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Thank you to all those who participated in the Lenten Soup and Bread as well as our Lenten Book Club on The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen. It was a wonderful experience! Take a look at what is going on at PWC in the next few weeks, leading to Holy Week and Easter Sunday.
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Lenten Reflections
with Pastor Mark
This Friday, March 20!
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Join Pastor Mark on Friday mornings for Prayer and Lenten Reflections. We will spend an hour breaking open the Word of God and examining how we can deepen our faith through this Lenten journey.
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Friday Mornings
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
March 27 will be our last session.
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This Saturday, March 21,
9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
All men are welcome!!!
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Women of Faith Bible Fellowship
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Women of PWC & your friends, please join us.
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We continue our series on 2 Corinthians
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Pastoral Care Associates presents
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Active Listening Lab
Learn the power of compassionate listening and supportive presence. Develop deeper skills to care for others in times of need.
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Location: Westminster Village
12000 N. 90th Street, Scottsdale,
Second Floor, Saguaro Room
Dates: Saturdays, March 21, 28,
April 4, 18, & 25
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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This Sunday, March 22
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Please contact Helen Dipree for more information about the Children’s Ministry @ [email protected]
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Our Weekly Online Reflections
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Check out a new reflection from Monday, March 16 by Tami Heinl 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 at PWC. Please call the church office to make an appointment at 480-649-0300.
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Our Theme Song for Lent 2026 at PWC
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by Phil Wickham
Please see the link below:
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Holy Week @ PWC
Palm Sunday,
March 29 @ 10:00 a.m.
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Holy Thursday Service,
April 2 @ 7:00 p.m.
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Good Friday Service,
April 3 @ 7:00 p.m.
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Holy Saturday Retreat,
April 4, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
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Easter Sunday,
April 5 @ PWC
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7:00 a.m. Sunrise Service, Outdoor
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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
The Empathetic Gaze of God
Generally, we misunderstand why the kingdom belongs to children. We tend to idealize the innocence of children – and, indeed, childlike innocence is a beautiful quality. That is not what Jesus most idealizes in a child, however. The quality that makes children so apt to receive the kingdom is not so much their innocence as their helplessness. Very young children cannot even feed themselves, let alone provide for themselves.
There is a congenital ineptness inside all of us and, try as we might, we cannot always or often protect ourselves against our own weaknesses. That’s basic biblical anthropology. But there is something even more important theologically here. It’s how God sees us in our weakness.
As we grow up, grow more responsible, and grow more capable of taking care of ourselves, still we never quite achieve adequacy. We simply humiliate ourselves in other ways, though we become more adept at hiding this from others. Or, at least, we think we do. But, to use Jesus’ own metaphor, the beam in our eye is always evident to others. We are never whole and adequate, nor do we look it.
Physically, our bloom is short-lived and, long before we are ready for it, our bodies begin again to betray us. Wrinkles, fat, and the humiliating sags of mid-life appear in ways that cannot be hidden. We are painfully aware of our inadequacies.
That is true too for us emotionally and morally. There are mid-life wrinkles, fat, and sagging in these areas too. When we are young, the beauty of a youthful body and youthful spirit helps compensate for, and partly camouflages, our hidden and not-so-hidden selfishness, bitterness, and envy. These become more evident in us as we grow older In the end, none of us can protect ourselves against our own weaknesses, nor indeed can we forever hide them from the view of others.
In the face of our inadequacies, we must begin to see ourselves as God sees us, a child who cannot yet be fully responsible for his or her life. Then our shame can give way to tender compassion. But as Jesus assures us too, such as these belongs the kingdom of heaven.
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Don’t forget to put the PWC Holy Week activities in your calendar.
Please pray for peace in our world.
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Love,
Fr. Dale & Pastor Mark
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Keep up with all your PWC friends on Facebook
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President Homestead Health
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