Category: Religion

Resurrection Church seeks new Pastor

SaddleBrooke residents on the Resurrection Church Pastoral Call Committee are Patty Elliott (left), Palmer Ruschke and Judy Stanard.

David Stanard At Resurrection Church the call has gone out for an Associate Pastor. The individual selected will work closely with Pastor Al Jensen and will have major responsibilities at SaddleBrooke as well as at the main campus in Oro Valley. To bring focus to the search, a six member Call Committee has been appointed…

Community Church celebrates Baptism

Connie Saiz A wonderful benefit of being retired and living in beautiful SaddleBrooke is that people have more time to reflect on their spiritual values and faith. Many people have come to Community Church and have seen their faith so renewed that they want to make a statement to their family and friends. The result…

Upcoming events at Community Church at SaddleBrooke

Connie Saiz Diaper Drive Two of CCSB’s mission targets, Emerge and Center Against Domestic Abuse in Tucson and Family First Pregnancy Care Center in Oracle have a great need for diapers on a daily basis. We will be collecting them in July but if you need them picked up please contact Cathy Scott at 825-0775…

New members at Resurrection Church

Joining Resurrection Church at SaddleBrooke on May 31 were (front) Elaine Stamm, Sharon Sneen and Sandy Miller and (back) Bob Sneen, Jim Springer, Jan Springer and Doug Miller; photo by Clayton Thomas.

David Stanard Resurrection Church at SaddleBrooke has welcomed seven new members. They were received into membership on May 31 by Pastor Wayne Viereck and the rapidly growing church congregation. This group is the fourth group to join in the last eight months and comes on the heels of the 43 new members received into membership…

Church collects books for Kids’ Closet

A portion of the books donated by Cornerstone Christian Academy

Nan Nasser Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church, located at 14240 N. Oracle Road in Catalina, hosts a monthly food collection to support area food banks including the Tri Community Food Bank in Mammoth. Church Elder Elizabeth Houle recently had the opportunity to visit that food bank as well as make a stop at Kids’ Closet also…

13th annual High Holy Day services schedule

The Institute for Judaic Services and Studies announces its thirteenth annual High Holy Day services in SaddleBrooke. Rabbi Sanford Seltzer will be returning to lead services. He has many years’ experience as a pulpit rabbi as well as having served in various academic capacities. The Rabbi has authored numerous publications and the SaddleBrooke community has…

New Missions Ministry at Resurrection Church

Shown with packages of diapers are Wanda Hutchison, Charles Dunn, Steve Carnahan and Sharon Sneen; photo by Clayton Thomas.

David Stanard There’s a new Missions Ministry at Resurrection Church at SaddleBrooke. This one involves diapers and is recognition of the overwhelming need for diapers for people of all ages, young and old, in the Tucson area. On Sunday, May 24 church attendees were asked to bring diapers to the Sunday service. The response was…

Pastor Pierce at Resurrection Church

Pastor Roger Pierce and his wife

David Stanard Beloved Pastor Roger Pierce has come back to SaddleBrooke. On a number of Sundays the rest of this year Roger will assume the pulpit at Resurrection Church as a visiting pastor. Sunday, June 21 was Roger’s first appearance. Since many attendees at Resurrection were members at the Community Church when Roger was involved…