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About
Us
In March Saving Grace celebrated its second anniversary
of it’s charter when it officially became a member of
the Lutheran Church. The congregation's first service was held
on March 4, 2001. In October 2000, several families from five
Lutheran churches around the southeast valley were commissioned
to lay the groundwork for this new mission congregation. The
mission is supported by several AZ churches as well as funds
from the Pacific Southwest District (LCMS). "This method
of seeding a congregation with several families from local churches
and securing financial support primarily from local congregations
represents a new approach to mission development for our church
body," says Pastor Augie Iadicicco.
Pastor Augie came to the congregation in July, 2001, following
his ordination at Christ's Greenfield Lutheran Church in Gilbert,
AZ. Augie was a member at Christ's Greenfield and working for
Motorola in Tempe when he decided to enter the seminary to become
a pastor. "In this last year, God has worked wonders right
in front of our eyes!" continues Pastor Augie. "We
have had several adults and children be baptized and confirmed
and have begun a number of in-home bible studies; We are bringing
families together!"
On August 1, 2004, after worshipping for over 3 years at Canyon
State Academy, we moved our worship
location to the Queen Creek Middle School at the southeast corner
of Queen Creek and Ellsworth Roads in Queen Creek. Our
core values are: worship, outreach, discipleship, stewardship,
service and community. Saving Grace has served our community
in a variety of ways, including providing balloons at the town
Christmas tree lighting and parade in December, hosting a concert,
organizing a collection day for donations to Autumn House women's
shelter, free pancake breakfast on Easter, periodic Blood Drives,
regular puppet shows at the Town Fourth of July Celebration,
monthly collections for Lutheran Social Services, and assistance
to the Pan de Vida organization!
We expanded our staff in June of 2004 when Candace Jacoby joined
us. Candy serves as our Children's Ministry Coordinator. Brent
Schian also joined us in June of 2004 as Deacon of Outreach
and Worship. Most recently (September, 2006) we have been blessed
to add Elizabeth Reynolds as music director. You can learn more
about our staff by visiting our staff
web-page.
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