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We hope your week is going well! We have a lot going on at PWC, especially today! Check it out and get involved!
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Pentecost Worship Nights
Tonight Wednesday, May 13 &
Wednesday, May 20
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Mark your calendar for this sacred event
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The Diaconate Ordination of:
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Bill Larew
Mike Hewett
Jenny Diaz
Rod Taylor
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Sunday, May 24
@ the 10:00 a.m.
Service Pentecost Sunday
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Please keep these soon to be deacons in your prayers as they begin their ministry as a deacon to the PWC community.
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Please wear RED
on Pentecost Sunday, May 24
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Red is the color of the Holy Spirit!
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Mark Your Calendar:
Memorial Day
Luncheon Honoring
Veterans
Wednesday, May 27, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Details are forthcoming.
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Upcoming
Memorial Services
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Please remember those in our community who have passed away, as well as their families.
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+ Dick Wilhelm,
Saturday, May 16 at 10 a.m.,
Queen of Heaven Cemetery
+ Billy Templeton,
Sunday, May 17 at 12 p.m.,
PWC
+Tom Cutera,
Friday, May 22 at 10 a.m.,
PWC
+Bonnie Solmundson,
Saturday, May 23 at 10 a.m.,
PWC
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Our Weekly Online Reflections
Check out a new reflection from Monday, May 11
by Pastor Mark
Here is the link:
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Pastoral Counseling is available at PWC
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Fr. Mike Lessard is available for pastoral counseling on Wednesdays & Thursdays at PWC. Please call the church office to make an appointment at 480-649-0300.
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This Sunday, May 17
9:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
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Please contact Helen Dipree for more information about the Children’s Ministry @ [email protected]
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Important Children's Ministry Information
We will not meet on Pentecost
Sunday, May 24.
Our final meeting for the school year is on
Sunday, May 31.
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There will be no meetings in June, July, and August. We will start back up in early September.
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Blood Drive @PWC
Monday, June 22,
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
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To schedule your appointment or for more information, please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org and use Sponsor Code: PraiseandWorship
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The church office will be closed on
Monday, May 25 for Memorial Day.
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Blood Pressure Checks take place at PWC on the first and third Sundays of the month
from 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Our medical team is providing the blood pressure checks.
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At PWC
your tithing & generosity allow us to minister to so many who come through our doors with their spiritual, emotional, and physical needs.
Thank you for your tithing and
commitment to PWC!
From pastoral counseling to grief support, to bible study and adult education, to providing food through Matthew’s Crossing for families who are economically struggling, to Marriage Enrichment and our funeral ministry -- your consistent giving makes a difference, a big change in people’s lives!
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Here are the different ways you can tithe to PWC:
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• Mail in your gift to: Praise and Worship Center, 2551 N. Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ 85225.
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• Sign up for monthly giving with a credit card or voided check. Just call the office at 480-649-0300 or stop by the office.
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Do you want to be inspired again by Fr. Dale or Pastor Mark? You can listen to Fr. Dale or Pastor Mark’s sermons on our podcast page. Here is the link:
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Are you homebound? If so, Deacon John Null can bring you communion. The only exception is if you have or are recovering from COVID. The best way to get in touch with Deacon John is by contacting the church office, at 480-649-0300, and leaving a message.
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A Reflection by
Ronald Rolheiser
Huge Stones & Locked Doors
The Gospels tell us that early on Easter morning, three women were on their way to the tomb of Jesus intending to embalm his body with spices, but they were anxious about how they would remove the large stone that sealed the entrance of his tomb. They were asking each other: “Who will roll away the stone?”
As we know, the stone had already been rolled away. How? We don’t know. Jesus’ resurrection happened with no one there. Nobody knows exactly how that stone was rolled away. But what Scripture does make clear is this: Jesus didn’t resurrect himself. God raised him. Jesus didn’t roll away the stone, though that’s what we generally assume. However, and for good reason, both scripture and Christian tradition strongly affirm that Jesus didn’t raise himself from the dead; his Father raised him. This might seem like unnecessary point to emphasize; after all, what difference does it make?
It makes a huge difference. Jesus didn’t raise himself from the dead and neither can we. That’s the point. For the power of the resurrection to enter us something from beyond it has to remove the huge, immovable rock of our resistance. This is not to deny that we, ourselves, have goodwill and personal strength; but these, though important, are more a precondition for receiving the grace of the resurrection than the power of the resurrection itself, which always comes to us from beyond. We never roll back the stone ourselves!
Who can roll back the stone? Perhaps that isn’t a question we’re particularly anxious about, but we should be. Jesus was entombed and helpless to raise himself up, even more so for us. Like the women at that first Easter, we need to be anxious: “Who will roll back the stone?” We can’t open our own tombs.
The resurrected Christ can roll back any stone that entombs us, no matter how hopeless the task is for us.
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Please pray for peace in our hearts, our community and in our world.
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Love,
Fr. Dale & Pastor Mark
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