Hope Sewell
Nearly 300 people crowded into the Sanctuary to celebrate the life of Hope Sewell. Hope died on June 8th after a lengthy struggle with illnes. Hope was born in Tucson, a long-time member of Spanish Trail Lutheran and New Spirit Lutheran. He has been married to June for 35 years. Hope will be remembered for his gentle spirit, his sense of humor and his willingness to help folks any way he could. What gave Hope comfort in his final days was prayer and communion. We will remember June and her family in the days to come as they grieve Hope’s death. Hope was buried at Southlawn Cemetery.
We’ll Be Painting This Fall! 
We are beginning plans to paint the exterior of the Church, Office building, Fellowship Hall and K-Hall in October. This will be a congregational project including masking windows, door handles, and light fixtures. Thanks to the Garibay family for overseeing this project. We budgeted to paint the buildings this year, so we are going to wait for the heat to go away before beginning the four-day project.
Watch for sign-up sheets for teams to prep the buildings for painting. It is high time that this painting be completed and your help will be essential to complete the project! Specific dates will be published soon along with an alternate date in case the weather is not cooperating.
Help Wanted: Drivers for Fellowship Square
 Ever since Esther Whitehead gave up her Suburban, the “Fellowship Square Taxi Service” has ground to a halt. We have a growing number of members living there who do not drive. We are in need of people to provide transportation to and from worship services on Sunday mornings and dinners on Wednesday evenings.
If you would be available to drive, would you please note that on your worship attendance sheet this Sunday? Let us know which service you usually attend and times you would be available to pick up folks.
We do have a number of shut-in members who still live in their homes who need transportation to worship, too. Your help would be greatly appreciated!
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Bits & Pieces—Small Articles of Great Importance
Welcome home, Justin Nast!!!
Justin, our Vision Team President, recently completed a tour of duty in the Middle East. It is good to have him home. Those sentiments are shared by Juliette, Justin, and Maggie...as well as Liz!!!
Wednesday Supper and Movie Night
July’s edition of Wednesday Supper is July 21st. We will gather for pizza, salad, and dessert at 5:30 p.m. and then begin the evening movie in the Sanctuary at 6:15 p.m. Movie to be announced.
Photos for the office:
If you have church photos you'd like to share with the office, please provide them to us on a DVD, CD, or flash drive. If it's only a few photos (5 at most) you are welcome to email them to us. We can use .jpg, .gif, .bmp, and .png file formats or you may insert them into PowerPoint slides. Most of the time we can get them into Sunday's announcements if you bring them into the office on Tuesday or email them by Wednesday.
Editor's Note: I can also use digital photos in .jpg file format only for upload to the church's website. You can email me the photo(s) with a brief description to tbartels2@cox.net. I need pictures of church activities and members.
Are You Tech Savvy?
We need more people who are willing to run the Media on Sunday mornings, especially at the 11:00 Traditional Worship. If you are interested, please call Drew Potter or Ken Dobbs.
HELP!!!
Ushers are needed for the 11:00 worship service for the January/April/July/October rotation. Whether you are a current usher or not, please call the office to let us know you can help!!
The Easter Cross
Photos by Paul Steutze
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Meet Our New Members!
 Marilyn Carter was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and was raised in the Baptist church “that put the fear of God in her.” She is a retired behavioral therapist in the California Correctional system. She worked in prisons for many years, helping inmates understand the power of “believing” something. She had three children, one son lives in Tucson. Marilyn is a graduate of the U of A with a Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling and Behavioral Therapy. She taught some in the Coalinga, California community college system. Marilyn is recovering from recent hip surgery. Her Spiritual Gifts include: Exhortation, Giving, and Helps.
 Maureen O’Brien-Hunter was born in Burlington, Vermont and grew up there. She was married for 40 years to her husband who died four years ago. IBM brought them to Tucson 32 years ago. Maureen is a retired registered nurse. She has 3 grown daughters, six grandchildren, and one great-grand-daughter. Maureen enjoys gardening (she has a garden plot in the New Spirit Community Garden), volunteering at Steele Elementary School and is a senior-program chair for the Tanque Verde School District. Maureen’s Spirit Gifts include: Exhortation, Mercy, and Hospitality.
 Shelia Driskell-Paterick was born in Texas and grew up there. Sheila came to Tucson from Wichita after a transfer to D-M for her husband. She has two grown children: a son in Biloxi, MS; and a daughter in Wichita. Sheila has one grandchild and “two on the way.” She works for Macy’s and K-Mart. Sheila enjoys golf, bowling, and playing cards: pinochle, bridge, Mexican train, and the like. Sheila’s Spiritual Gifts include: Exhortation, Mercy, Wisdom.
 Jean Rhoades was born in Minnesota, a life-long Lutheran (Missouri Synod.) Jean grew up in Minnesota. She has been married to Joe for 23 years, and has two children: Becca, who is being married at New Spirit on September 11th, and Ryan, who recently went to Marine Boot Camp. Jean spent some time working with the Wycliffe Bible Translators. She presently teaches 6th grade at Desert Christian School. Jean enjoys bowling, and sports in any form. Jean’s Spiritual Gifts include: Exhortation, Teaching, Evangelism.
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Women of Faith Conference
Cindy and I are so excited with the great turnout for the Women of Faith event in Phoenix on October 1st & 2nd. We are registered and have our seat assignments in section 120. I will have to make a payment of $2,225 on July 20th, so please have your $89 to me before then!! By the way, if you haven’t signed up, but want to go – call me! We can still get more seats. (As I will be on vacation the first two weeks of July, Cindy will be collecting the money during that time.)
We will figure out room assignments and traveling arrangements sometime later. There will be a need for sharing fuel & parking costs and to reimburse our drivers. We have reservations at the Hilton (which has a shuttle to the Arena) and at the Hyatt Regency (in walking distance), but both hotels charge for parking.
I have attended this event a number of years and am very pleased that so many of you will get to share in this inspirational event. If you still have questions, fell free to call me. Brigitte at 298-8547 or Cindy at 344-7891.
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