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Church Office Hours

Tuesday–Friday

 9:00 am

to 3:00 pm

During these hours, the church building is open for prayer and visits with the Pastor and staff, and we are available by phone or email.

In-Person Worship

Sundays at
8:00 am and

10:00 am

A smaller Discussion Eucharist service without music is offered at 8:00 am Sundays.

Our festive worship with piano/organ and special music is held on Sundays at 10:00 am.

Holy Communion is offered at both services

Face masks are optional at worship. 

Online Worship

Our Worship Bulletin and Weekly Footnotes are sent to our email list on Fridays.

Mid-week after Sunday worship,

we upload the 10:00 am worship video to our YouTube page.  You can sign up for our emails at the bottom of this page.

Individual Prayer

Everyone is welcome to come by the church and use our Worship Area for meditation and/or prayer.

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In-Person Worship

Protocols for Worship. Please continue to care for the well-being of our whole community and join us online if you are feeling unwell. Face masks are optional.

Children in Worship. We are happy to invite children into worship. There is a Pray-ground in the front of the sanctuary (northeast corner) for our youngest worshipers and their adults, where anyone can color, read, or play quietly during the service. There are also rocking chairs for soothing our smallest worshipers. A children's message will be offered during worship and Pastor Naomi will meet anyone interested in gathering during that time at the Pray-ground.

Live-streaming and Recording. Please be advised, that when you enter a Lutheran Church of the Foothills worship service you will be entering an area where photography, video, and audio recording may occur. As such, there is no way to guarantee that your image will not appear or your voice will not be heard.

Discussion Eucharist Worship at 8:00 am. Our in-person-only Discussion Eucharist worship meets at 8:00 am. in the Learning Center. Holy Communion is offered, but there is no music. Masks are worn at the group's discretion. Scott Warren is our worship and gospel discussion leader. All are welcome to this early morning in-person-only worship service.

Worship Service at 10:00 am. Our in-person and live-streamed Worship Service meets at 10:00 am. in the Sanctuary. Holy Communion is offered, and singing is accompanied by organ and piano. The recording of this service is posted mid-week on our "Lutheran Church of the Foothills - Tucson" YouTube channel.       

Worship Videos

Click any video below to view our Worship for that week.

April 13, 2025 - Lutheran Church of the Foothills, Palm Sunday
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April 13, 2025 - Lutheran Church of the Foothills, Palm Sunday

Today we follow Christ from triumphal entry to the cross, each waypoint of the journey marked by Jesus’ compassion for those who would betray, mock, accuse, or do violence to him. Though persecuted and beaten, Jesus the Son of God is not disgraced; instead, he asks forgiveness for those who put him to death. We have walked the Lenten pathway these forty days, each of us invited through baptism to “let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus.” We enter this holy week accompanying Jesus to the cross with both grief and thanksgiving in our hearts, trusting in God’s redeeming love. Liturgical music and selected liturgies from sundaysandseasons.com. Copyright © 2025 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted/ podcast/ streamed by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #SAS103718. • New Revised Standard Version (Updated Edition) Bible, copyright © 2022, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. • Hymns reprinted/ podcast/ streamed with permission under OneLicense.net License #A-722966. • Hymns reprinted/ podcast/ streamed with permission under CCLI License #AH-21591520 and 21591513. All rights reserved. • The Confession and Forgiveness, Prayer of the Day, Offering Prayer, and Eucharistic Prayer are written by Rev. Miriam Samuelson-Roberts. “Unbroken: A Living Faith” © 2025 Church Anew. Used with permission. "Processional on All Glory, Laud, and Honor" arr. Cathy Moklebust. (ASCAP) © 2019 Choristers Guild. All rights reserved. "All Glory, Laud, and Honor" arr. Cathy Moklebust. (ASCAP) © 2019 Choristers Guild. All rights reserved. "All Glory, Laud, and Honor" Text: Theodulph of Orleans, c. 760-821; tr. John Mason Neale, 1818-1866, alt. Music: Melchior Teschner, 1584-1635. "Where Charity and Love Prevail" Text: Latin hymn, 9th cent.; tr. Omer Westendorf, 1916-1997, alt. Music: attr. Lucius Chapin, 1760-1842. Text © 1960 World Library Publications. “Palm Sunday Festival” arr. Michael Helman. Tunes: ST. DROSTANE, ELLACOMBE. Copyright © 2025 Beckenhorst Press, Inc. All rights reserved. "Jesus Loves Me!" Text: Anna B. Warner, 1820-1915, alt. Music: William B. Bradbury, 1816-1868. "I Received the Living God" Text: Anonymous. Music: Anonymous. "Shout to the Lord" Text: Darlene Zschech, b. 1965. Music: Darlene Zschech. Text and music © 1993 Darlene Zschech/Hillsong Publishing, admin. in USA & Canada Integrity's Hosanna! Music. "Festive Trumpet Tune" Music by David German. © 1990 Fred Bock Music Co. (admin. by Fred Bock Publishing Group) All rights reserved. Used by permission.
April 6, 2025 - Lutheran Church of the Foothills, 5th Sunday in Lent
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April 6, 2025 - Lutheran Church of the Foothills, 5th Sunday in Lent

