The Heidi Gerrish Triennial Gathering Memorial Scholarship is is provided by the Grand Canyon Women to encourage first-time attendance at our Women of the ELCA’s national Triennial Gathering, held every three years. View the scholarship application as PDF or as a Word document.
In 2023, our Triennial Gathering will be in Phoenix from September 21-24, 2023. This scholarship includes a pre-paid registration to the event and $250 is to be used for expenses related to attending.
Read MoreA Celebration of Life for Heidi Gerrish will be held at Mountain View Lutheran (11002 S 48th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85044) on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at 10:30 am. There will be a reception immediately after. View the livestream here. A recording will be available for viewing following the service as well.
All of our updates on Heidi and her family can be viewed at gcsynod.org/news/tag/Gerrish+family. View a page on Chapel of the Chimes for an obituary, service info, and a tribute wall. A full obituary can be found in this post as well.
Read MorePaul Gerrish provided us with an update to share at our synod assembly, which we also share in this post.
“We would like to say thank you to so many for all the care, love, support, and prayers we are receiving since the tragic accident that took Heidi from us and injured Katherine, Justin, and Stephen so severely.”
Read MoreWe share this news from Paul Gerrish that his son, Stephen, is out of the hospital. We continue to pray for the Gerrish family. Read more in our initial post, visit their GoFundMe page, and get CaringBridge health updates for Justin and Katherine, who remain recovering in the hospital.
By your power, great God, our Lord Jesus healed the sick and gave new hope to the hopeless. Though we cannot command or possess your power, we pray for those who want to be healed. Mend their wounds, soothe fevered brows, and make broken people whole again. Help us to wel-come every healing as a sign that, though death is against us, you are for us, and have promised renewed and risen life in Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.
Read More5/27/2022 update: more info from Heidi’s father, Paul, and links a GoFundMe page and to CaringBridge health updates for Justin and Katherine.
We lift up in prayer the friends and family of Heidi Gerrish. Heidi died at the scene of an automobile accident Saturday morning, May 21, 2022, while traveling to her sister Julie’s graduation from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. Also in the car were her partner Justin, and her brother and sister-in-law, Stephen and Katherine.
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