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As we hit the midway point of September, please check out all that is going on at PWC. It will spiritually enrich your life!!!
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Morning Prayer
with Pastor Mark
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This Friday, September 18
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
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We are also meeting September 25 & October 2.
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All New Women’s Bible Study
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This Sunday, September 20
9:45 a.m.
in Building 4:12
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Our Weekly Online Reflections
We are taking a break for the summer.
Check out all reflections.
Here is the link:
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Thursdays,
September 24 &
October 22
at 4:45 p.m.
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Please email Deacon Peter Klemens for more information, or sign up at [email protected]
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Monthly Lunch and Learn Sessions
begin Tuesday September 29,
11:30 to 12:30
Topic: "How to Have Better Outcomes in Self-Care & Medicare Changes for 2027"
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Hosted by Deacon John Null and Dana Newberry A free lunch will be served. Please RSVP to 602-321-7316 or PWC office by September 26th.
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A Change in Saturday Retreats
Living in God’s New Creation
Fr. Mike Lessard teaching based on his book. Saturday October 24, 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Bagels and coffee will be served.
Hosted by Deacon John Null
RSVP 602-321-7316
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Pastoral Counseling
with Fr. Mike
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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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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
God’s Silence
in the Face of Evil
Theologians sometimes try to express the meaning of Jesus’ resurrection in one sentence: In the resurrection, God vindicated Jesus, his life, his message, and his fidelity.
However, God’s seeming silence in the face of evil and death can forever scandalize us: in the Holocaust, in ethnic genocides, in brutal and senseless wars, in natural disasters, which kill thousands of people and devastate whole countries, in the deaths of countless people taken out of this life by cancer and by violence, in how unfair life can be sometimes, and in the casual manner that those without conscience can rape whole areas of life seemingly without consequence. Where is God in all of this?
God’s answer is the resurrection, the resurrection of Jesus and the perennial resurrection of goodness within life itself. But resurrection is not necessarily rescue. God doesn’t necessarily rescue us from the effects of evil, nor even from death. Evil does what it does, natural disasters are what they are, and those without conscience can rape even as they are feeding off life’s sacred fire. Normally, God doesn’t intervene. God lets his loved ones suffer and die, just as Jesus let his dear friend Lazarus die, and God let Jesus die.
Mohandas K. Gandhi once wrote: “When I despair, I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Think of it, always.”
The resurrection, most forcibly, makes that point. In the end, God has the last word. The resurrection of Jesus is that last word. From the ashes of shame, of seeming defeat, failure, and death, a new, deeper, and eternal life perennially bursts forth.
Our faith begins at the very point where it seems it should end, in God’s seeming silence in the face of evil.
God’s silence can be trusted, even when we die inside of it. We need to remain faithful in love, forgiveness, and conscience, despite everything that suggests they are naive. They will bring us to what is deepest inside of life. Ultimately, God vindicates virtue. God vindicates love. God vindicates conscience. God vindicates forgiveness. God vindicates fidelity. Ultimately, God vindicated Jesus and will vindicate us too if we remain faithful.
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We remember in our prayers, thoughts, and actions those who struggle to financially provide for their families.
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Love,
Fr. Dale & Pastor Mark
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Please do not reply to this email;
the sending address is not monitored.
Please reply to: [email protected]
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Chris Pfund PhD, MBA, BSN, RN
President Homestead Health
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phone: (602) 755-4508
fax: (602) 691-0283
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Homestead Health is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to helping adults live safely and independently at home. We offer a range of in-home and virtual medical services, including concierge medicine, palliative care, transitional care, and geriatric care management. We believe everyone deserves access to compassionate and affordable healthcare.
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