June AFN Highlights: Advocate, Meditate, and Mobilize

Arizona Faith Network (AFN) invites all people of faith to take part in powerful acts of compassion, learning, and advocacy throughout June. With offerings ranging from interfaith meditations to climate action and immigration response, these events provide ways for rostered ministers and lay leaders across our synod to live out Lutheran commitments to justice, care for creation, and sacred solidarity.

AFN Upcoming Online Gatherings

• Social Justice Commission – Thursday, June 5, 8:30–9:30 am (Zoom)

• Cherishing Creation Collaborative – Tuesday, June 10, 10:00–11:30 am (Zoom)

• Faithful Voter AZ Committee – Thursday, June 12, 2:00–3:00 pm (Zoom)

Featured Trainings and Events

• Rapid Response Accompaniment Training – June 5, 6:30 pm (Zoom)

  Learn how to accompany immigrant families facing ICE activity with courage and faith-based advocacy.

• Faith and Science from an Islamic Perspective – June 7, 12:00 pm (Zoom)

  Explore how reason and spirituality intertwine in Islamic tradition.

• Election Protection Arizona Volunteer Training – June 7–July 2 (Zoom)

  Equip yourself to help protect voter rights during the CD-7 elections.

• Bolivian Young Quakers Respond to Climate Change – June 11, 5:00 pm (Zoom)

  Hear stories of youth-led climate action and water access innovation in the Andes.

In-Person Service and Advocacy

• Southeast AZ Nuclear Waste Conversation – June 28, Sahuarita, AZ

  Join a community-led forum shaping national policy—Spanish facilitation available, $150 VISA card for participants.

• Bags of Hope Interfaith Events

  • Tucson – June 29, 3:30–5:30 pm, Saguaro Christian Church

  • Tempe – July 20, 3:30–5:30 pm, Community Christian Church

    Help pack relief bags to aid Arizonans facing dangerous heat this summer. Donations, volunteers, and supplies needed.

Ongoing Efforts

• AFN Monday Meditations – Every Monday at noon (Zoom)

• Heat Relief Volunteers & Donations Needed – AFN’s Heat Relief Sites are open and need your help.

  Learn more: arizonafaithnetwork.org/heatrelief

Partner Events & Updates

• Support for Oak Flat – Courthouse gathering, June 6, 8:00–9:30 am, Phoenix

• Defend Grand Canyon National Monument – June 7, 8:00–11:00 am, Grand Canyon area

• Muslim Prayer Times & Solar Positioning Workshop – June 17, 6:30 pm (Zoom)

• Chaplaincy for the Homeless Position Open – Contact: john.thurston39@gmail.com

• Volunteer for Tempe Cooling & Hydration Centers – Sign up now for summer shifts

AFN’s work reflects Lutheran values of accompaniment, creation care, and neighbor love. Let’s be present and faithful together.

📬 Read the full AFN newsletter and RSVP for events here: https://www.arizonafaithnetwork.org/newsletter