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Today through next week there are a number of wonderful activities going on at PWC. Please take a look at all that is going on.
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A Reflection
for Your Weekend
from Henri Nouwen
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Leaping Toward Life
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Joy is that ongoing movement out of the places of death, out of the places where things remain the same and are not moving. Everything in life changes. Where we see life we see change. And as soon as things stop changing, death appears. We become rigid, stiff, dead. It is very important for us to realize that joy is precisely that leaping toward life and moving away from the places that are the same. Joy is always about an experience of life as new.
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Morning Prayer
with Pastor Mark
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Today Friday, October 23
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
We are also meeting on
Friday, October 30
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Join us for Sunday Worship at PWC
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This Sunday,
October 25
@ 10:00 a.m.
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Make the in-person commitment to be there on Sunday!
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Praise and Worship Never Ends…..It Must Be Lived!
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This Sunday
October 25 @ 9:45 a.m.
Building 4:12
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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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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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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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Arrive to Sunday service prepared to hear God’s Word proclaimed.
The reading for this Sunday, October 25, the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time is Matthew 22:34-40. Here is a reflection on the passage.
In the gospel, Jesus is asked a question that goes to the very heart of our faith: “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” His answer is both simple and profound: Love God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.
Jesus reminds us faith is not simply about following rules, attending worship, or knowing the teachings of Scripture. These things matter, but their deepest purpose is to lead us into a loving relationship with God and with one another.
Notice that Jesus joins these two commandments together. We cannot claim to love God while deliberately ignoring the needs of our neighbor. Nor can we fully understand the love we are called to give others without first recognizing how deeply God loves us.
But loving our neighbor is not always easy. It is easy to love those who agree with us, appreciate us, or treat us kindly. It is much more difficult to love those who disappoint us, challenge our opinions, or seem very different from us. Yet these are precisely the moments when our Christian faith is put into practice.
Perhaps the most important question we can ask ourselves today is not simply, “Do I love God?” but rather, “Can people see my love for God in the way I treat them?”
Do they experience patience when we are frustrated? Compassion when they are struggling? Forgiveness when they have hurt us? Do we make room for those who feel forgotten or excluded?
As we gather for worship this Sunday, we are reminded God has loved us first. We come to receive that love through Scripture, prayer, and Communion, so we might carry it into the world.
The measure of our faith is not merely what we say about God, but how faithfully we share God's love with others.
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Please pray for peace in our world, in our community, and in our hearts. We look forward to seeing you on Sunday for Service at 10:00 a.m.
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Love,
Fr. Dale & Pastor Mark
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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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