What’s New from AFN: Bags of Hope, Bahá’í 101, and Advocacy in Action

The latest Arizona Faith Network (AFN) newsletter is now live—and it’s packed with ways to get involved in service, learning, and interfaith connection across Arizona. Subscribe or read this week’s full AFN newsletter at: https://www.arizonafaithnetwork.org/newsletter.

From heartfelt gratitude to the 100+ volunteers who helped pack over 2,000 “Bags of Hope” for heat relief centers, to an urgent call for donations of socks and incontinence supplies for First Church UCC’s respite center, the newsletter begins with tangible ways we can live our faith through action.

Upcoming AFN events include:

  • Bahá’í 101 – July 24, 5:00 PM on Zoom

  • Monday Meditation – Weekly at 12:00 PM MST via Zoom

  • Interfaith Awareness Week AFN Presentation – August 14, 4:00 PM MST

  • Faith & Science from an Islamic Perspective (Part 2) – August 16, 12:00 PM

  • Book Study: The Tears of Things – Begins August 20

  • Hiroshima & Nagasaki Memorial – August 8 at the Japanese Friendship Garden

  • Advocacy Webinar: Christian Nationalism in Tennessee – August 12

  • Young Leaders & The Future of Faith Panel – July 31, 9:00 AM

Partner events include dog bootie-making for pets of the unhoused, heat relief kit assembly and outreach in Tucson, and an application opportunity for the 2025 Eric Gilbertson Advocacy Institute for Behavioral Health (deadline: August 1).

We also celebrate Rev. Katie Sexton’s appointment to the MAG Community Initiatives Coordinating Committee, representing the voice of faith in local policy efforts.

📩 Subscribe or read this week’s full AFN newsletter at: https://www.arizonafaithnetwork.org/newsletter

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Grand Canyon Synod, NewsBrian FlatgardArizona Faith Network, Ecumenical and Inter-Religious RelationsComment