The Fountains is excited to have Rev. Rex AE Hunt as our special guest and speaker on Sunday, Sept. 6th at 9:30am. A leader in the global movement of “Progressive Christianity,” Rex has served as a pastor in the Uniting Church of Australia, organized a number of conferences furthering the ideals of progressive Christianity, and…
“Promote the welfare of the city and pray for it — for upon its welfare depends your own.” (Jeremiah 29:7), Valley Interfaith Project (VIP) is a broad based, non-partisan organization of congregations, schools, unions and non-profits committed to building relational power through organizing people for sustainable social and economic improvement. This is done through institution-based leadership development;…
The Fountains is thrilled to welcome Mary Celeste Gall to her new role as Office Manager for The Fountains! An outstanding addition to our staff, Mary Celeste brings years of experience and a contagious optimism to our day-to-day operations. Whether it’s Secretary for Finance and Accounting of the Computer Programming Division for the US Army…
Pastor David is being recognized with a national honor, the 2015 Voice in the Wilderness Award for “persons or groups who, despite their isolation in wilderness situations, take risks to proclaim the rightness of inclusion of all persons in the community of the church.” The Reconciling Ministries Network, a national advocacy group for the rights of people of…
Rev. Al Gephart, a leading Presbyterian (PCUSA) pastor in the Valley for over 20 years, will be preaching at The Fountains at 9:30 am on Sunday, July 26th. His theme will be “A Holy Adventure.” Having served for thirty-nine years as a pastor (beginning with congregations in Spokane and Redmond, Washington), Rev. Gephart served most…
It’s with excitement for her and sadness for The Fountains that we say farewell to Michelle Chambless Ferguson as our long-time Office Manager and staff Wonder Woman. On July 13th, Michelle will begin a new journey in a position with American Express in Phoenix. She will be the Executive Assistant to two Vice Presidents in…
One of the churches in what John Shore has called the Fountain Hills “Gang of 8” is Presbyterian, pastored by Bill Good. A number of fellow Presbyterian pastors in the Grand Canyon Presbytery (PCUSA) have not taken kindly to being associated with what they call views that “do not represent our views, the views of the Christian congregations we…
“I just want to take a very short moment to let you know that I am here today with my wife, Greta, to let you know we support the good work that is being done — to let the world know that Christianity must move with the times and there are exciting things that happen…
As many of you know, ominous black banners went up at multiple churches in Fountains Hills this week asking: “Progressive” Christianity: Fact or Fiction? On Wednesday, an article, an OpEd piece, and a half page ad appeared in our local FH Times (see below). It turns out that eight churches of the Fountain Hills Ministerial Association…