Tag: Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church

Feeding Those in Need and Changing Lives

Daniel Engeljohn As a Matthew 25 Church, Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church (mountainshadowschurch.org) is challenging the congregation to deepen its faith and get more actively involved with the greater community. One focus of our Mission Ministry Team is to provide funding and in-kind assistance to Cross Streets Community, a program for the homeless in downtown Tucson.…

MSPC Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Nan Nasser On Oct. 30, Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church (MSPC) celebrated its 25th anniversary. What started with a small group of people trying to establish a Presbyterian Church in the Catalina area has resulted in a congregation “centered in Christ, caring for community.” This special service included a hymn composed by SaddleBrooke resident Steve Cupo,…

A Celebration of Poetry

Award-winning poet Janet Rives will present a poetry reading at Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church (14240 N. Oracle Rd. at Mountainaire) on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 1:30 p.m. Rives is the author of two poetry collections, “Into This Sea of Green: Poems from the Prairie” and “Washed by a Summer Rain.”

Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday Services

Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church, located at 3201 E. Mountainaire Dr. in Catalina, will be celebrating Palm Sunday on April 10 and Easter Sunday on April 17, with services for both days at 10 a.m. Pastor Rachel Srubas will be leading both services, which will feature exuberant music. All are welcome! Face masks are recommended for…

Celebration Dinner

Nan Nasser On Sunday, March 1, friends and members of Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church (MSPC) enjoyed an afternoon at SaddleBrooke Ranch, celebrating the 20th Ordination Anniversary of Pastor Rachel Srubas, and 20 years of MSPC being centered in Christ, caring for community. The event began with a social period at the Sol Ballroom, followed by…

Easter Services at Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church

Nan Nasser Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church will celebrate Easter Sunday, April 12, with two services; one at 8 a.m. on the ramada and a second, identical service, at 10 a.m. in the sanctuary. There will be choral and instrumental music supporting the service. Easter lilies will decorate both the memorial garden and the sanctuary, and…

The Young Adult Volunteers have Arrived!

Emma, Haley, Katie, and Laura at MSPC share their experiences with congregants.

Nan Nasser Six young women arrived in Tucson to begin a year as a young adult volunteer in an ecumenical, faith-based period of service provided by Presbyterian Church. Under the auspices of Presbytery de Cristo, the women will work with six different area agencies, addressing the root causes of poverty. These volunteers are between the…

Helping to fight hunger

Nan Nasser Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church (MSPC) will participate in a program designed to raise awareness of hunger in our area and ways to help alleviate it in our geographic area. Since many of the congregants live in Pinal County, it became obvious that there is a serious problem with hunger in that area. In…

Lent and Easter at MSPC

Pastor Rachel Srubas (right) and Ken McAllister

Nan Nasser Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church (MSPC) began the season of Lent on Ash Wednesday, March 6, and it lasts for 40 days, not including Sundays. This marks the 40 days that Jesus spent in the desert, fasting and resisting temptations. It is a solemn observance and preparation for the death of Jesus and His…

Parish Associate welcomed at Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church

Reverend Denise Edwards has been introduced to the congregation of MSPC as a Parish Associate and has been named a temporary Presbyterian member by the Committee on Ministry of Presbytery de Cristo. She was ordained by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and pastored congregations in Ohio before coming to Arizona with her husband Ruling…