Pastor Carol George will be installed Wednesday, 4/17/2024 at 6:15pm at Resurrection Lutheran Church (11575 N 1st Ave., Oro Valley, AZ 85737). Bishop Deborah K. Hutterer will preach and preside. Clergy are invited to vest and process. The color of the day is white.

A dessert reception will follow (please RSVP the church for the reception, not not for the installation). A livestream will be available on Resurrection Lutheran’s YouTube channel.

Pastor Amy Janssen will be installed on Wednesday, 3/20/2024, 6:30 pm, at Tanque Verde Lutheran Church (8625 E. Tanque Verde Rd. Tucson, AZ). Bishop Hutterer will preach and preside. Clergy are invited to vest and process. The color of the day is purple. A dessert reception will follow. Livestream is available at tvlc.org/livestream.

Pastor Chris Heller will be installed Sunday, 3/3/2024, 9 am, at Esperanza Lutheran Church (2601 E. Thunderhill Place, Phoenix, AZ 85048). Bishop Hutterer will preside and preach. Clergy are invited to vest and process. Color of the day is purple. A reception will follow. Watch a livestream video here.

Pastor Kurt Fangmeier will be installed Saturday, 2/10/2024, 11am, at Sierra Evangelical Lutheran Church (101 N. Lenzner Ave, Sierra Vista, AZ 85650). Bishop Hutterer will be preaching and presiding. A potluck reception will follow. The service will be live-streamed at selcaz.org.

The Ordination and Installation of Pastor Judi Tyler will be at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church (1212 E Glendale Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85020), on Sunday, 1/21/2024 at 3pm, pending a positive congregation vote. Bishop Hutterer will be presiding.

Clergy are invited to vest and process. Color of the day will be red. A reception will be held following the Service of Ordination and Installation.

The Installation of Pastor David Sivecz will be at Grace Lutheran, (1124 North 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004) on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 3pm. Bishop Hutterer will be preaching and presiding. View the livestream on the Grace Facebook page.

Clergy are invited to vest and process. Color of the day will be white. There will be a reception following.

You are cordially invited to the the Installation and Celebration of a New Ministry for The Reverend Donald Bebber as Vicar of St. Raphael in the Valley (730 S. Hwy 80, Benson, AZ 85602) on Saturday, 11/11/2023 at 11 am. View online at facebook.com/straphaelinthevalley.

Your prayers and presence are requested. Clergy please vest in red. A reception will follow. Please RSVP by emailing straphaelchurchbenson@gmail.com.

Rev. Joshua Pontius will be installed as as Associate Pastor at Community of Grace, Peoria (10561 W Pinnacle Peak Rd., Peoria, AZ 85282) on Sunday, 11/5/2023. The Installation will be at both Sunday services (9am & 10:30am). The service will be recorded and posted online afterward on the Community of Grace website (boldrecklessgrace.org). Rostered Ministers are invited to attend, but there will be no vesting or processing. Pastor Josh will be starting at Community of Grace on October 22, 2023.

Rev. Carl Sirotzki will be installed at Mount Cross Lutheran (601 E Highway 260, Payson, AZ 85541), on Reformation Sunday, 10/29/2023, at their 9:30am worship service. Pastor Patricia Reed will preach and be doing the installation. Rostered ministers are invited to process. The color of the day is red. The service will be live-streamed on Facebook, and posted on mountcross.org.

Glenn LaRue Schrader will be ordained and installed Sunday, 10/22/2023, at 4pm at Our Saviour’s in Tucson (1200 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson AZ, 85719). Bishop Deborah K. Hutterer will preside, and the Rev. Dr. Craig Nessan will preach. Clergy are invited to vest and process. The color of the day is red.

The Installation of Rev. Ken Miller will be Wednesday, 9/13/2023, 6pm, at Grace Lutheran Church in Kingman (2101 Harrison Street, Kingman, AZ 86401). Bishop Deborah Hutterer will preach and preside. Watch the livestream through Facebook, with the video available for 30 days..

Rostered ministers are invited to process. Color of the day is green. An ice cream social will follow the service. If you’d like to RSVP, contact Cyndi Poe, Council President, at cpbonesy@hotmail.com or text 928-377-8716.

The Ordination of Wyatt Linde will be Wednesday, 8/9/2023, 6pm, at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Oro Valley (11575 North 1st Avenue, Oro Valley, AZ 85737). Bishop Deborah Hutterer will preside and Rev. Tim Nybroten will preach.

A buffet reception will follow. Kindly RSVP by calling the church office, 520.575.9901. If you are unable to attend, you may watch online at orovalley.org.

The Installation of Pastor Doug Moffat will take place on Sunday, April 23, 2023, 9:30am, at Faith Lutheran in Yuma (2215 S 8th Ave., Yuma, AZ 85364). Bishop Hutterer will preach and preside. A livestream will be available on their Facebook page. A reception will follow.

The Installation of Rev. Dan Potaznick will be Saturday, April 1, 2023, 2pm MST/PDT, 3pm MDT, at St. John’s Lutheran Church (7205 N 51st Ave, Glendale AZ 85301). Bishop Hutterer will be preaching and presiding, Pastor Dan Potaznick will preside after installation, and Rev. Dr. Peter Perry will assist. View the livestream here.

