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Saguaro Christian ChurchTucson, AZJanuary 2015 Newsletter
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Church Events
December 21st -
Christmas Cantata
Annual Christmas Party
December 23rd
Memorial for Larre
Freeman
December 24th Family
Christmas Eve Service
Candlelight Service
December 25th - Church
Office Closed
January 1st Church
Office Closed
January 19th Church
Office Closed
The Spirit
January 2015
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Have a safe and happy holiday!
A Letter from Saguaro Leadership
Good afternoon, This has been an incredible year in the life of Saguaro Christian Church. Weve seen so much growth. There are new members, babies, children and renewed programs. We have experienced and shared so much in the past twelve months. It hasnt always been easy, and we are so grateful for your presence and for the time and gifts you share with SCC. You make all of our ministries pos-sible and together we continue living into our shared vision for the future. With the excitement and enthusiasm we share about the future, we must take a moment and share the financial reality and ask for your help. Currently we have not received enough money to cover our expenses and our financial obligations. Here is the current situation: So far in 2014 our expenses are $31,280.00 more than we have received. There are a number of reasons for this shortfall.
1. Loose offerings have fallen short by $21,200 compared with 2013.
2. Facility Usage Fees declined by $23,704 as we tried to subsidize our Pre-schools Budget.
3. Personnel and personnel related cost increased $13,700.
4. Also, we have lost a number of members whose giving we have counted upon to meet our budget.
This has caused a critical shortage in available funds for the day- to- day operation of the church. This has forced us to use our emergency fund of nearly $12,000, and we are forced to reconsider our 2015 budget. The board will have to take a hard look at the budget in 2015 and potentially make some difficult decisions. Here is where we need your help. We need to make up a $25,000 cash flow shortfall. Please con-sider making an additional gift to the church this year, an above-and-beyond gift. Our families and others will be making a 13th month gift to SCC to honor you and the rest of our church family. If you arent caught up on your pledge for 2014, then please consider making that final push to fulfill that pledge. If you havent made your financial pledge for 2015, please do so as soon as possible. If you have made your pledge, please consider increasing it to continue the important work of the church. We wish to continue the good work and to serve our neighbors, our community and God in this important and meaningful way. We are committed to you and our shared vision. May God bless you, and may we share in Gods love this Christmas together. Blessings, Gary Roberts Bonnie Logan Bobbie Butler
January 2015
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
Church Office
Closed
2 3
4 5
7pm Faith Based
Recovery
6
1:30pm Staff
7
9:30am Blessings in a
Backpack 5:30pm Saguaro
Ringers 7pm Sanctuary
Choir 8pm Shelter
8 9 10
Owen Army
11
12:15pm Primavera Breakfast
Group
12
4:30am Primavera Breakfast 7pm Faith
Based Recovery
13
1:30pm Staff
14
9:30am Blessings in a
Backpack 5:30pm Saguaro
Ringers 7pm Sanctuary
Choir 8pm Shelter
15
1pm Deborah Womens
Group
16 17
6:30am POWWOW
7:30am Mens Breakfast
18 12:15pm
Primavera Breakfast
Group 12:15pm
Elders Meeting
19
Church Office Closed 4:30am
Primavera Breakfast
7pm Faith Based Recovery
20
1:30pm Staff
21 9:30am
Blessings in a Backpack
12pm Newsletter
Articles Due 5:30pm Saguaro
Ringers 7pm Sanctuary
Choir 8pm Shelter
22
6:30pm Board
Meeting
23 24
25 26
7pm Faith Based
Recovery
27
1:30pm Staff
28
9:30am Blessings in a
Backpack 5:30pm Saguaro
Ringers 7pm Sanctuary
Choir 8pm Shelter
29
10am Newsletter Assembly
6:00pm SOL Team Meeting
30 31
Serving Schedule
Elders Serving at Communion Table Ushers
Palo verde Service Traditional Service 9:00am Bobbie Butler
1/04 Wende Gonzales KC Estes/Susan Keenan 11:00am Jackie Presson,