Our God makes all things new. In the first reading, God promises it. In the gospel Mary anticipates it, anointing Jesus’ feet with costly perfume in preparation for the day of his burial. In the second reading, Paul recalls his transformation from the persecutor Saul into an apostle. In baptism, God’s new person (you!) rises daily from the deadly mire of trespasses and sins. Liturgical music and selected liturgies from sundaysandseasons.com. Copyright © 2025 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted/ podcast/ streamed by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #SAS103718. • New Revised Standard Version (Updated Edition) Bible, copyright © 2022, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. • Hymns reprinted/ podcast/ streamed with permission under OneLicense.net License #A-722966. • Hymns reprinted/ podcast/ streamed with permission under CCLI License #AH-21591520 and 21591513. All rights reserved. • Creed © The Iona Community from The Iona Abby Worship Book, published by Wild Goose Publications, Iona Community, Glasgow, UK. Used by permission from the publisher. • The Confession and Forgiveness, Prayer of the Day, Offering Prayer, and Eucharistic Prayer are written by Rev. Miriam Samuelson-Roberts. “Unbroken: A Living Faith” © 2025 Church Anew. Used with permission. “Like a River Glorious” arr. Chris Rice CCLI #3362039 © 2001 Clumsy Fly Music (admin. by WC Music Corp.) "I Come With Joy" Text: Brian A. Wren, b. 1936. Music: DOVE OF PEACE. W. Walker. Southern Harmony, 1835. Text © 1971, rev. 1995 Hope Publishing company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Duplication in any form prohibited without permission or valid license from copyright administrator. "Holy Woman, Graceful Giver" Text: Susan Palo Cherwien, b. 1953. Music: Anne Krentz Organ, b. 1960. Text © 1994 Susan Palo Cherwien, admin. Augsburg Fortress. Music © 2020 Augsburg Fortress. “Worship Medley”: "Oh Lord, You're Beautiful" Melody & Keith Green. Text & music © 1980 Birdwing/Cherry Lane Music. "I Will Come and Bow Down" Martin Nystrom. Text & music © 1984 Integrity's Hosanna! Music. "When I Look into Your Holiness" Cathy & Wayne Perrin. Text & music © 1980/1992 Integrity's Hosanna! Music. "We Are an Offering" Dwight Liles. Text & music © 1984 Bug and Bear Music. "Let Us Break Bread Together" Text: African American spiritual. Music: African American spiritual. "Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing" Text: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788, alt. Music: Carl G. Gläser, 1784-1829; arr. Lowell Mason, 1792-1872. “Trumpet Voluntary” from “Melodic Suite” arr. Charles Callahan © 2018 Birnamwood Publishing (ASCAP), a division of Morning Star Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.
March 30, 2025 - Lutheran Church of the Foothills, 4th Sunday in Lent
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March 30, 2025 - Lutheran Church of the Foothills, 4th Sunday in Lent

