Please remember to continue to support the operations of the church by contributing via eTithing (https://www.cofchrist.org/give) or send directly to Carrol McCans 16221 W. Silver Falls Dr. Surprise, AZ 85374.
Resources to keep you connected:
The World Church website has created two excellent resource pages to serve as repositories for information. You can copy/paste these links into your web browser or simply click the links provided:
Updates and Statements related to COVID-19: https://www.cofchrist.org/covid-19.
Online worship and gathering opportunities:Â https://www.cofchrist.org/online-ministries
If you are providing on-line worship opportunities and want the mission center to help promote them, please send details to Barb Bear admin@azcofchrist.org and she will share your information through our MC communication routes.
Mission Center to Host Communion Services:
The AZMC will be hosting Communion Services via Zoom for at least the next three months. Each month will be co-hosted by a different AZ Congregation.
Topic: AZMC Communion Service
Time: Aug 2, 2020 10:00 – Larry McGuire, Speaking.
Sep 6, 2020 10:00 – Ron Harmon, speaking.
Join Zoom Meeting with one-click link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81381958005?pwd=V1FSZUtEY0Mya1AvcWFXMGtQY0o3UT09
Join via the web www.zoom.us or the Zoom app with:
Meeting ID: 813 8195 8005, Password: 256019
One tap mobile: +16699006833 or 81381958005#
Dial-up (generally not toll-free from a landline) – +1 669 900 6833
AZMC to host book study (think of it like Adult Sunday School, but cooler)
A book study: The Book of Mormon’s Witness to Its First Readers By Dale E. Luffman, Community of Christ Seminary Press.
This book is an attempt to take the Book of Mormon seriously; to hear how it spoke to its first audience of seekers, who found in this work a witness that changed their lives, and to hear how its witness may be heard and understood today. You are invited to participate in a book study hosted by the AZMC. Our guest instructor is Brian Whitney (see the flyer for more detailed information). Starting Date: Monday, July 20, from 7:00-8:00 PM (6 sessions).
Book availability: Herald House Regular price $19.95 – Amazon Kindle version $9.99
Register by email to stubbesing@cofchrist.org (Zoom credentials and further details will be emailed prior to the first meeting.)
Third Sunday Space
I may not know much, but I do know we are an adventurous and resilient bunch here in AZ. When the risk of gathering posed too great for our safety, one by one we learned how to gather online. Not all arrived at the same time and I am mindful that not all are with us now, but more and more are coming along.
Now that we sense we may be in this digital community realm a while longer, your pastors have collaborated with all the other leadership in the mission center to share in ministry. On each third Sunday of the month, one of our eight congregations in the mission center will be featured for worship where all are invited to come.
On July 19, if you are planning to join a worship, consider joining Saguaro Heights as they host Blair White as guest minister. Blair currently works with the Multi-Nation Team of Apostles as part of his role in Community of Christ’s International Services. Prior to this, Blair served as a Pastor and Latter-day Seeker Minister in Utah and as Mission Center President in Mid-Atlantic USA, Chesapeake Bay USA, Bountiful USA, and East Asia Mission Centers.
Blair was our scheduled guest minister for Reunion this summer, so we are pleased he can share with us at roughly the same time. In the coming weeks, look for details in the Newsletter, on the AZ MC Facebook page, or via your congregation’s announcement routes. Thank you, Saguaro Heights, for hosting next month’s Third Sunday Space. You remain a blessing to us all.
Sara Tubbesing, AZMC President
Sunday Morning Worship Opportunities in the Mission Center
Chandler will be gathering at 10:00 for a service. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2914946469
Phoenix Central will gather at 10:00 to chat and 10:15 for a service. Log in information will be provided on the AZMC Calendar,
upon receipt.
Saguaro Heights will gather at 10:15 to chat and 10:30 for a service. https://zoom.us/j/7756724679
Tucson Central will gather at 10:30 for a service. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8658218958?pwd=L2Rxa2txdTdUeDFqRUxwaHlETXRJZz0
Mission Center News:
Coffee Connect (via Zoom): Every other Tuesdayhttps://zoom.us/j/771095847?pwd=eWRTaHIxZnpaUFZETXhGTk9tQ1dCdz09
Meeting ID# 771-095-847, Password: Please contact TBW Pastors
To initiate a conference call from a phone: Dial: +1 253 215 8782 US
enter the Meeting ID#, enter the corresponding password plus the # sign
you can mute/unmute using *m and you can raise your hand using *9
Wednesday Vesper Services: Every Wednesday at 8:00 pm – https://zoom.us/j/411438883?pwd=YWw4K0ZaM1hmOWJqVkhadjJQaUkzUT09
Meeting ID#: 411-438-883, Password: Please contact TBW Pastors
To initiate a conference call from a phone: Dial: +1 253 215 8782 US
enter the Meeting ID#, enter the corresponding password plus the # sign
you can mute/unmute using *m and you can raise your hand using *9
Evening Coffee Connet every other Thursday evening, 7:00 pm-8:00 pm, https://zoom.us/j/737745722? pwd=SU1Gb1B6ZitPMFZpNkV0aDh1NndkQT09
Meeting ID#: 737-745-722, Password: Please contact TBW Pastors
To initiate a conference call from a phone: Dial: +1 253 215 8782 US
enter the Meeting ID#, enter the corresponding password plus the # sign