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Help us create a “Welcome Board” for our new pastor! Add your name (and a short greeting if you want) to the wall display in the entrance area – index cards and markers are available starting Sunday. Let’s get ready for Pastor Annemarie’s first Sunday, July 19^th!

Sunday, July 5 – We welcome Pastor Abigail Bryd as our presiding minister. We also welcome back Rebecca Solomon as our accompanist for 6 weeks as James Higgs & Somlee Lee are on a summer break.

Sunday, July 5 – Women’s Summer Chorus rehearsal immediately after worship today and next Sunday, July 12. We invite any and all women, even if you only sing in the shower or your car, to gather with Becky Solomon by the piano as we make a joyful noise unto the Lord.

Friday, July 10 – Blankets of Comfort 1:00-3:00 p.m. in the Luther room.  We shall prepare blanket kits for our crocheters and stuff toys.  Earlier this month, fleece blankets were blessed and delivered to babies and children at Northwest Women's Center, Tucson Medical Center and to Youth on Their Own.  TMC also received the toys.  It's time to start again for our December delivery!  All are welcome.  Questions, see Linda Claasen (520)561-9711.

Saturday, July 11 – Movies that Matter, watch the hidden gem All Saints at 2pm in the conference room. The 2017 film All Saints is inspired by the incredible true story of Michael Spurlock, a salesman who became an Episcopal pastor who leads a church from imminent closure to a thriving, vibrant congregation.

Movies That Matter—an opportunity to watch inspiring films that explore faith, hope, courage, and the challenges of everyday life. Come enjoy an afternoon of fellowship, thoughtful discussion, and films that teach us about life and faith. Everyone is welcome! Movies that Matter will be shown on Saturdays in July at 2pm in the conference room.  July 18 On Wings of Eagles; July 25 Joseph; Aug 1 Unsung Hero.

Next Sunday July 12 – We welcome Pastor John Hoelter as our presiding minister.

How Can You Help? Donate items we need to fill the Manna Bags, assembly will be Sunday, July 26:

• Protein (pouches of chicken, peanut butter pouches/cups, vienna sausages, jerky, meat sticks)
• Electrolyte powder packets
• pudding cups            
• granola or protein bars
• Individual packets of crackers or nuts
• Fruit cups or dried fruit or fruit snacks
• Bottled Water
• Wet Ones/Handi-wipes (individual use)

Donation bin is in the entrance area marked GRACE Center Manna Bags.

Starting July 1st -A month-long food drive focused on the best thing to put between sliced bread: PEANUT BUTTER! Join us in spreading the love — one jar at a time. Bring your jars of peanut butter to the church and place them in the bin marked ICS or on the table under the TV in the entrance area.

Christmas donations in July!  Help us start collecting toys for The Lot on 22nd Christmas meal in December.  The month of December is always filled with the joy of giving, now you can experience some of that joy in July. We are looking for gifts appropriate for all different ages and genders.  Art and science kits and sports balls are great gift ideas. There is a donation box in the entrance area for the toys.

You’ve likely seen the news that two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela last week. Entire communities have been shaken to the ground. More than 1,700 lives have been confirmed lost so far, thousands more are injured, and countless families are now without shelter, safety or access to necessities.

Lutheran Disaster Response is already responding .....

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July 1, 2026
Dear People of God of Beautiful Savior, Tucson
Grace and Peace be with you.

A couple of months ago, as I drove along Rodeo Drive in Santa Fe, I noticed that a small circus had pitched a tent at the fairground. This took me back to my days in Southern California when my parents and I went to the Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus. I remember how big it all seemed. Not only the elephants, the lions, the clowns, but the trapeze artists truly thrilled me each time they leapt from the towering platform and let go of the tiny bar in their hands.

If you have ever sat on the bleachers under a big top, you know that there is a point when a trapeze artist lets go of one trapeze bar and sails through the air aiming to catch another bar swinging toward them. At that moment the artist is suspended in space, having jettisoned the past before catching the future. It seems, at once, vulnerable, terrifying, and electrifying.....

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.

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