Maricopa Lutheran Church - Maricopa, Arizona

Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday church school 10 a.m. Worship

Tuesday: 10 a.m. Prayer Group – mission house

Wednesday: 6 p.m. Confirmation – mission house

Next Sunday: 9a.m. Adult Sunday church school 10 a.m. Worship

REMEMBER IN PRAYER: Lisa (niece of Marie Blackwell), Antonio and Rizalina Aguilar, Julie, Jan and Eldon, Peter (Pastor’s brother), Amelia (granddaughter of Maureen), Nicole (granddaughter of Connie Lundahl), Dominick (Laura’s husband), Bob Wheadon, Mauro Tongco, Sara Pederson, Sandy Jensen, Joe Bergen, Darin, Missy, Mackensie, Ross, Tasha and Steven Mann, Jeff Hudson, Judy Knutson, Sheila (sister of Diane Hebert), Nenita O’Rourke, Connie and Sarah, Cathy Eslinger and Darla Fielen.

Serving on Sunday: Joe Bergen, assisting minister; Sue Fletcher, reader; Pam Collins, communion assistant; Joe Lambert, acolyte; Henry and JoAnn Eslinger, ushers.

VBS will be a joint venture with Journey Church and will be held July 8-12 from 5:30 - 8:00 pm. A meeting will be held on May 234d @ 7:30 pm at Pastor Eric's house. If you would like to help, please contact Linda Walter @ 602-384-7792 or tlsm0212@yahoo.com. There will be dinner hosted alternately by the two churches. Journey will do dinners for July 8,10,12, and Maricopa Lutheran will do July 9 and 11.

Sunday is the last day for Sunday school. Look for announcements regarding Rally Sunday on September 10, 2012.

Sunday, May 27, is Pentecost and the Scriptures will be read in different languages. The readers will be JoAnn Eslinger, Carmen deGuzman, Maria VanDyk, and Christine Bergen.

The last confirmation class was held on Wednesday, May 16. The students will be confirmed on Reformation Sunday, October 28, 2012.

We have scheduled a program that we're calling Cheeseburgers and Paradise with our friends the Methodists on Tuesday nights.

We'll start at 5:30 p.m. with a potluck and burgers.See attached flyer for schedule.

The Maricopa Food Bank is in need of both in person and phone volunteers. If interested, please give them a call at 520-251-0226 and let them know that Maricopa Lutheran sent you. Also, food is still needed - so feel free to bring it on Sunday!

Please take some time to think about anything you would like to see in the monthly newsletter. The deadline for the newsletter is the 15th of every month and you can email your request to dianehebert18435@orbitelcom.com or simply write it down and hand it to her at church. Thanks!

Santa Rosa is in desperate need of supplies, so we would like to encourage the congregation to bring supplies on Sunday morning and put them in the container provided. Thank you!!!