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 Our Core Values:
    We welcome and love all people.
     We value the diversity in the body of Christ.
     We strive to grow in Christ through worship,
         study and action.
     We hunger to serve and respond to those in
         need.



    Our Mission:


    As a diverse family of God's children, Spirit of Hope Lutheran provides a safe refuge for all by teaching, sharing and celebrating the Love of Christ.
    Worship Schedule:
    Saturdays at 5:00 p.m.
    Sundays at 8:45 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

    Our Vision:

    Spirit Of Hope Lutheran Church endeavors to be a living presence of God in the East Valley.  Our emphasis is to reach out to all people, without regard to other religious experiences.  We seek to be a community church that responds to the needs of people.

    Sermons are scripture based with an emphasis on connecting the Bible text to our present day lives and demonstrating the continued relevance of God's word.



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    Spirit Of Hope Lutheran Church

    Pastor Glen Stadler
    Pastor Sondra Krogstad

    Office Hours:  9:00 am - 3:00 pm (Mon. - Fri.)
    Phone:  480 396-8300

    Office Email:
    Pastor Sondra Krogstad

    News and Events

    Financial Giving Statements for 2009 are available in the narthex area.  Most of you received your statement viva email, but if not, check the box of statements in the narthex. 

     

    Lutheranism 101 continues this Sunday with Self/Others, where the class will explore how God’s grace is at work in our homes.  Could it be that God is busy changing diapers and teaching forgiveness?

     

    Shrove/Fat Tuesday Pancake Supper is being planned for Feb. 16 from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.  Donations of bacon, sausage, links, orange juice, & syrup are greatly appreciated.  Sign-up in the narthex.  For more information contact: Carole Needham 480-882-1415 or Leigh Ham 480-354-6876.

     

    Lutheran Social Service needs food.  Please bring a bag of nonperishable food items for our Food Box on Saturday/Sunday.  These food items are shared with our local LSS food shelf at Victory Lutheran Church in Mesa.  Items that the shelf currently needs include pasta sauce, soup, canned beans (pork & beans), peanut butter and cereal.

     

    Spirit Of Hope T-Shirt!  Carl Thorne, our T-Shirt Coordinator, will take orders.  Each shirt will sell for $15 (our cost is $10 with the extra $5 going to the Office Machine Fund).  T-Shirt Sunday will be March 21, where all SOH T-Shirt owners are asked to wear their shirts in worship and at the evening Potluck Dinner.

    Chefs Needed for the Lenten Suppers - Our Lenten suppers will be held on Wednesday evenings from Feb. 24 through March 24 from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm.  We are looking for chefs to make a cockpot size container of soup & bread/crackers.  We ask that you sign-up on the sheets in the narthex on the night you would like to bring your dish.

    Mission Trip to Haiti?  Is anyone interested in going to Haiti in the next couple of months.  I don't have any details, but if you have some interest in reaching out to people who are deeply in need of God's Grace.... please give me (Pastor Glen) a call, 480-396-8300.

    GriefShare  Seminar/support group for those grieving the death of a loved one.  Read about it.


    Taking Faith Home (TFH), a weekly devotional resource for the family, is now available on-line.


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