Resurrection Church 10th Anniversary Celebrated | Community

Resurrection Church in SaddleBrooke celebrated its tenth anniversary in SaddleBrooke on Sunday, September 22. Memories and good times were shared during the church service and also at the reception afterwards. Many of the women wore hats to commemorate the event, as shown in the accompanying photo.

On Sunday, September 14, 2014, the first service was held, with an expectation of about 30 congregants, but ended up with an attendance of 75! Pastor Wayne Viereck delivered the first sermon.

Our first choir had seven members, and has grown to as many as 25 members, under the direction of first Charles Riddell, then Susan Tjossem, and now Peter Yanez. We are always looking for more singers to participate in the choir in a low-pressure, fun and uplifting environment.

There is an active and thriving women’s group named Soul Sisters that grew out of a fundraising social meeting into a casual luncheon gathering where the ladies grow in relationships with one another and in their Christian faith. Soul Sisters meets the third Friday of each month from October to May.

The church’s main Pastor is Carol George, who recently arrived from Alaska, and shares the pulpit with a rotating crew of pastors from both inside and outside the main church. We are now privileged to have, in addition to Pastor George, Pastors Tim Nybroten, Erin Morris, Wyatt Lynde and Sharon Raglan, conducting our services.

Although we are affiliated with Resurrection Lutheran Church in Oro Valley, and consider ourselves one congregation with them, we welcome all Christians of any denomination. We see ourselves as a community church serving all of SaddleBrooke, and we also have members from the SaddleBrooke Ranch and Catalina areas. Members participate in the services as ushers, greeters, Bible readers, communion servers and prayer leaders, led by an active coordinating committee.

We believe that one of the foundations of the Christian Church is Holy Communion, which we celebrate every Sunday, and in which everyone is invited to participate, if they so choose, no matter what their religious background or affiliation.

SaddleBrooke Resurrection Church meets in the MountainView Ballroom at 9 a.m. every Sunday. Services can also be viewed online at the main church’s website at orovalley.org.