Pastor Ron Burcham It just rolled off my tongue without me giving it a second thought. It happened so fast I wasn’t sure if I should be embarrassed or horrified. Did anyone hear me? Did anyone catch what I just uttered? I had just asked my guests if they would like a….soda! SODA! What possessed…
It has been a hot summer and we have been challenged to find different activities inside. One of our participants has found just the thing. She has started doing jigsaw puzzles with the volunteers and other participants. She has the opportunity to select her own activity which she can do alone or with others. It…
Our participants are used to entertainers and visitors but not the furry four-legged variety. We all had quite a surprise when in popped three therapy dogs and their owners. Each dog spent time with the individual participant being held and petted. And then the fun started. The dogs played together while interacting with each of…
The Perfect Place is a non-profit community service organization dependent in part on donations and volunteers. In May we were honored to receive a donation of $3,000 from Hidden Treasures at 1610 Alma School Road in Chandler. Hidden Treasures is a resale shop whose profits are donated to a wide variety of community service organizations.…
Ellen Engel We start this month’s report with a plug for our beneficiary organization – Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank of Chandler and a want ad – an appeal on our own behalf, an opportunity for community service as transportation director for Reach Out Sun Lakes. First, the plug: Our Sun Lakes community continues to have…
Our Program Director, Diane Thackray, decided we needed to add a little bit of posh to Tuesday afternoons. Considering her British background she naturally thought of an afternoon tea. We were all delighted with the idea which resulted in turning out the china cups and saucers and table cloths. It was decided by the participants…
The Chandler Food Bank has notified Risen Savior Lutheran Church that it exceeded last year’s spring Food Drive with total donations of 4,535 pounds (2.3 tons) of canned and packaged foods – enough food to enable Chandler families to prepare over 3,500 meals. In addition, they donated checks totaling $145 which have been forwarded to…
Pastor Ron Burcham, Risen Savior Lutheran Church I missed it. I missed the deadline to get an article in the Splash for the month of March! I don’t know how it happened; after all, I even had an extra day in February, but alas I missed the cut off date. There is no leeway, either you…
Rev. Ron Burcham, Senior Pastor of Risen Savior Lutheran Church, announced today that 3,700 people attended the Tabernacle Experience from February 12-19. Rev. Burcham commented, “Since we had never undertaken a project similar to this, we did not how many people to expect. But I am pleased to say that hosting 3,700 people from across…
Rev. Ron Burcham, Sr. Pastor of Risen Savior Lutheran Church, announced that the congregation of Risen Savior invites all Sun Lakes residents to join in this year’s spring Food Drive which will benefit the Chandler Food Bank. He said, “We especially look forward to helping the food bank in the late spring because it enables…