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We pray for the family and friends of Rev. Roy A Guinn, who died August 24, 2023.
Services will be held at Resurrection Lutheran Church, Oro Valley on October 16, 2023, at 11am, with interment in the church’s columbarium.
We pray for Pastor Adele Stiles Resmer and the family and friends of Rev. Larry Resmer Stiles, who died unexpectedly after a fall on August 16, 2023.
A celebration of life will be held Saturday, September 9, 2023, 11 am, at The Fountains, A United Methodist Church, 15300 N Fountain Hills Blvd., Fountain Hills, AZ 85268. There will be no clergy vesting. There will be a brief reception following. In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution to the borderlands ministry of Cruzando Fronteras.
We will provide updates as we receive them.
With the congregation of Spirit of Hope Lutheran Church in Mesa, we pray for the friends and family of Rev. Tony Scheer after the passing of his wife, Carol Scheer, due to heart complications on Monday, September 12, 2022. She was 56 years old.
Visitation is Sunday, 9/18/2022, 7-8 pm, at Mariposa Gardens Memorial Park, 400 S Power Rd, Mesa, AZ 85206.
Funeral services are on Monday, 9/19/2022, 11 am, at Spirit of Hope Lutheran Church, 2605 South Signal Butte Road, Mesa, AZ 85209.
With the congregation of Spirit of Hope Lutheran Church in Mesa, we pray for the friends and family of Rev. Tony Scheer after the passing of his wife, Carol Scheer, due to heart complications on Monday, September 12, 2022. She was 56 years old.
Visitation is Sunday, 9/18/2022, 7-8 pm, at Mariposa Gardens Memorial Park, 400 S Power Rd, Mesa, AZ 85206.
Funeral services are on Monday, 9/19/2022, 11 am, at Spirit of Hope Lutheran Church, 2605 South Signal Butte Road, Mesa, AZ 85209.
We pray for Rev. Robert Kleinke’s family and friends, especially his wife Joanne, after his death on July 12, 2022, following hospitalization while visiting family in Minnesota. He passed peacefully with his family alongside at St. Luke Hospital, Duluth MN.
Pastor Bob Kleinke was recently an interim pastor at Central Lutheran in Arizona City and Casa Grande.
A memorial service will be held at Central Lutheran (12921 Sunland Gin Rd, Arizona City, AZ 85123), on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 11 am. A luncheon will follow the service. All clergy are invited to arrive by 10:30 am to vest and process. Color of the day will be white.
We give thanks for the life of Pastor Dale W. Hallberg, who died February 7, 2022, of natural causes. We pray for his family, friends, and congregations he served.
Services will be held Saturday, April 2, 2022, 1pm MST, at Sun Lakes Chapel for All Faith, 9240 E Sun Lakes Blvd N, Sun Lakes, AZ 85248. Rev. Thaddeus Book is officiating.
Pastor Hallberg worked to advance civil rights as a community leader, marching with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma in 1965 and being part of a Lutheran delegation sent to investigate conditions in apartheid South Africa in the early 1980s.
A service for Reverend Dick E. Hamlin will be held Thursday, May 13, 2021, 2 pm at La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church (6300 E Bell Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85254). Masks will be required indoors. No reception is planned. Livestream available at live.lacasadecristo.com/.
Clergy who wish to robe and process will gather at 1:30 pm in the choir room. The color of the day (Ascension Day) is white. More information available in our blog post.
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton will preside and bring a greeting, Presiding Bishop Emeritus Mark Hanson will preach, and Bishop Jon Anderson will bring a greeting, Gustavus Chaplain Siri Erickson will host. Reception to follow.
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton will bring a greeting, Bishop Deborah Hutterer will preach, and Pastor Martin Overson will preside. Reception to follow.
The Reverend Doctor Lincoln L. Leer passed over into the new life of God’s total embrace early January 14th, 2020, with all the family surrounding him in love.
The funeral service is Saturday, January 25th at 3:00pm at The Episcopal Church of the Nativity, 22405 North Miller Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85255.
A Celebration of the Life and Faith of The Rev. Paul J. Halvorson will be held at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Phoenix, on Saturday, January 18 at 1:00 pm, with reception to follow.