The psalm sets the tone this day: “Happy are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and whose sin is put away!” Happy are those who have “become the righteousness of God” in the merits of Christ Jesus. Happy are those for whom the forgiveness of God has “rolled away . . . the disgrace” of former times. Happy is the father at the return of his prodigal son. Happy are we that our sins are forgiven for Jesus’ sake. Rejoice! Liturgical music and selected liturgies from sundaysandseasons.com. Copyright © 2025 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted/ podcast/ streamed by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #SAS103718. • New Revised Standard Version (Updated Edition) Bible, copyright © 2022, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. • Hymns reprinted/ podcast/ streamed with permission under OneLicense.net License #A-722966. • Hymns reprinted/ podcast/ streamed with permission under CCLI License #AH-21591520 and 21591513. All rights reserved. • Creed © The Iona Community from The Iona Abby Worship Book, published by Wild Goose Publications, Iona Community, Glasgow, UK. Used by permission from the publisher. • The Confession and Forgiveness, Prayer of the Day, Offering Prayer, and Eucharistic Prayer are written by Rev. Miriam Samuelson-Roberts. “Unbroken: A Living Faith” © 2025 Church Anew. Used with permission. “Canzonetta on ‘Horsley’ “ arr. Eric H. Thiman Festal Voluntaries © 1936 Novello and Company, Ltd., distributed by the H.W. Gray Co., Inc., NY "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing" Text: Robert Robinson, 1735-1790, alt. Music: J. Wyeth, Repository of Sacred Music, Part II, 1813. "Build a Longer Table" Text: David Bjorlin, b. 1984. Music: French carol. Text © 2018 GIA Publications, Inc “And the Father Will Dance” arr. Mark Hayes. © 1983 Hinshaw Music. All rights reserved. Used with permission. "All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly" Text: Sylvia G. Dunstan, 1955-1993. Music: HOLY MANNA, W. Moore, Columbian Harmony, 1825. Text © 1991 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago IL. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Duplication in any form prohibited without permission or valid license from copyright administrator. "My Life Flows On in Endless Song" Text: Robert Lowry, 1826-1899. Music: Robert Lowry, alt. “Chorale: See the Lord of Life and Light” J.S. Bach, The Liturgical Year, edited by Albert Riemenschneider, Oliver Ditson Co., © 1933 Theodore Presser Co.
March 23, 2025 - Lutheran Church of the Foothills, 3rd Sunday in Lent
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March 23, 2025 - Lutheran Church of the Foothills, 3rd Sunday in Lent

The psalm sets the tone this day: “Happy are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and whose sin is put away!” Happy are those who have “become the righteousness of God” in the merits of Christ Jesus. Happy are those for whom the forgiveness of God has “rolled away . . . the disgrace” of former times. Happy is the father at the return of his prodigal son. Happy are we that our sins are forgiven for Jesus’ sake. Rejoice! Liturgical music and selected liturgies from sundaysandseasons.com. Copyright © 2025 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted/ podcast/ streamed by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #SAS103718. • New Revised Standard Version (Updated Edition) Bible, copyright © 2022, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. • Hymns reprinted/ podcast/ streamed with permission under OneLicense.net License #A-722966. • Hymns reprinted/ podcast/ streamed with permission under CCLI License #AH-21591520 and 21591513. All rights reserved. • Creed © The Iona Community from The Iona Abby Worship Book, published by Wild Goose Publications, Iona Community, Glasgow, UK. Used by permission from the publisher. • The Confession and Forgiveness, Prayer of the Day, Offering Prayer, and Eucharistic Prayer are written by Rev. Miriam Samuelson-Roberts. “Unbroken: A Living Faith” © 2025 Church Anew. Used with permission. "Be Thou My Guardian and My Guide" Tune: ABRIDGE. Composer: Isaac Smith. arr. Colin Mawby. “Hymn Preludes for Lent, Holy Week and Easter” © 1995 Kevin Mayhew, Ltd. "Before the Waters Nourished Earth" Text: Jeannette M. Lindholm, b. 1961. Music: ST. COLUMBIA, Irish melody. Text © 1996 Jeannette M. Lindholm, admin. Augsburg Fortress. Duplication in any form prohibited without securing permission from copyright administrator or reporting usage under valid license. "As Rain from the Clouds" Text: Delores Dufner, OSB, b. 1939. Music: AFTON WATER, Jonathan E. Spilman, 1812-1896. Text © 1983, 2003 GIA Publications, Inc. 7404 S. Mason Ave., Chicago IL 60638. www.giamusic.com 800.442.3358. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Duplication in any form prohibited without permission or valid license from copyright administrator. "Ah, Dearest Jesus" from “A Suite of Passion Hymn Settings” arr. Wilbur Held. Based on hymn tune by Johann Cruger, 1640. © 1967 Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved. "What Feast of Love" - Text: Delores Dufner, OSB, b. 1939. Music: GREENSLEEVES, English ballad, 16th cent. Text © 1993 Delores Dufner OSB. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Duplication in any form prohibited without permission or valid license from copyright administrator. "Light Dawns on a Weary World" Text: Mary Louise Bringle, b. 1953. Music: TEMPLE OF PEACE, William P. Rowan, b. 1951. Text © 2002 GIA Publications, Inc., 7404 S. Mason Ave., Chicago, IL 60638. www.giamusic.com. 800.442.3348. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Music © 2000 William P. Rowan, admin. GIA Publications, Inc., 7404 S. Mason Ave., Chicago, IL 60638. www.giamusic.com. 800.442.3348. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Duplication in any form prohibited without permission or valid license from copyright administrator. “O For a Heart to Praise My God“ arr. Noel Rawsthorne. “Hymn Preludes for Lent, Holy Week and Easter” © 1995 Kevin Mayhew, Ltd.
March 16, 2025 - Lutheran Church Of the Foothills, 2nd Sunday in Lent
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March 16, 2025 - Lutheran Church Of the Foothills, 2nd Sunday in Lent

