued a joint statement on the current crisis in Haiti as the Global Ministries. Global Ministries is a joint witness in mission between the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
The letter is endorsed by UCC General Minister and President, the Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson, as well as Acting Associate General Minister/Co-Executive of Global Ministries, Rev. Shari Prestemon; and cosigned by the Rev. Teresa Hord Owens, General Minister and President of the Disciples of Christ along with the Rev. Dr. LaMarco Cable, President of the Disciples Overseas Ministries/Co-Executive of Global Ministries.
Click to read the statement in full.
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The Dream Team
Hello Y'all!! This is a day of new beginnings!! We've been mentioning it in passing for the past few months, hoping to pique your curiosity or spark a little inspiration. Because y'all, God has been up to something and we are sooo excited to unveil to you!! After months of prayer, creativity, Bible study, the Holy Spirit and fun: Saguaro Christian Church's new "internal operating system" -
THE DREAM TEAM!!!
The Dream Team is our new collaborative approach to ministry grounded in our four core intentionalities: Sacred, Missional, Intergenerational, and Inclusive.
Click through to learn more!
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Please bring in clothing for Casa Alitas!
At Casa Alitas we try to provide basic clothing (one set of underwear and socks) and if needed, shirt, pants, jacket, and if we have them, shoes. However, the new funding does not allocate money for clothing, so now, more than ever, clothing donations are needed. We are focused on only serving families with children under 10, pregnant women, and other vulnerable people. (Other LPAs are sent to another shelter, run by a for-profit entity.)
Saguaro has been faithful in making clothing donations; your ongoing support is valued. Please continue to remember those struggling to seek a better life here. Please bring your clothing donations to the large bin in our narthex.
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Quail Hour updates
For July the book for Quail Hour is Acting on Faith Stories of Courage, Activism, and Hope Across Religions by Diane Faires Beadle and Jamie Lynn Haskins.
For August the book is Blessed Are the Women by Claire McKeever-Burgett.
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Blessing of the Animals
October 13 at 10 am worship
We invite everyone to send in a picture of their beloved animals for a slideshow as part of the service. Upload the file to this Google Drive Folder. Name the file in the Google Drive Folder with pet name/owner (ie. Shasta and Hank/Jessica Braxton). OR you can simply email your pet photo with pet and owner names to rev.jessicabraxton@saguarochristian.org.
Pets are also invited to be present in service on October 13th, but whether they are in person or not, we would still love to have them on the slideshow.
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2024 Regional Assembly
Saguaro Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is part of the Christian Church in Arizona region. Every two years we have a Regional Assembly where all the Arizona Disciples of Christ churches gather together to worship, attend workshops, conduct regional business, and elect our new leadership.
Speaking of leadership, on the slate this year for regional moderator is none other than Saguaro's own Kerry Swindle!
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Choir and Handbells rehearsals resume Sept. 4
Want to keep on making music at Saguaro? Come to our first fall rehearsals for bells and choir this Wednesday, September 4th!
Choir: 5 pm Bells: 6 pm
New members are welcome to sing and ring!
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