Three Expressions, One Church: Celebrating Our Generosity

The Grand Canyon Synod has shared $628,018 with the ELCA churchwide organization year to date, ranking fourth among the ELCA’s 65 synods, according to the giving report received during the first week of November. This generosity begins with people giving in their congregations and congregations sharing those gifts with the synod.

The ELCA is one church expressed through congregations, synods, and the churchwide organization, each with distinct responsibilities in our shared mission. Congregations support ministry through the Grand Canyon Synod, which shares a portion of those gifts with churchwide. Through resources, partnerships, leadership support, and ministry opportunities, that generosity also strengthens the work of synods and congregations. Learn more about the ELCA’s three expressions.

These shared gifts support campus ministries, the Youth Gathering, missionaries, the Lutheran World Federation, and new and continuing ministries across the United States. Together, we sustain ministry that reaches beyond what any congregation or synod could accomplish alone.

As Lutherans, we give in grateful response to God’s grace, sharing what God has first entrusted to us. Thanks be to God for the people and congregations whose generosity sustains this work. We also give thanks for Pastor Dan Potaznick, who helps connect us with these ministries and shares the stories of how our gifts make a difference.

Share this good news with your congregation: your generosity supports our whole church and helps strengthen ministry here at home and around the world.