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"'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."

Matthew 22:37-40

This Sunday our Following Jesus series culminates with these great words of Jesus. Love God with your whole self, love your neighbor as yourself. All the ways we follow Jesus boil down to these. God’s whole love given graciously to me and returned fully, God’s love through me to all others. And so, we celebrate Reformation and In-gathering Sunday.

Reformation calls us as Church to pause and look inwardly with God’s eyes, seeing ourselves as we truly are. . . 

In-gathering calls us as the local congregation of Beautiful Savior to pause and look outwardly at the ministries to which God is calling us . . .

Sunday, Oct. 25 - Reformation Sunday & In-Gathering.  The color of the day is red.  We gather-in our commitments for the coming year so please remember to bring in your 2027 commitment cards.

Sunday, Oct. 25 – Provide dinner to The Lot on 22^nd, a nonprofit unaffiliated group that sets up on an empty lot on 22nd St. between Swan and Columbus, to share a meal and smile with approximately 120 people in need. We need already cooked donations of Biscuits, Sausage gravy, Hashbrown patties and fruit and Halloween candy. To volunteer to serve or donate food, please contact Betsy Korsmo (bkozz@icloud.com or 520-425-6713) to let her know WHAT and HOW MUCH.

Tuesday, Oct. 27—Pint with the People at 6:30pm at Catalina Brewing (6918 N Camino Martin). Looking for real conversations about life, faith, and everything in between? Pull up a chair and join us. Whether you’re full of questions, deep in your faith, or just curious, you belong here. Bring a friend (or come solo and make new ones)! Cheers to good conversations and even better people—see you there!

Friday, Oct. 30 – Trunk or Treat at our Academy at 9:15am. Come out and participate in our Academy's Trunk Or Treat! Decorate your trunk or truck bed, dress up (if you wish), and hand out your candy and prizes to all our little goblins (oops, I mean, students!) on Friday, Oct. 30 at 9:15am in the Academy & church parking lot. If you are interested in participating, please contact the church office, office@beautifulsavior.net or Becca Vorholzer, Academy Director, BeccaV@beautifulsavior.net

Next Sunday, Nov. 1 – All Saints Sunday coffee fellowship in Werner Hall after worship, bring and share foods that are special to your family or loved ones.

Tuesday, Nov. 3 – Election Day, voting will take place in Werner Hall. 

Sunday, Nov. 8 – Worship in the Park at 10am.  There will be NO worship service here at the church building. Worship will be at Arthur Pack Park (9101 N Thornydale Rd), just 2 miles north of Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church along Thornydale Rd. The worship will be livestreamed. A church picnic will take place after worship. Sign up now whether you plan to stay for the potluck picnic following the Nov. 8 worship in the park, sign up sheets available on the table in the entryway.

Celebrate being beloved children of God at “We Are Worthy,” November 14, 2026, 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m., at Love of Christ Lutheran’s Compassion Center in Mesa. Enjoy Bible study, music, a keynote, painting, and worship with Communion. All women are welcome. Complimentary registration is available for synod rostered women, with scholarships for lay women of color. Register and bring a friend.

This week the choir will sing “Jesus Is the Living Stone,” which perfectly expresses the centrality of Jesus as the firm foundation of our faith, and that His blood alone atones for our salvation.  As we commemorate the Reformation of the Church, begun in the year 1517, this anthem perfectly describes Jesus as the Rock of our salvation, the Living Stone – solid but also alive and constantly relevant and timeless (“yesterday, today, forever, His love reaches every man”).  

We also find that Rock theme in the classic German hymn of the Reformation, “Ein feste Burg” (“A Mighty Fortress is Our God”) which Martin Luther composed in the early years of the Reformation, to inspire and teach Bible truths to the German people in their own language.  When those people sang hymns together 500 years ago, the experience was exciting, invigorating, and motivating!  As we remember those 16^th century Christians and the challenges they faced, perhaps we can capture some of their fervor and passion for learning and worshiping together.  After all, we have the same Lord who has always been and will always be our Mighty Fortress, the Living Stone.

by Becky Solomon for October 25, 2026

In case you missed TIm Tarris' presentation:

Beautiful Savior's Tim Tarris, a retired Air Force fighter pilot, spoke about the US Army Air Corps and the 3/4 scale biplane he built to observe USAAC's 100th anniversary this year. The JN-4 "Jenny" was the basic trainer in World War I. Tim's plan was to fly the replica aircraft to all lower 48 states, arriving in Virginia July 2. His trip was cut short when strong winds lifted and crashed his plane after landing in Colorado. Tim was badly injured but recovered. He and his wife, Vicky, completed the route in their motorhome, going to many of the planned stops. Tim spoke on the USAAC centennial and on his adventures piloting the small aircraft through mountain valleys and challenging conditions in Western states.

Welcome into our community today as we seek to follow the one who gathers us.
May you feel a connection to the beautiful Savior in worship this day! May you join us in Living in Grace, Love and Action.   

We gather in the unity of Christ and are all invited to the Lord’s Table. He is the host —we are all guests. We celebrate that Jesus came to us and continues to come to us.  In faith we receive the body and blood of our Lord and Savior. We believe that he did this “for you.” We welcome ALL to Communion for it is the Lord’s Table and Jesus’s gift of grace to the world.

Join us in-person, on Facebook Live at Beautifulsaviortucson, and on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88641186563   Meeting ID: 886 4118 6563 and Passcode: 188820