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Welcome to the month of September! I’m sure we all hope it will cool down a bit and we will get some more rain! Our Fall 2026 Calendar is out with a lot of wonderful spiritual and social activities. Please check it out!!!!
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Morning Prayer
with Pastor Mark
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This Friday, September 4
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
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Upcoming dates September 11, 18 & 25
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Just a reminder…
The Church office will be closed this Monday,
September 7 for Labor Day.
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begins
Sunday, September 13
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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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
A Prophetic Mantra
about the Poor
In Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus tells us that, at the end of day, when we stand before the great King on the day of judgment, we will be asked only one set of questions and they all will have to do with how we treated the poor: Did you feed the hungry? Give drink to the thirsty? Welcome the stranger? Clothe the naked? Visit the sick? Visit prisoners?
The demand to live lives that reflect justice and real concern for the poor is an integral and non-negotiable part of Christian discipleship. It’s not something that is grounded in some particular ideology which I can buy into or neglect, if I am living honestly and prayerfully in my private life. It’s an essential part of the gospel, equal in demand to praying, going to church, and keeping my private moral life in order. For a Christian, it is not enough just to be pious, good, and church going.
Jesus’ teaching on the Last Judgment also teaches is that charity alone is not enough. Charity is a great virtue, integrally part of the greatest virtue of all, love. But charity isn’t necessarily justice. I can be a wonderfully charitable, kind, moral, and generous person in my own life and still be unfairly profiting from an historical, social, political, and economic system that is unduly rewarding me even as it is unfairly burdening and robbing others. The things that I attain honestly through my own hard work and which I am very generous with in terms of sharing with others, can at the same time be the product of a system which is unfair to others. I need to have the courage to look at how my honest wealth may also be partially the product of a dishonest system.
I was once at a talk given by Gustavo Gutierrez where a man asked him, with pained honesty, about his own helplessness in reaching out to the poor: What can one person do in the face of all the global issues of injustice that beset us?
Gutierrez acknowledged the complexity of the question and sympathized with the man’s helplessness, but added: “Minimally, make sure that you always have at least one concrete poor person in your life to who you are specially attending. This will ensure that your commitment will always at least have some concrete flesh!”
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We remember those who are sick and suffering. May the healing presence touch our ill brothers and sisters with the peace and hope of Jesus.
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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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