Rostered Ministers are invited to robe and process. Color of the day is purple. There will be a reception following the service.

Rev. Dan Potaznick, CFRE, is Director of Generosity & Strategic Development with the Grand Canyon Synod.

The Installation of Pastor Scott Klimke will take place on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 3pm in the sanctuary of American Lutheran Church of Sun City.  A reception will follow in the Fellowship Hall. Rev. Dr. Peter Perry will be preaching and presiding. A livestream will be available here.

Rostered ministers of the Grand Canyon Synod are invited and may process. We ask that they wear robes and the color of the day is purple. Retired ministers in our congregation will also be invited to robe and process. RSVP’s from rostered ministers would be nice so we may be prepared.

The Ordination of Dan Potaznick will take place at 1pm EST, 10am MST/PDT, 11am MDT, on Saturday, March 18, 2023 at Upper Dublin Lutheran Church (411 Susquehanna Road, Ambler, Pennsylvania, 19002. Bishop Deborah K. Hutterer will preside and Rev. Timothy B. Johansen of Temple Lutheran Church in Havertown, Pennsylvania will preach. Click here to watch the livestream or archived video on YouTube.

Your prayers and presence are requested. Rostered ministers are invited to process, color of the day is red. Dan is our synod’s new Director of Generosity and Strategic Development.

The ordination of Luis Ochoa will be Saturday, 1/21/2023, 4pm MST, 3pm PST, at Holy Trinity Lutheran in Chandler (739 W Erie St, Chandler, AZ 85225). Rev. Ruben Duran, the ELCA’s Director for New Congregational Development, will preach, and Bishop Deborah Hutterer will preside.

Rostered leaders will process, the color of the day is red. A dinner will follow. The event will be live-streamed on Holy Trinity’s YouTube channel.

Pastor Craig Larson will be installed at Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley on Sunday, 12/4/2022 at 3pm. Bishop Hutterer will be preaching. Reception to follow.

Rostered ministers are invited to process, color of the day will be blue.

The Ordination and Installation of Verónica Alvarez as Associate Pastor of Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church/ Iglesia Evangélica Luterana La Fe (801 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85014) will take place on Reformation Sunday, October 30, 2022 at 4pm with a reception following. Bishop Deborah Hutterer will preach and preside.

Alvarez is the first Grand Canyon Synod Diakonia graduate to be ordained. She graduated in May, 2022 from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary.

Rostered ministers are invited to vest and be part of a procession. The color of the day will be red. Rostered ministers can send RSVPs to worship@faithalive.com for further instruction around arrival time and where to meet .

Pastor Greg Hartman will be installed at New Spirit Lutheran in Tucson on Saturday, 9/10/2022, at 11am MST/PDT, 12pm MDT. Rostered ministers are invited to process: color of the day is green. Bishop Hutterer will be preaching. A reception will follow.

The Installation service for Pastor Erin Morris will be on Saturday, 7/30/2022 at 5pm MST at Resurrection Lutheran Church at the Oro Valley Sanctuary (11575 North 1st Avenue, Oro Valley, AZ 85737).

Dinner reception immediately following in the Outreach Center. Kindly make reservations by 7/18/2022 here.

Rostered ministers are invited to process. The color of the day is green.

The installation service for Pastor Jose Valenzuela will be on Sunday, 7/17/2022 at the 9 and 10:30 am worship services at Community of Grace in Peoria (10561 W Pinnacle Peak Rd, Peoria, AZ 85383).

The Installation service for Pastor John Maroni will be on Saturday, 5/14/2022 at 10am MST at Shepherd of the Desert in Sun City. Clergy are invited to vest, and the color of the day is white. Rev. Pat Reed will be preaching.

The installation of Rev. Michael Sager as senior pastor of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley is Sunday, 3/27/2022 at 3pm MST/PST.

Bishop Hutterer will preside. Clergy are invited to vest and process.

The installation of Lourdes Olson will be Saturday, 2/26/2022, 5pm PST, 6pm MST, at New Song Lutheran in Henderson. There will be a reception after worship and a concert featuring Opera On Tap at 7:00pm.

Bishop Deborah Hutterer will preach and preside at the installation of Rev. Naomi Hartman at Lutheran Church of the Foothills in Tucson. Clergy will be invited to process.

Pending congregation vote on 1/30/2022, Bishop Deborah Hutterer will preside at the ordination and installation of Katie Langston at New Promise Lutheran in St. George, Utah.

Rev. Kathryn Schifferdecker, Professor and Elva B. Lovell Chair of Old Testament at Luther Seminary, will preach. Color of the day is red.

The ordination of Lourdes Olson will be Saturday, 1/15/2021, 11am PST, 12pm MST, at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church in Las Vegas. The Rev. Matthew Metevelis will preach and Bishop Hutterer will preside.

Lourdes has been called to serve New Song Lutheran in Henderson.

Bishop Deborah Hutterer will preach and preside at the installation of Rev. Ruby Myers at Trinity Lutheran in Phoenix. Color of the day is white.

Bishop Deborah Hutterer will preach and preside at the installation of Chad Diegle as the Director of Youth and Family Ministries at Prince of Peace Lutheran in Phoenix.

Reception and Youth lunch to follow.