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Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Please join us for worship at our Tempe Site at Noon or 7:00 pm, at our Gilbert Site at 7:00 pm, or online at 7:00 pm. In the meantime, use the link below to visit our Adult page for some music and Seeking: Songs for Lent. Adult

Lent begins next week. Your kids might ask some questions about this season. What’s Lent? Why do we put ashes on our foreheads on Ash Wednesday? What’s a Lenten discipline? We can all learn from asking questions. Click the link below to visit our Children’s page for more on how to Encourage Their Questions. Children

We’re posting our February Playlists today. This month’s theme is Commandments. We create Playlists for Children, Youth, and Adults. We explore the same topic but with different content. Use the links below to visit each Playlist. Children Playlists Youth Playlists Adult Playlists

We’ve been exploring Light through our Playlists this month. Our bodies react to light in many ways, especially our eyes. Click the link below to visit our Adult page for a story on light, science, and faith. Adult

“Let your light shine” is a lesson we hear from Jesus. Hody Childress let his light shine through his generosity. Click the link below to visit our Adult page to learn about Hody. Light is the theme of our Playlists this month. When you’re finished reading about Hody, use the menu on the Desert Cross …

Continue reading “Hody’s Fund”

We are in the Season of Epiphany in the church year. We’ll be in this season until Lent. Today we’re sharing some Epiphany Prayers for you to use in these next weeks. Click the link below to visit our Children’s page. The prayers are beautiful and useful for all ages. Children

At Desert Cross as part of our Faith Formation, we Worship, Learn, and Serve together. Those are three important pieces of our Faith Formation Sunday morning ministry. Education begins this Sunday, January 8. We invite you to join us at both our Gilbert Site and Tempe Site for Education. Click the link below to visit …

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Happy New Year! Our January Playlists are here! This month our focus is Light. We create Playlists for Children, Youth, and Adults. We explore the same topic but with different content. Use the links below to visit each Playlist. Children Playlists Youth Playlists Adult Playlists

Have you been busy shopping, wrapping, and baking? Have you been busy cooking special holiday dishes? Have you been celebrating the season at parties? All of those things make Christmas fun, but sometimes we miss the true Christmas message. Take a few minutes to visit our Adult page by using the link below. Enjoy some …

Continue reading “Merry Christmas”

Are you looking for some new ways to celebrate Advent? Use the link below to visit our Children’s page for some ideas on Gathering the Generations. Generations is our Playlist theme this month. Use the menu to explore our Playlists designed for Children, Youth, and Adults. Children