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Adult Education Night Tonight with Fr. Dale
Hymn of Heaven
We will talk about and discuss the song as well as what some believe heaven is like
Tonight Wednesday, April 17:
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Refreshments will be Served
Please Invite Family Members and Friends
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Our PWC
Easter Season Project
Please Support
NPH’s St. Damien
Pediatric Hospital
in Haiti
During the Easter Season, PWC will be supporting NPH’s (Nuestros Hermanos Pequenos) St. Damien Pediatric Hospital in Haiti with our loose change or other monetary donations. As you know, the situation is dire and bleak. NPH needs your support to continue the necessary work caring for children in Haiti. In a country of 11 million people, St. Damien is the only pediatric hospital in Haiti. Any amount you can contribute will help this necessary and urgent cause.
There will be a special basket for donations.
Here is more information on St. Damien Pediatric Hospital: https://nphusa.org/haiti-programs/
Our Goal is to Raise $5000.00
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Women’s Bible Study This Saturday, April 20 at 9:00 am
We will continue our study on the Gospel of Mark The Jesus We’re Aching For, by Lisa Harper All are welcome! Bring your bible and a friend!
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Join the PWC Men’s Group this coming Saturday morning, April 20
Experience the fellowship of other men in our community to support you in your Christian faith. You are welcome to bring friends or family members. A light breakfast will be served. We will meet in Building 4:12 from 9:00 am to 10:30 am. The coffee will be ready at 8:45 am!!!
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Active Listening Lab with Fr. Mike Lessard
The Active Listening Lab I is a 40-hour course that will teach the language of healing using 11 different skills. The next class at PWC will take place May 2 through June 6
Click here to see the flier
for more information
To sign up for the class call, PCA, Pastoral Care Associates at 480-406-4746 or here at PWC at 480-649-0300
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The Children’s Ministry
this Sunday, April 21
from
9:45 am to 10:30 am
in Building 4:12.
Please contact Helen Dippre, our children’s minister, for more information on the Children’s Ministry here at PWC, [email protected].
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A Message from Deacon Dennis Paschke
I want to let you know that after five years heading the launch and operation of the ministry of Recovery Cafe Arizona, I have made the decision to step down in my role effective May 2024.
This is not an easy decision but it's a decision arrived at after much prayer and consideration and it will allow Dawn and I to focus on our family first. As with any ministry startup it has been quite an exhilarating experience!
The Cafe is exceeding our original goals and continues to grow! We have a beautiful space and healing is happening! The Cafe has a strong Board and is up and operating well. The dream has taken root and is being realized! I have been asked by the Board to continue as a Board member and I have agreed to do so.
Our Operations Manager, Anthony Eaton will assume the role of Director for Recovery Cafe Arizona in May. Anthony came to us as a member of the Cafe about 18 months ago on his recovery journey. He readily admits that he is today in his recovery, in large part because of what the Cafe offered him.
I am convinced that the good work that has been the Recovery Cafe Arizona will continue to grow and be ever more impactful. In Christ,
Deacon Dennis
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Coming Soon to PWC!!!
Saturday, May 4 from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm: Kentucky Derby Social. With a donation of $5.00, come and watch the big horse race. Wear your favorite hat and have mint julips with friends at PWC.
Monday, May 6: There will be an information meeting for our next pilgrimage. In December, we will be traveling to Santa Fe for a Christmas adventure! Join us at 7:00 pm, sign-ups will begin at this meeting.
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Mosaic Art Class
Saturday, May 25:
12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
A PWC Fundraiser: Donation: $75.00
Make your own small mosaic art panel!!!
Please CLICK HERE
for the flier for more information and to register.
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Check out the
PWC Website
praiseandworshipcenter.net
You can find all the information you need here: Ministry Information, Weekly Reflections, Podcasts, Calendar of Events, Weekly News Blast, Prayer Requests, Staff Contact Info and more!
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Searching to quiet yourself in this busy world? Center yourself with Contemplative Prayer tonight, Wednesday, April 17 and Wednesday, April 24 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm in the office conference room.
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Feed My Starving Children is taking place tomorrow, Thursday, April 18. Please email Deacon Peter Klemens at [email protected] to sign up and for more information.
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Please put this on your calendar: Roundtable for Heath: Monday, April 22 from 10:30 am to 11:30 am. Details to follow, please contact Pastor Mark at the office for more particulars about this event.
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Mark Your Calendar for Revival Night: Wednesday, April 24 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm in the church. This exciting evening will be a time of praise and worship, music, sacred scripture, and spiritual motivation. Join other members of the PWC community for an evening of inspiration!
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Our weekly online reflections are ministering to our community each week through the written word. This week is Tami Heinl next week will be Jody Serey. Click on our Weekly Reflection Tile and be supported in your faith life! Here is the link: PWC Reflections Page.
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Do you want to be inspired again by Fr. Dale or Pastor Mark? You can re-listen to Fr. Dale or Pastor Mark’s sermons on our podcast page, here is the link: PWC Podcasts Page.
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Fr. Mike Lessard is available for pastoral counseling on Monday and Wednesday mornings. Please call the church office to make an appointment at 480-649-0300.
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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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From pastoral counseling to grief support, to Bible Study, to 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! Your generosity allows 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!
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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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A Reflection from Richard Rohr
True Encounter
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True encounter with Christ liberates something in us, a power we did not know we had, a hope, a capacity for life, a resilience, an ability to bounce back when we thought we were completely defeated, a capacity to grow and change, a power of creative transformation. —Thomas Merton, He Is Risen
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Prayer is not primarily saying words or thinking thoughts. It’s an encounter and a life stance. It’s a way of living in the Presence, with awareness of the Presence, and even enjoying the Presence. Fully contemplative people are more than aware of Divine Presence; they trust, allow, and delight in it.
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The contemplative secret is learning to live in the now, which is not as empty as it might appear to be or that we fear it may be. Try to realize that everything is right here, right now and God is in this moment in a non-blaming way. When we’re able to experience that, taste and enjoy it, we don’t need to hold on to it.
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Because most of our moments are not tasted or in the Presence, we are never full. We create artificial fullness and want to hang on to that. But there’s nothing to hold on to when we begin to taste the fullness of now. God is either in this now or God isn’t at all. If the now has never been sufficient, we’ll always be grasping. Here is a litmus test: if we’re pushing ourselves and others around, we haven’t yet found the secret of happiness. This moment is as full of the Divine Presence as it can be.
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The present moment has no competition; it’s not judged in comparison to any other. It has never happened before and will not happen again. But when I’m in competition, I’m not in love. I can’t get to love because I’m looking for a new way to dominate. The way we know this mind is not the truth is that God does not deal with us like this. Mystics, those who really pray, know this. Those who enter deeply into the great mystery do not experience a God who compares, differentiates, and judges. They experience an all-embracing receptor, a receiver who recognizes the divine image in each and every individual.
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For Jesus, prayer seems to be a matter of waiting in love. Returning to love. Trusting that love is the deepest stream of reality. That’s why prayer isn’t primarily words; it’s primarily an attitude, a stance. That’s why Paul could say, “Pray always; pray unceasingly” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). If we read that as requiring words, it’s surely impossible. We’ve got lots of other things to do. We can pray unceasingly, however, if we find the stream and know how to wade in its waters. The stream will flow through us; all we have to do is keep choosing to stay there.
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Please pray for peace in our world, especially in the Middle East.
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We look forward to seeing you participating in one of the many activities we have going on here at PWC!
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Love,
Fr. Dale and Pastor Mark
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