We are hosting a voting site and ballot drop-off in our Fellowship Hall today through Saturday from 9am-7pm and on Monday from 9am-5pm. Election Day is November 8 and polls are open from 6am-7pm.

Paradise Valley UMC invites everyone to attend a talk and discussion with ASU’s Dr. Olcay Unver, who will shed light on Global Food and Water Insecurity. This program will focus on developing countries around the world and how climate change – either extreme droughts or floods – are disproportionately affecting the poor. Dr. Unver is a former Deputy Director of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. Register here to attend this free event to be held on Monday, Nov. 7, 6:30-8 p.m. at PVUMC (4455 E. Lincoln Dr.) or watch the livestream here.

Children’s Ministries will host Awake on Friday, November 11 from 6:00-9:30pm. Third through sixth graders are invited to join us for a special Veterans Day service project, fun, fellowship, singing, and a campfire with s’mores! Please note, this year’s Awake is not a sleepover event. Please email Andrea to register.

Bread & Puppet Theater will perform a free show for all ages on Nov. 11 at 3 p.m. at Kiwanis Park as part of a national tour. Their Apocalypse Defiance Circus was created to “recognize Mother Earth’s revolt against our civilization.” The theater group uses stilt dancers, paper maché beasts of all sizes and a riotous brass band to present a colorful spectacle of protest and celebration. more

Are you new to Dayspring UMC or have you been attending for a while and are interested to know more about the church and what is involved in membership? We invite you to attend a one-hour session with Pastor Jeff to learn more about the United Methodist church and Dayspring specifically, on Sunday, November 13 at 11:45am. We will meet in Tempe in Room 112 as well as via Zoom. Please contact the church office at 480-838-1446 or email churchoffice@dayspring-umc.org to let us know you are interested. If this time doesn’t work for you, please contact us for alternate dates or times.

We host Rev. Melissa Rynders, our new Superintendent of the East District of the Desert Southwest Conference for our annual Church Conference on November 14 at 5:00pm. All Dayspring members are invited to attend this yearly business meeting, where officers are elected for the coming year, salaries are approved, the annual reports and the overall mission and ministry of the church are reviewed. The conference will be in-person in the Palo Verde Room as well as on Zoom. Please email the church office for the Zoom link.

Our annual Thanksgiving Food Drive is Sunday, November 20 from 8:30-noon. All collected food will be donated to the United Food Bank in Mesa. We will once again have a refrigerated truck to collect frozen turkeys as well as non-perishable food items, including canned beans, peanut butter, pasta, canned meats, canned fruits and veggies, and rice. We also accept cash donations that will be donated to United Food Bank so they can purchase fresh produce, meat, and dairy. 

All young adults are invited to join a new Bible Study with Pastors Shirley and Jeff on Sunday mornings at 11:45am in Room 112 (or the courtyard, weather permitting), starting November 20. Please email Pastor Jeff with questions.

We are excited to host the annual Tempe Interfaith Thanksgiving Service at Dayspring Tempe on Tuesday, November 22 at 7pm. The service, which brings together people from a variety of faith traditions across the valley to our campus, will be in-person as well as live-streamed on our usual channels. This will be a beautiful way to welcome the holiday season and celebrate our creator in an open and diverse community! Also, a “pick-up” choir directed by David Schildkret will rehearse at 6pm — all are welcome!