Though we sometimes doubt and often resist God’s desire to protect and save us, our God persists. In holy baptism, God’s people have been called and gathered into a God-initiated relationship that will endure. Lent provides the church with a time and a tradition in which to seek God’s face again. Lent provides another occasion to behold the God of our salvation in the face of the Blessed One who “comes in the name of the Lord.” Liturgical music and selected liturgies from sundaysandseasons.com. Copyright © 2025 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted/ podcast/ streamed by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #SAS103718. • New Revised Standard Version (Updated Edition) Bible, copyright © 2022, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. • Hymns reprinted/ podcast/ streamed with permission under OneLicense.net License #A-722966. • Hymns reprinted/ podcast/ streamed with permission under CCLI License #AH-21591520 and 21591513. All rights reserved. • Creed © The Iona Community from The Iona Abby Worship Book, published by Wild Goose Publications, Iona Community, Glasgow, UK. Used by permission from the publisher. • The Confession and Forgiveness, Prayer of the Day, Offering Prayer, and Eucharistic Prayer are written by Rev. Miriam Samuelson-Roberts. “Unbroken: A Living Faith” © 2025 Church Anew. Used with permission. "Meditation" Music: Gilbert M. Martin. Tune: © 1972 Lorenz Publishing Company, a division of The Lorenz Corporation (admin. by Music Services) “Gather Us In” Text: Marty Haugen, b. 1950. Music: GATHER US IN, Marty Haugen. Text and music © 1982 GIA Publications, Inc., 7404 S. Mason Ave., Chicago, IL 60638. www.giamusic.com. 800.442.3358. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Duplication in any form prohibited without permission or valid license from copyright administrator. “Let Us Go Now to the Banquet” Text: Guillermo Cuéllar, b. 1955, Misa popular salvadoreña; tr. Bret Hesla, b. 1957, and William Dexheimer Pharris,b. 1956. Music: Guillermo Cuéllar, b. 1955. Text and music © 1988, 1996 GIA Publications, Inc. "Be Thou My Vision" arr. Jay Rouse. © 1996 PraiseGathering Music (admin. Fred Bock Music Company) "You Satisfy the Hungry Heart" Text: Omer Westendorf, 1916-1997. Music: Robert E. Kreutz, 1922-1996. Text and music © 1977 Archdiocese of Philadelphia. "The Spirit Sends Us Forth to Serve" Text: Delores Dufner, OSB, b. 1939. Music: CHESTERFIELD, attr. Thomas Haweis, 1734-1820. Text © 1993 Delores Dufner, admin. OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Duplication in any form prohibited without permission or valid license from copyright administrator. “Pastorale on ‘Rockingham’ “ Norman Gilbert
March 9, 2025 - Lutheran Church of the Foothills, 1st Sunday in Lent
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March 9, 2025 - Lutheran Church of the Foothills, 1st Sunday in Lent

