Tonto Times March 2025

Local Happenings and Church Information

SAVE THE DATE COMMUNITY CHURCH WHAT: BUFFET BRUNCH TO CELEBRATE PASTOR CATHY’S RETIREMENT WHEN: SUNDAY, APRIL 27 - 10:00 AM WHERE: RIO VERDE COUNTRY CLUB – SUNDANCE RM SIGN UP WILL START MARCH 1. Contact the Church Office at 480.0471.7239. All are welcome! With Sympathy . . . Gary Casey, a long-time resident and golf member passed away on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. Please keep Gary’s family in your thoughts and prayers. GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Thursdays, through March 13 | 3:00 to 4:15 PM Community Church of the Verdes - Community Library A Grief Share Support Group will meet on Thursdays in the church library. Participants are encouraged to attend all six sessions. Sharing and reflecting have been shown to ease some of the pain of grief as well as show a better path forward. Contact Deborah Etcheson at 515.343.4334 to register. All are welcome! PAL will meet in the Community Church library from 6:30 to 8:00 PM on alternate Tuesdays beginning February 11th. PAL is a support group of parents or grandparents helping them deal with a son/daughter/ grandson/or granddaughter battling alcoholism or addiction. PAL can also help spouses who feel they must parent a partner with addiction/alcohol issues. We value confidentiality and understand that everyone has their own opinion. If you have questions, please contact Greg and Weezy Smith at lift5800@gmail.com or 317.513.5899 at https://palgroup.org/.

SUNDAY MASS: ST. DOMINIC CATHOLIC MISSION CELEBRATES MASS AT 10:00 AM EVERY SUNDAY St. Dominic Catholic Mission celebrates Mass at 10:00 AM every Sunday. The new Secretary / Bookkeeper, Leslie Rugh, is in the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM. Office phone: 480.471.2112. New email address: stdominicmission@outlook.com. Website: www.stdominicmission.org. After hours or in an emergency, contact Joanne Wamer, Parish Life Coordinator, at 480.490.8955. SUNDAY WORSHIP: Join us for worship services every Sunday at 8:30 AM, either in person or via live stream. All services are recorded and can be accessed at any time on our website, verdefaith.org. For inquiries, please contact our Office Manager, Judy Stansbury, at judy@verdefaith.org or call 480.471.7239. Office hours are from 9 AM to 3 PM, Monday through Friday. SPIRITUAL THEMES IN LITERATURE… The Spiritual Themes in Literature book discussions are held monthly. Pastor Cathy Northrup is the discussion leader. Here are the books and discussion dates for the next seven months. 2025 March: Covenant of Water April: A Time for Mercy

May: I Lived to Tell the World June: The Heart of a Soldier July: Whither Thou Goest August: The Women September: Saints of Feather and Fang

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