Office of the Bishop Updates: 3/25/2022

As part of Synod on the Move, Bishop Hutterer, Rev. Jacqui Pagel, and Rev. Pat Reed journey to southern Arizona this weekend for a variety of events, including the Installation of Rev. Michael Sager at Desert Hills Lutheran in Green Valley, gathering with active pastors and deacons and Hotel Congress, conversations with retired rostered ministers at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, as well as preaching at Santa Cruz, Abounding Grace, Mt. Zion, and attending other meetings.

We also share photos from Bishop Hutterer’s visits last week to Mount of Olives in Phoenix and Casa De La Misericordia y de Todas las Naciones (House of Mercy and of All Nations) in Nogales, a service of Cruzando Fronteras.

Bishop Deborah K. Hutterer

Synod on the Move in Tucson
Appetizers and conversation with Santa Cruz/Sunrise Conference
Coffee and donuts with retired pastors and deacons
Preaching at Abounding Grace in Tucson
Installation of Rev. Michael Sager at Desert Hills Lutheran in Green Valley

Rev. Miguel Gomez-Acosta
Director for Evangelical Mission (DEM) and Bishop’s Associate for Congregational Vitality

TGP Holy Exchange #2 planning meeting
Region 2 DEMs meeting
Statements of Intent follow up

Rev. Jacqueline Pagel
Bishop’s Associate for Candidacy and Faith Formation

LSS-SW Building Foundations Luncheon
Synod on the Move in Tucson
Preach at Mt. Zion in Tucson
Installation of Rev. Michael Sager at Desert Hills Lutheran in Green Valley

Theresa Thornburgh
Director for Administration and Events

Preparations for Synod Assembly and other events
Administrative functions of the Synod office

Brian Flatgard
Director of Communication

Weekly newsletter
Statement of Intent data reports
Catch up on news items

Amy Birchard
Finance Administrator

Audit preparation
Proces payroll and continue month-end deliverables

Dr. Jerry Kingston
Special Bishop’s Associate for Mobility

Researching RMPs and MSPs for the Synod

Bishop Hutterer with Louis Turner, president of Mount of Olives Lutheran in Phoenix (far right).

Cruzando Fronteras

Photos of a visit by Bishop Hutterer and others to Casa De La Misericordia y de Todas las Naciones (House of Mercy and of All Nations) in Nogales.

Rev. Larry Stiles, Rev. Adele Resmer, Annette Chavez, Rev. Mateo Chavez, Bishop Deborah Hutterer, Rev. Alan Field, Sister Lika Macias.

Sister Angelica “Lika” Macias, Director of La Casa de Misericordia y de Todas Naciones, Nogales, Sonora.

“All the skillful women spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun in blue and purple and crimson yarns and fine linen.” —Exodus 35:25

Lunch break.

“Many girls and boys, in small places, doing small things, can change the world.” A similar phrase is attributed to both Eduardo Galeano and St. John Baptist de La Salle, patron saint of teachers.

“Traveled routes and destinations.”

Certificate proclaiming the organization as a health-promoting hostel for meeting the criteria to be an environment that favors the health of the migrant population.