American Ev. Lutheran Church
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July 6, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 19:13-20 Good afternoon, Bible Study Folks. Yes, it’s afternoon. On Saturday, while working on my computer I picked up a tag along that kept putting screens up and prevented me from checking my security and told me I needed to open the same kind and pay again for it. So, I was at the Geek Squad this morning, and it took them about 5 minutes to get rid of all that garbage and get the computer working again. The best thing was that ther

June 29, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 19:1-7 Good morning my dear friends in Christ. Welcome to our Monday morning Bible study on the Acts of the Apostles. This coming weekend (the 5th of July) American Lutheran in Tucson has Gospel Music Sunday with music led by our Gospel singers, drums with Jeff Daniels of Black Cat Bones, and Pastor Taylor at the piano. After our worship service we will gather for a Summer Picnic themed carry-in meal. Pastor and Melody will provide a

June 23, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 18:24-28 Good morning, and may God bless your day with abundant love. I have two quick comments about events this Friday and Sunday. The donut and coffee hour before worship will be held in the narthex. Call church if you have not already let us know that you are coming. Of course, fruit trays and veggie trays are great too. This Friday is the day for our lunch group, the Foodies of Faith, to go to Olive Garden on Broadway for an 11

June 16, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 18:12-17 Good morning, dear friends. Today's reading from the Acts of the Apostles 18:12-17 is a quite different kind of picture of what Paul, Silas, and Timothy were facing every day. in our reading today we find ourselves in the judgement of Gallio, the proconsul of Asia. He is a Roman official with a great deal of power and authority when it came to the affairs of the communities and their conflicts. His job was to keep the Roman

June 15, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 18:1-11 Good morning, my dear friends in Bible Study, and may the richest blessings of the Father sustain and keep you through this day. Yesterday was a happy birthday for our member Regina. Happy Birthday Regina! I hope that your day was peaceful and filled with the love of your family and husband Roy. God bless you both in your later life journey. Yesterday we discovered a little taste of the monsoon humidity at worship. Courage de

June 8, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 17:22-31 Good morning on this hot desert day. It is wonderful to be back home in Tucson, and with the community of faithful people at American Ev. Lutheran Church. We drove around about 75% of the coastline of Lake Michigan, and Jared and Jesse were even brave enough to run to the water on the beach in Ludington, Michigan, and stick their toes in the lake. The water temperature was 44 degrees. We told them they could take a dip in the

May 18, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 17:10-15 When I begin this study today, it will indeed be in the morning, however Melody is under that weather, so she will not be driving today. That means that Transport for school, work, and Pima Medical are in my lap today. So, let's start again. Christ is Risen! He Is Risen Indeed! In a few days it will be another year before we have the joy of that greeting being used in our worship life, and hopefully, it has been used in your

May 12, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 17:1-9 Good morning, dear friends in Christ. I want to remind you that Sunday worship has been very comfortable. Right now, the coolers are very effective and keep the temperature almost too cool in the Sanctuary on Sunday morning. I also am teaching a Sunday school class this week on "Faith and Civic Life, the well-being of All”. We will meet at 9AM and finish by about 9:45AM. You can certainly come and have a cup of coffee and a do

May 11, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 16:25-40 Blessings to you on this beautiful morning. Just so you are aware, my sister-in-law's celebration of life has been set for late May. Melody and I, along with two of our sons, will be headed off to Michigan for a journey that we believe will last about two weeks. We will depart early on Sunday, May 24th, and be back not later than Saturday June 6th in time for Gospel Music Sunday and the "Bring your favorites" carry-in potluck

May 5, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 16:16-24 Blessing and Peace from our Lord Jesus Christ who has guided the Church with His Holy Spirit for nearly 2000 years now. May He guide us all in the days ahead that already seem to be filled with so many things that are moving against our Savior every day. I pray that the joy we know in one another as Christ's children will continue and give His Church greater strength to act with grace and forgiveness, rather than a seeking of

May 4, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 16:11-15 Good morning my dear friends who are studying along with me in the Acts of the Apostles. I hope that you had a good weekend and that your favorite basketball playoff team is still in the running. I've watched a few of the 7th games and they get intense! Please hold Pastor Ron and Becky in your prayers for their travel to Minnesota and home in Eagan. Becky will have some further treatments for a health condition which she has,

April 28, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 16:6-10 Good morning, dear Bible Study participants. I’m really loving these cool late April mornings. Jesse and I are out at about 5:30AM on his way to work. Now it is even daylight before we leave the house. Please pray for peace in our world. Pray for resolution of the U.S. Iran war, so that so many countries can receive the products that are shipped through the Strait of Hormuz. Pray for the Ukraine and Russia in their war. Bri

April 27, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 16:1-5 Good Sunday Evening, or good morning, whenever you can get to this study. I am writing on Sunday Evening this week to free up some time on Monday. Thanks for understanding. We still have no idea of when we are going to Michigan for our Sister-in-law's celebration of Life, but we are confident that it is coming up late in May, or in early June. I will inform the office, and you when I know the date. Please offer prayers of tha

April 21, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 15:36-41 Good morning! Christ has Risen! He has Risen Indeed! Yes, it is still Easter though it’s easy to let go of the fact that Church Year Calendar places the celebration of Easter as a six week-long event in our lives. I know that Christmas seems to be bigger in terms of its impact on our culture and society, but Christ Birth is celebrated in the Church for 12 days. Yes, I know, we are always celebrating both of these world-cha

April 14, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 15:13-21 Good morning! What a beautiful crisp morning for driving with the windows down, and enjoying the cool, sunny, and calm air today. Please be reminded that we have our free movie this coming Saturday at 1PM in the Sanctuary. Treats will be provided, or you may bring your own, or some to share. This month we will have a romantic comedy; title posted at church. Please continue to pray for our church and her family as considera

April 13, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 15:6-12 Dear friends in Christ, Good morning and God bless you all. This online study gets shared with folks in Tucson, Colorado, and Hawaii, and there may be a few of which I am unaware. Thank you to all of you for coming back after my post Easter break last week. Easter service at church was wonderful with all the special music, organ soloist, Gospel Group, and Bell Choir. If you were unable to be with us, please be certain to go

March 30, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 14:21-28 Blessings and Peace be with you this morning. Yesterday we had a wonderful time with The Rev. David Pavesic, Director for Evangelical Mission from the Grand Canyon Synod. On Saturday I met with Pastor Pavesic and Bishop Hutterer sharing with them both as much information as any of us know about how the Spirit will guide our choices in this time of change for our congregation. Let me say again that it is not the intention of

March 23, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 14:1-7 Good Monday morning to you. I needed to spend some time this morning going through my emails that came while I was on vacation. I want to share some thoughts with you on the email letter from the Church Council which came to you this past week. There seems to be some confusion about needing to reserve if you are coming. That is not the case. The meeting is open to everyone. There is no need to make any kind of a reservation.

March 10, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 13:42-52 Good morning after a rainy thundery evening. I am hoping that you are enjoying what appears to be the last truly cool day for quite a long time. Forecasts are for a severe heat wave to catch us here in the desert in about 10 days, with temperatures over 100! I am letting you know in advance that I will be on vacation next week except for Wednesday morning through the Lenten Noon Service. Our younger boys are off from Schoo

February 24, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 13:13 Good morning. I am hopeful that you find this somewhat overly warm weather a pleasant surprise considering the cold and rainy weather we had just a few weeks ago. In our prayers for today I ask that we all pray for the unknown people around us who need prayers for their health, economy, safety, and more. I did announce on Sunday that the Church Council action to order whistles for anyone who would like to be carrying one h