1/11 Pam Pioche Adrienne Crump/Brian Lott Shirley Gunion, Annette Armstrong
1/18 Rachel Sager Annette Armstrong/Peggy Goforth Acolyte
1/25 Carol Friesen Michael Cleveland/Adrienne Crump Seth Madsen/Areya Roadman
Home Communion Deacons (*Coordinator) Communion Preparer
1/04 Peggy Goforth/Carol Friesen Pa lo ve rde Service Trish Krebs
1/11 Brian Lott/Pam Pioche Trish Krebs & Lea Cuzner
1/18 Rachel Sager/KC Estes
1/25 Michael Cleveland/Adrienne Crump Traditional Service
Shirley Gunion, Susan Lock, Patricia Holmes, Marilyn Hanson,
Areya Roadman
Scripture Readers
Pa lo ve rde Service Traditional Service Childrens Moment Leaders
1/04 Stephanie Sager Areya Roadman 1/04 Gwen Elbert/KC Estes
1/11 Bobbie Butler Arlie Heald 1/11 Michelle Gusick, Lisa Ledbetter
1/18 Patricia Casey Shirley Heald 1/18 Michelle Gusick/ Paul Ledbetter
1/25 TBD Lisa Ledbetter 1/25 Michael Cleveland/KC Estes
January Birthdays
3rd Marcos Lares
Betty Slaybaugh
4th Nick Makres
7th Fredda Cox
Amastacia George
10th Hila Villa
16th Pam Pioche
19th Erika Meyer
20th Fran Johnson
21st Kelly Estes
24th Margi Lott
Sharon Steehler
Meditation Class in January
Want to make your gray matter grow? Have less stress? Be more resilient? Improve your mood? Research is
showing these are among benefits of regular meditation. If you'd like to learn meditation in a completely friendly,
non-threatening atmosphere, join us as we learn from Pat & Joe Ambrosic, Monday evenings, starting January 12
for 5 weeks, 1 1/2 hours each meeting in the chapel. For more information, contact Terry Bagwell.
A Few Thoughts
NBA XPLOR Project Along with First Christian Church, Tucson, we at Saguaro will embark on a journey with the National Benevolent Asso-ciation to bring this amazing project to our community. NBA XPLOR Project is a ten-month residential service opportunity for young adults, ages 21-30, who want to explore lives of faith and service. We provide opportunities to serve in cities across the United States, while offering Resi-dents housing, a small living stipend, vocational support, career development, travel opportunities and more. The Four Cornerstones of the XPLOR Project are: Hands-on Service/Justice Work: Working in and among neighborhoods to empower local mission efforts while gaining awareness of systems of injustice. Simple Living in Community: Learning and practicing faithful, intentionally simple and culturally competent communal living. Spiritual Discernment on Vocation: Striving through spiritual disciplines to discern the purpose for which ones soul is made. Disciples Leadership Development: Living our ones Disciples identity and unleashing ones leadership capacity. Without naming all the natures of diversity, XPLOR is committed to the cultivation of a widely diverse population liv-ing in all XPLOR Houses. Visit www.nbacares.org/xplor for more information.
Prayers of Our Congregation
Barbara Miranda
Bob Purvis
Chuck Mull
Fredda Cox
Helen Ellis
Clayton Gooden
The Larsen Family
Abby Casey
Ruth Harmon
Cece Terry
Arlie Heald
The Youngs
Betty Thompson
Clayton Gooden
Bonnie Logan
Harry Johnson
Baby watch is in full swing! Though the due date is 4 JAN, we are now past 38
weeks. Our whole family is waiting as patiently as possible for the new arrival.
My family and I want to thank you for all of your prayers during this time. Once
baby gets here, I will be out of the office for two weeks as we bond with the new
baby and help our oldest two with the transition. We will really appreciate your
prayers then!
During my absence, Rev. Shelly Tilton will be preaching and handling all the pasto-
ral care concerns. We are blessed to have her. She will continue preaching the
majority of January so that I can help facilitate the transition of our Deacons, El-
ders, Board of Directors, Sol Team (formerly Ministry Council) and Staff.
I am optimistic and prepared for the beauty and newness of the New Year. Weve
grown much this last year. There were moments of pure blessing and there were
challenges. My hope is that we can settle into that growth as we continue to live
into the celebration of our vision. Thank you for a good year.
