Dayspring’s Church & Society team invites you to view this important new film in the Palo Verde Room tonight, June 7 at 7:00, or Sunday morning, June 9 at 11:30 in Room 112. The movie provides a deeper understanding about why the Christian Nationalism movement has come to wield such influence and power. Viewing it will invite all of us to contemplate what a faithful response to this movement should entail. Ken Burns says Bad Faith is “a great and powerful and timely film, filled with the dread this moment engenders; the cynical misuse of religion to advance aims diametrically the opposite of Christianity’s mission.” The film will run approximately an hour and 45 minutes.

Love to sing? Always wanted to sing in the Dayspring Choir? Now’s a great time! Dayspring has a summer choir that sings in the 10:00 service approximately every other week. The choir meets at 9:30 the morning of the service (no weekday rehearsals). The choir sings this Sunday, June 9, and again on June 23. Come join us! Email David for more information. 

The Dayspring Youth would like to enthusiastically thank the Dayspring members who supported their car wash on June 2nd! We raised over $1,000 in donations. These donations will help cover a portion of the travel expenses for our youth as they head to Del Norte Sierra Service Project in Northern California in July. We are so thankful for this supportive community that understands the importance of this experience. If you missed the car wash and would like to contribute, please click here. 

We are collecting donations for Liberia. Please bring in your gently used clothing, shoes, towels, toys, and children’s books. There will be collection boxes in the narthex for you to drop off your donations on Sunday mornings until June 13, or kids can bring them to VBS.

Please bring in water bottles, electrolyte drinks, and nutritional snacks to support Tempe Cooling Centers this 2024 summer. We will also take hygiene products, hand sanitizer, sunscreen, socks, board games and books.

While we're always in need of volunteers to help Sunday mornings run smoothly, Summer Sundays present a bigger than usual challenge to fill these roles, as so many people head out of town. When you know you're going to be at church, please consider signing up for one of the following positions - some take less than five minutes and all of them are fun... and important!

If you have questions or would be interested in helping out in any of the following areas, please reply to this email or email Andrea in the church office:

• Shepherd (formerly called ushers, shepherds answer questions and help guide people)
• Offering Volunteers (Help pass the plate following the pastor's message)
• Worship Assistant (participate in service by reading the call to celebration, opening prayer, and scripture reading)
• Summer Sunday School Leader (co-lead one of our weekly children's Sunday School classes)
• Communion Server (help serve communion the first Sunday of the month)
• Production Assistant (help our A/V team with the in-Sanctuary sound or our livestream)

“I’m spiritual, but not religious.”

If you’re like me, you’ve heard that a million times. It’s what people say who believe in God and maybe even admire Jesus, but who don’t want to be part of old-fashioned church.

Do we at Dayspring have something to offer such folks? We know they are missing the power of church at its best: the community of people helping each other be better people, and working to create a better world. So we can help them and they can help us. BUT, we can’t just invite them to the same-old/same-old. continue reading