Join us this Sunday for a service on "The Grace of the Lord" |
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This Sunday: What does it mean that God is gracious? This Sunday we'll focus on the topic of God’s grace
– what it is, what it isn’t, and what is our personal part in receiving and responding to the Lord’s grace.
LOTS OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON: Nature Walk with Frank Rose Tomorrow, Saturday, March 18 - meet at the church parking lot at 8:45 am or talk with Frank about meeting at the trail head.
With gratitude for funding from the Glencairn Foundation, we now have a handsome roof on the gazebo, to provide a shady spot for various gatherings. It is not quite complete, but it will be finished and painted this next week in time for our 30th Anniversary Celebration. Progress in the Courtyard Garden (between the two buildings)! The gardening transformation continues with new irrigation and ground cover installed in the Courtyard Garden today! Thanks to Matt and Rod from Arizona Zenscapes!
ONE WEEK TILL OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION WEEKEND! See more below for lots of details. We request your RSVP for meal-planning for the 30th Anniversary Celebration March 24-26
With love and respect, Nathan
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UPCOMING CHURCH ACTIVITIES: SATURDAY
3/18/2017
8:45 am Nature Walk with Frank Rose (meet in the church parking lot)
10 am Private Memorial Service in the Chapel
4 pm Private Wedding Reception in Friendship Hall
SUNDAY 3/19/2017 11 am
Worship Service 12:00 pm Luncheon
MONDAY 3/20/2017
11 am Tai Chi for Health 12:15 pm "Go for it" Meeting TUESDAY 3/21/2017 6:30 pm Spiritual Growth Group #2 with Frank
Rose in the Children's Chapel
WEDNESDAY 3/22/2017 9:30 am Sermon Writing Team 6:30 pm Spiritual Growth Group #2 with Nathan Gladish at the Ada Peirce McCormick Bldg on the U of A
campus
THURSDAY 3/23/2017 11 am Tai Chi - Yang Style 7:00 pm Women's Group. Contact Elise G, Betsy G, or Kelly W for
location.
FRIDAY
3/24/2017 DAY ONE OF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
5 pm BBQ and Slideshow Presentations by Bishop Brian Keith and Pastor Emeritus Frank Rose
SATURDAY 3/25/2017 DAY TWO OF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
See below for lots more details
DAY THREE OF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
9 am Music rehearsal 11 am Special Worship Service of Rededication to Spiritual Community 12:00 pm
Catered Luncheon
The 30th Anniversary Celebration is next weekend! - March 24-26 |
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Schedule of Events - March 24-26, 2017
Sunrise Chapel is turning 30! And we are planning a weekend of fun, inspiration, education, and community-oriented
activities!Notes:All events listed will take place on the grounds of Sunrise Chapel at 8421 E Wrightstown Rd. Information displays will be featured throughout the weekend in Friendship Hall - about all sorts of activiites offered at Sunrise Chapel throughout the year A silent auction will start Friday night and conclude Saturday at 3 pm See below for more details about meals
Friday night March 24Let the celebration begin!- 5:00 pm Meet-and-Greet in Friendship Hall
- 6:00 pm BBQ Dinner
- 6:30 pm Two slide show presentations
- "Our church family around the world," presented by Brian Keith, the Executive Bishop of our worldwide church organization
- "The story of Sunrise Chapel," presented by Frank Rose, Pastor Emeritus of Sunrise Chapel
Saturday, March 25Something for everyone throughout the day!- 8:00-9:00 am Plant Walk (on the property) with Frank Rose, nature photographer and guide
- 9:30 am Continental breakfast and social time
- 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Community Family Fun Day
- Desert Jumping Castle
- Kiddie Train (Trackless) for rides around the property
- Face painting
- Crafts for children
- Create a prayer flag (all ages!)