Owen
OUTREACH Food Bags Given Out During November: 0
Elders Gift Cards Given Out During November : 2
Primavera Meals Served: 2 Breakfasts, Thanksgiving Dinner
(Each breakfast serves about 70, dinners about 100)
Blessings in a Backpack : 402 Bags packed,
11 Volunteers
Mobile Meals Delivered: 65 trays
Attendance
November
8:00 9:00 11:00
2nd 10 58 111
9th 9 53 101
16th 9 83 101
23rd 12 49 80
30th 11 51 97
Financials
November
Nov. 14 2014 (YTD)
Income 29,568 333,993
Expenses 23,252 356,012
Income/(Loss) $ 6,316 ($22,019)
Thank you to all who have helped to make the Blessings in a Backpack program succeed. Many thanks to Wanda and Nick Makres, Jean Coombs, Peggy Gorforth , Emily McKinney and her sister Carolyn Connaway, Mary Gregory, Arlie Heald, Mi-lan Kriho and Stewart Bagwell for being there to pack the bags. And to all the wonderful church members that contribute to the fund to make the program successful. We are doing a triple pack on December 17 to help the children through the Christmas Holidays. Blessings to all!
Shirley Heald, Pat Sutton, and Dodie Kriho
Christmas Blessings
Primavera Thanksgiving Dinner
Over Thanksgiving members of Saguaro Christian
and First Christian came together to shop, prepare
and serve a Thanksgiving meal for Primavera.
SPECIAL OFFERING
Thanksgiving special offerings were $1881.00.
As we reach the end of 2014 and reflect on the gift we have been given through the birth of Jesus, its also a time
to consider the most generous gift left to Saguaro by the Brady family in the form of an endowment established to
carry on many activities and programs they were passionate about. One of these is the Brady Outreach endow-
ment.
BRADY OUTREACH funds are awarded for areas including neighborhood, community, world/global, Basic Mission
Finance, new church development and ideas beyond the scope of our own church development. Requests are not
limited to church-related projects but are considered for humanitarian efforts and outreach as well. We ask that
groups not apply for funding that will be used for institutional sustainment (salaries, rent, etc.) but rather for spe-
cific, preferably new, needs/projects within the organization. Funds should have a measurable impact on a specific
target project and help those outside the membership of Saguaro Christian Church.
Now is the time for you to present to the committee applications for grants to programs and projects that
meet these guidelines............be they religious or secular/humanitarian in nature. There are so many wonderful
groups out there, think about it, won't you be an advocate for one?
Applications are available in the church office and should be returned by the 10th of January to be considered for
Quarter 4/2014 awards. Questions may be directed to Sharon Jensen, Chair, at [email protected]
Brady Outreach
Dear Bonnie and Saguaro friends,
This is to send my sincerest admiration and thankfulness for the restructuring of the spiritual polity of SCC as proposed. May the walls keep falling down until all ministries are free to accomplish their spiritual mission.
I remember a class in seminary that addressed the profound change in the church when it changed to the committee system- and lost its essence as a spirit-empowered movement. May the fire of Gods purpose be rekindled in all your hearts.
Love in Christ,
Chuck Mull
Letter from a Friend
Our Staff
Minister Rev. Owen Chandler
Ministerial Resident Shelly Tilton
SICP Director Tanima Lawrence
Office Manager & Christian Education
and Youth Coordinator
Laurie Cleveland
Director of Music Jeff Myrmo
Accompanist & Contemporary
Worship Director Keith Koster
Property Manager Paul Ledbetter
Custodians Brian Rudigier
Jacob Ansell
Seminarian Resident Rev. Kevin Prahar
Financial Manager Laurie Colburn
Media Frank Terry
Nursery Attendant Barbara Sager
For Your Information
Worship Services: Sunday: 8:00am 9:00am 11:00am Sunday School: 10:10am E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 520-296-5901 Fax: 520-298-0168
Web Page: saguarochristian.org
Our Mission Statement Christ has called Saguaro Christian Church
to build a home to serve God and all peo-
ple through growth and healing in ourselves
and the community beyond our front doors.
8302 E Broadway Tucson, AZ 85710
December 19, 2014
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Sermon Theme for January: Call
January 6: Epiphany Scripture: Luke 2.25-35
January 11: Baptism of Jesus
Scripture: Mark 1:4-11
January 18: Calling of Samuel Scripture: 1 Sam. 3.1-10
January 25: Calling of the Fishermen
Scripture: Mark 1:14-20