Join the Lutheran Campus Ministry at the University of Arizona for their 1st Annual 'Gather at the Garden' event on October 28, 2023, 4-6pm. Enjoy festive treats, a silent auction, student musicians, and engaging talks by naturalists.
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As a thank you to the Grand Canyon Synod for their support of Lutheran Campus Ministries, the students of Arizona State University and the University of Arizona share a beachside video update from the 43rd Annual Labor Day Weekend Retreat in San Diego.
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Our campus ministries from Arizona State University and the University of Arizona went to San Diego for the 43rd Annual Labor Day Weekend Retreat.
As always we are lodged in different locations (okay, we sleep on church floors) and get together for beach time and a Mission Bay breakfast followed by a form of Yoga done to various Bible verses, then interactive get-acquainted activities.
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Grand Canyon Synod campus ministry leaders were in retreat in Federal Way, WA June 26-29, with their colleagues from the West to share ideas, look forward to the future, and offer support to one another.
In attendance were Campus Minister Brad Eubanks, NAU, Campus Pastor Gary McCluskey, ASU, Campus Pastor Rebecca Boardman, U of A.
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In this post, we share a letter from our Lutheran Campus Ministries, requesting that you to send the names and contact information of all students from your congregation who are attending their respective universities.
Arizona State University, Pastor Gary McCluskey, asulcm@gmail.com
University of Arizona, Pastor Rebecca Boardman, pastor.lcmuofa@gmail.com
Northern Arizona University, Chaplain Brad Eubanks, info@lcmcanterbury.org
ASU Polytechnic East Campus, Pastor Charles Newman, cvnewman@asu.edu
5/27/2022 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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Pastor Rebecca Boardman shares news coverage of two events held at the University of Arizona Mall, with speeches, poems, and songs. The event by the University Religious Council centered around 2,800 white flags placed on the UofA Mall, one flag for every ten Arizonans lost to COVID-19. View the story here.
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Students from ASU and U of A Lutheran Campus Ministries gathered for the 41st time in San Diego for a Labor Day Weekend retreat. Each ministry did their own community building activities and discussions, with shared times are on the beach, worship on La Jolla cliffs, breakfast at Mission Bay, and meditation exercises.
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As part of our Growing Generosity Appeal, we present this video on growing future ministries on campus in the Grand Canyon Synod: $50,000 for University of Arizona Campus ministry to sustain the Lutheran presence on the campus in collaboration with Presbyterian, Methodist, and Episcopal partners, and $50,000 will be allocated to explore and potentially launch a Lutheran Campus Ministry program in the Las Vegas area.
Learn more at gcsynod.org/generosity/future-ministries.
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Grand Canyon Synod is blessed by and supports many campus ministries: Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, the University of Arizona, and ASU Agape, which serves ASU Poly, Chandler-Gilbert and Central Arizona Community Colleges.
Please contact these groups about any students you may know who will be attending these respective universities.
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Pastor Gary McCluskey provides us an update on a season of Lutheran Campus Ministry unlike any other.
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It has been a while since I wrote about in-person gathering for worship. I was waiting for certainty before I grabbed my pen. I was waiting for clarity from the federal government and the CDC, from health scientists, and from our state health departments and governors. I waited for a common-sense consensus amongst the citizens of our nation. I turned to the books of wisdom in the Old Testament, hoping for a revelation.
I am still waiting.
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With the college year kicking off, now’s the time to refer students from your congregation to campus pastors. Use the student referral tool from ELCA Lutheran Campus Ministry to make sure these students receive a welcome from campus pastors and some help adjusting to their new campus life.
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Lutheran Campus Ministry, which was a life preserver for me. I saw first-hand how students were hungry for a place to be heard and ask questions about life and faith. I saw students blossom and grow—they are leaders in the church today.
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Students from three Lutheran campus ministries—Northern Arizona University, University of Arizona, and Arizona State University—attended a joint campus ministry retreat in Sedona recently for a time of fellowship, prayer, and hiking.
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The Lutheran Campus Ministry Board at the University of Arizona is pleased and happy to announce that the Grand Canyon Synod has called the Rev. Rebecca Boardman as the new Campus Pastor at the U of A. Rebecca will be relocating to Tucson in early June and plans to join us at the synod assembly. Please keep Pastor Rebecca and the LCM at U of A in your prayers as we continue the transition into this new era of ministry.
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