- Speedway Brothers Band
- Food trucks (lunchtime) (Mexican and Gelato) (food for purchase)
- 11:00 - 5:00 Experience the peace of this special property by visiting the Labyrinth, the Celebration Garden, and the Memorial Garden
- 2:00 pm Tai Chi Demonstration near the gazebo
- 3:00 pm
Conclusion of the Silent Auction
- 5:30 pm Dinner - Pizza & salad
- 6:00 - 7:00 pm Music by The Band of Roses
- 7:00 - 8:30 pm Educational and
Entertaining "TED-like" talks. These will be 7-minute inspirational talks by a number of different people
Sunday, March 26A unique and special rededication to spiritual community!Sunday will feature a unique, interactive worship service in which we'll rededicate ourselves to spiritual community-building in Tucson. Then stick around for a delicious catered luncheon and more fellowship! - 11:00 am Family-oriented Worship Service, with a special activity of connection
- 12 noon - A delicious Mexican-menu catered lunch for everyone
MealsWhat is a celebration without good food and delightful community?Three delicious meals are being planned. - Friday @ 5 PM - Meet and Greet & BBQ - followed by presentations by Frank Rose and Bishop Keith
- Saturday @ 5:30 PM - Pizza and
Salad - followed by The Band of Roses and 7-minute “TED-type” talks by various speakers
- Sunday @ noon - after church - Catered Mexican-style luncheon
Cost: $20 for all 3 meals or $7 per meal, Children under 10
free.
The weekend is going to be awesome!!An energetic team of volunteers is planning and preparing for many wonderful experiences. We hope you will plan to attend and participate! So many, many people have been involved in Sunrise Chapel over the
years, and we want to honor them as well as look together optimistically to the future. We would love to have you and your family and friends join us for any part of the weekend! All welcome!Check out our Facebook page, too!
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Please Sign Up for meals for the upcoming 30th Anniversary Celebration March 24-26 |
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It's just one week away -- a weekend of fun, inspiration, information, and community. We would be delighted to have you here!
Several meals are planned, and we need to collect numbers for our meal planners and Sunday caterer. (This doesn't include purchases from food trucks from 11-3 on Saturday. That is on-your-own.)
Please let us know
which of the following meals you plan to attend:
Friday 5 PM Meet and Greet & BBQ followed by presentations by Frank Rose and Bishop Keith
Saturday 5:30 PM Pizza and Salad followed by the Band of Roses and 7-minute “TED-type” talks by various speakers
Sunday - after
church Catered Lunch
Cost: $20 for all 3 meals, $7 for a single meal, Children under 10 free.
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Readings for Reflection for this Sunday, March 19 |
Moses Asks the LORD about Grace
Exodus 33:12-19 (NKJV) Moses said to the LORD, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’
But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’ Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.”
And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here.
For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.”
So the LORD said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”
And he said, “Please, show me Your glory.”
Then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD
before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”
What is Grace?
Apocalypse Explained 22 - Swedenborg
“Grace to you and peace,”
signifies the delight of truth and good. There is no other Divine grace with a person, spirit, or angel, than to be affected or delighted by truth because it is truth, since in that delight there is heaven and blessedness for them. This in particular is what is meant by “grace” in the Word, as in John: “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt in us, and we beheld His glory, a glory as of the only-begotten from
the Father, full of grace and truth, of His fullness we all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ” (John 1:14, 16-17). It is said “grace and truth,” because grace is the affection and the delight of truth. And in Luke, after the Lord had explained in the synagogue the prophesy of Isaiah respecting Himself, that is, the Divine truth, it is
said: “All marveled at the words of grace proceeding out of His mouth” (Luke 4:22). The Divine truths that the Lord spoke are called “words of grace proceeding out of His mouth,” because they are acceptable, grateful, and delightful.
In general, Divine grace is all that is given from the Lord; in particular, Divine grace is everything related to faith and love. To be gifted with faith and love is to be gifted with heaven, thus with eternal blessedness. “Blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it."
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Helping people experience heavenly joy through spiritual growth
www.sunrisechapel.org
nathan@sunrisechapel.org Office 520-298-1245
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