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What an incredible Pentecost Sunday we had with the ordination of our four new deacons! The Holy Spirit was truly with us. It was a joyful, holy, and sacred time at PWC. May God bless our “new deacons” and our “old” deacons, too, as they seek to bring us closer to Jesus.
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Congratulations to our newest deacons, ordained this past Sunday on Pentecost Sunday.
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Deacon Bill Larew
Deacon Mike Hewett
Deacon Jenny Diaz
Deacon Rod Taylor
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Please pray for these newly ordained deacons as they begin their ministry as a deacon to the PWC community.
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Prayer Retreat with the Movie
“The Chosen”
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This Saturday, May 30 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
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Our Weekly Online Reflections
Check out a new reflection from Monday, May 25 on Summer Spirituality
Here is the link:
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Bible covers in the Cross Shop
Now on sale at 20% off!
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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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Important Children's Ministry Information
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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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
Living Beyond Doubt
There is a story about St. Christopher, probably more legend than truth, which runs this way:
As a young man, Christopher was gifted in every way, except faith. He was a big man, physically powerful, good hearted, mellow, and well-liked by all. He was also generous, using his physical strength to help others. His one fault was that he found it hard to believe in God. So, he lived his life in a certain honest agnosticism, unable to really believe in anything beyond what he could physically see, feel, and touch.
This did not prevent him from using his gifts in generosity and service. He became a ferryboat operator, spending his life helping to carry people across a dangerous river. The legend says during a storm, the ferryboat capsized and Christopher dove into the dark waters to rescue a young child. Carrying that child to the shore, he looked into its face and saw there the face of Christ. After that he believed, for he had seen the face of Christ. The very name, Christopher, contains the legend. Christopher means CHRIST-BEARER.
Within this story, whether fact or fiction, is an answer to one of the most difficult questions of all: What should we do when our faith is weak? What should be our reaction in the face of the fact that God often seems silent, distant, dead? How do we move from believing only in the physical, from believing in the reality of only what we can see, feel, touch, taste, and smell, to believing in the existence of deeper, spiritual realities?
Christopher’s answer? Live as honestly and respectfully as you can and use your gifts to help others. God will appear. Faith is not so much a question of feeling as of selfless service.
For every one of us, there are dark nights of the soul, silences of God. God often seems dead and the reality of the empirical world can so overpower us that nothing seems real except what we can see and feel right now, namely our own pain.
Whenever this happens, we need to become Christ-bearers, Christophers, using our God-given strengths to help carry others across the burdensome rivers of life. God does not ask us to have a faith that is certain, but a service that is sure.
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Please remember those within our community who are struggling with food insecurity.
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Love,
Fr. Dale & Pastor Mark
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President Homestead Health
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