Mark your calendars to join the Arizona Cantilena Chorale at 4:00 next Sunday, November 26, for a fun concert of American and Jazz Standards! There should be a little something for everyone – invite your family and friends! Free admission and no tickets required, donations requested. 

This Sunday is your last chance to order Butter Braid from the youth group to raise money for their annual trip to Sierra Service Project! These bake-at-home pastries are the perfect (and easy!) way to make your holidays extra special. Look for the table on the patio after church on November 26 or order online HERE. They will be available for pickup on or after December 17.

The Dayspring S.A.G.E. team and Arizona Interfaith Power & Light invite members to join an interfaith gathering at our Tempe campus on Thursday, Nov. 30, from 6:30 to 8pm to discuss how people of faith can work together to offer a prophetic voice for climate progress right here in Arizona. Guest speaker Blaise Caudill from the Governor’s Office of Resiliency will join us to speak about energy efficiency programs in the state. Attendees will include people from congregations across the Valley, with Zoom participation by others living in Prescott and Tucson. For more information, contact Maureen Rojas or Mark Huntington.

There will be a table in the courtyard before & after worship where you can drop off your items. Suggested needs include: paper towels, toilet paper, facial tissue, napkins, ziplock bags, dryer sheets, softsoap refills, Cascade dishwasher pods, Gain laundry soap, aluminum foil, parchment paper, 13-quart kitchen garbage bags, Simple Green cleaner, Liquid Comet cleaner, bottled drinking water, ground coffee and spray air freshener. We invite you to participate with us in caring for women who are often marginalized by providing items from this list or through cash donations to Dayspring’s prison ministry. Please email Christine Karber with questions.

On Sunday, December 3 at 3pm, we’re pulling out all the stops for our new Christmastide tradition—a concert of seasonal music presented by all our choirs: the adult choir, the children’s choir, the youth choir, and the handbells. We’ll have fun activities for all ages, so plan to make an afternoon of it! Free admission; voluntary donations to the Dayspring Music Program are appreciated.

We host Family Promise, a temporary shelter for homeless families, the week starting December 3. Volunteers are needed to set up, cook, entertain, spend the night, chaperone, and tear down/reset the rooms for Sunday. We have a particular need for overnight volunteers. Email Michelle or look for the table on the patio on Sunday to sign up or ask questions. 

Dayspring Tempe is a drop-off site for the HopeKids Holiday Toy Drive this year. New, unwrapped toys can be delivered to the box in the narthex by December 3 and will be delivered to Arizona families in financial need who have a child battling a life-threatening medical condition. Learn more

We’ll be offering a hybrid weekly Advent Study on From Cosmos to Cradle by Bruce Epperly on Mondays (6:30pm) and Thursdays (10:00am) beginning December 4, both in-person in Tempe (Palo Verde Room) and via zoom. Please order the book on your own and read the first four chapters before the first session. Contact the church office for the zoom link.

The mission of Little Free Libraries is to be a catalyst for building community, inspiring readers, and expanding book access for all through a global network of volunteer-led Little Free Library locations. We are collecting new and gently used books to refill the Little Free Library by our Giving Garden. Current children’s books are in the highest demand, as are young adult fiction. Please bring donations to the church office.

Sharing our pledge commitment with the church is important for these reasons:

• When people share their church giving plans with the church, then the people responsible for the church finances are better able to plan ahead for important church expenditures, such as salaries, building expenses, programs, activities, and missions.

• When you choose to make a financial commitment to the church and share it, it becomes a part of your plan for your life. It says I want to participate with my faith community in making God's world more peaceful, just, compassionate, and inclusive.

It is important to note that a church pledge is a non-binding commitment that can be changed at any time. People's circumstances change, sometimes making it difficult to fulfill a pledge. We just ask that you advise the church if you need to make a change to your pledge. Thank you for your financial gifts to Dayspring!