These forty days called Lent are like no other. It is our opportune time to return to the God who rescues, to receive the gifts of God’s grace, to believe with the heart and confess with the mouth the wonder of God’s love in Jesus, and to resist temptation at every turn. This is no small pilgrimage on which we have just embarked. It is a struggle Jesus knew. It is a struggle Jesus shares. The nearness of the Lord, in bread and wine, water and word, will uphold and sustain us. Liturgical music and selected liturgies from sundaysandseasons.com. Copyright © 2025 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted/ podcast/ streamed by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #SAS103718. • New Revised Standard Version (Updated Edition) Bible, copyright © 2022, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. • Hymns reprinted/ podcast/ streamed with permission under OneLicense.net License #A-722966. • Hymns reprinted/ podcast/ streamed with permission under CCLI License #AH-21591520 and 21591513. All rights reserved. • Creed © The Iona Community from The Iona Abby Worship Book, published by Wild Goose Publications, Iona Community, Glasgow, UK. Used by permission from the publisher. • The Confession and Forgiveness, Prayer of the Day, Offering Prayer, and Eucharistic Prayer are written by Rev. Miriam Samuelson-Roberts. “Unbroken: A Living Faith” © 2025 Church Anew. Used with permission. "Lead Me, Guide Me" Text: Doris Akers, 1922-1995. Music: Doris Akers. Text and music © 1953 Doris Akers, admin. Unichappell Music, Inc. "I Want Jesus to Walk with Me" Text: African American spiritual. Music: African American spiritual; arr. Hymnal version. Arr. © 2006 Augsburg Fortress “Faith of Our Fathers” Henry F. Hemy; arr. Greg Kerkorian. © 1996 Lake State Publications, Grand Rapids, MI. All rights reserved. “Let Us Break Bread Together” Text: African American spiritual. Music: African American spiritual. "Give Me Jesus" Text: African American spiritual. Music: African American spiritual; arr. Hymnal version. Arr. © 2006 Augsburg Fortress.
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At Lutheran Church of the Foothills, we believe that God has blessed us so that we may be a blessing to others. Thus, we encourage “First Fruits” giving, that is, sharing our blessings of money in an intentional, consistent way to help others.

We offer the following opportunities for making a monetary donation:

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  • Give during Sunday worship with a check or cash put in the offering basket as part of your worship activities.

  • Give “Sunday Dollars” during worship. The loose one dollar bills put into our offering basket at Sunday morning worship services are automatically designated to help that month’s “Offering of Service,” as promoted by our Community Service Team. 

  • Give via the automatic payment system you set up through your bank.

If you would like to give an in-kind gift to the church, or a gift in memory or honor of a loved one, please talk with our Pastor, Treasurer, or Financial Secretary. Thank you for joining us in giving to God’s work through Lutheran Church of the Foothills.

 

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Lutheran Church of the Foothills
5102 N. Craycroft Rd.
Tucson, AZ  85718
-6343

(520)-299-5631

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Land Acknowledgement

Lutheran Church of the Foothills is located on the original and ancestral homelands of the Tohono O’odham and Pascua Yaqui nations, and we give thanks for their presence here since time immemorial. We also wish to recognize and honor all our Indigenous siblings who have and continue to call this land their home. We acknowledge the historical injustices and colonialism perpetrated on these Indigenous Peoples, past and present, and we strive to be mindful of our complicity and work toward building right relationships with all Native nations and Native peoples.

Lutheran Church of the Foothills
5102 N. Craycroft Rd.
Tucson, AZ  85718
-6343

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Lutheran Church of the Foothills is a member of the Grand Canyon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. We are a Reconciling in Christ community in partnership with Reconciling Works: Lutherans for Full Participation.

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