Join us for midweek Advent worship services at both Desert Cross Sites tonight. At our Gilbert Site, there’s soup supper at 6:00 pm followed by worship at 7:00 pm. At our Tempe Site, there’s worship at 7:00 pm. You can also join us online for live stream worship at 7:00 pm. Are you looking for a new way to teach the Christmas story to children? How about Teaching the Christmas Story . . . with snacks! Click the link below to visit our Children’s page for all the details.
Music for Advent
Please join us for midweek Advent worship services at both Desert Cross Sites tonight. At our Gilbert Site, there’s soup supper at 6:00 pm followed by worship at 7:00 pm. At our Tempe Site, there’s worship at 7:00 pm. You can also join us online for live stream worship at 7:00 pm. In the meantime, use the link below to visit our Adult page for some Music for Advent.
Advent Retreat
The Cry from the Manger is an online Advent Retreat offered by the folks at Pray As You Go. Use the link below to visit our Adult page for all of details.
December Playlists
Rejoice! That’s our theme for the December Playlists. 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.
Let Go
Do you struggle with “letting go” when it comes to your children? It’s hard! For some help with this, use the link below to visit our Children’s page.
Seeking Common Ground
No matter your political viewpoint, we can all agree that the news coming out of Gaza is heartbreaking. Click the link below to visit our Adult page to meet two women Seeking Common Ground.
All Saints Sunday
We will celebrate All Saints Sunday at Desert Cross this weekend. Click the link below to visit our Adult page for a prayer for All Saints.
November Playlists
Community is our theme for the November Playlists. 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.
10/27
Another week in America. Another mass shooting in America. Click the link below to remember 10/27 and the shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue.
Reforming
This coming weekend we’ll celebrate Reformation Sunday. In her Bishop’s Letter to the Grand Canyon Synod this week, Bishop Deborah Hutterer writes, “In the spirit of Martin Luther and those who dared to reimagine the church in their time, I invite all members of our synod to engage deeply with these questions. How can we embody the principle of semper reformanda—always reforming—in our current context? How can we—in our local churches and ministries, in the Grand Canyon Synod, and in the ELCA at large—be the ‘new thing’ God is doing, the way in the wilderness, the rivers in the desert?” To see how one church is Reforming itself visit our Adult page by clicking the link below.
Desert Cross Faith Formation 