Our regional gift planners present “How Your Charitable Heart Can Leave a Legacy” on September 21, 2021 at 6pm MST/PDT via zoom. Please register here.
Join Lisa Higginbotham, CFRE, and Josh Kerney of the ELCA Foundation, in a dynamic conversation with as they help us connect our charitable hearts and desires to our gift planning intentions.
Read MoreWe pray for Rev. Miguel Rodriguez and the people of La Sagrada Familia Lutheran Church in Phoenix, part of the Northeast Valley Conference. Visit their site at lasagradafamiliachurch.com, and their Facebook page.
Read MoreNew Covenant Lutheran in Scottsdale is looking for a Director of Student and Family Ministries who will create a heart for discipleship in students (grades 6th – college) and summer ministries (ages 2-8 and grades 6-12). The Student and Family Ministry position is full-time with benefits for someone with a heart for students and growing faith in families. Contact them through their website: newcovenantaz.church.
Read MoreNew Covenant Lutheran in Scottsdale is looking for a worship director. This is a part-time position (20 hours/week) for a person with a pastoral heart to lead weekly worship (traditional Lutheran Hymnody and modern music.) Contact them through their website: newcovenantaz.church.
Read MoreThe Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) has named five 2021 Distinguished Alumni, including Rev. Ronald Glusenkamp, who is currently serving as Interim Pastor at Desert Hills Lutheran in Green Valley. Learn more at the LSTC website.
The Rev. Ronald Glusenkamp (Christ Seminary-Seminex, 1980, MDiv), who recently celebrated 40 years of ordained ministry, will receive the Called to Lead Award.
Read MoreWe pray for Rev. Jeffery Gallen, Intern Dan Wichert, and the people of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Goodyear, and Alleluia Lutheran Church in Phoenix, part of the Cactus Conference. Visit their site at christevangelical.org, alleluiachurch.org, and their YouTube page.
Read MoreA part-time employment position is available for a media/audio visual technician & IT system administrator at Sierra Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Vista, AZ. See www.selcaz.org for position descriptions and applications.
Read MoreSierra Evangelical Lutheran Church (SELC) is searching for a part-time music/choir director to lead the congregation in worshipful music and singing at regular and special services. This position supervises the SELC organist and the contemporary worship team leader(s) as well. Hours will vary as required. If interested please contact the church office at 520-459-0444, admin@selcaz.org or go to our website.
Read MoreWelcome to Patrick and Molly Gary, the newest members of the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission’s growing staff.
Read MoreAs we deepen our relationship with the Mexican Lutheran Church (ILM), we revisit this article from the Lutheran World Federation, featuring Rev. Roberto Trejo Haager, Pastor President of the ILM. Trejo will be our guest at the 2021 Bishop’s Fall Gathering.
“In whatever context,” Trejo says, “the Lutheran message has much value and is very important because the gospel message that we transmit is a message about the grace of God.”
Read MoreIn a culture that says bigger is better, it is subversive to take tiny, lasting steps toward learning and growth. Ellie Roscher, author of 12 Tiny Things, will guide you through curating and cultivating your own tiny things practice. Friday, 1/28/2022 - Sunday, 1/30/2022 at Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center.
Read MoreIn this post, we share a summer update from Iglesia Luterana Vida Nueva in Glendale, full of images and good news.
Thank God, Iglesia Luterana "Vida Nueva" survived Covid 19 and starting in May with new strength. We continue to minister to Christian people, the Hispanic community and in a special way to immigrants. We thank God and the Grand Canyon Synod for the spiritual and financial support that you give us, so we can continue the ministry of the Church, serve the community and be able to plan for growth and become self-reliant.
Read MoreAs part of our Growing Generosity Appeal, we present this video on growing future ministries in the Grand Canyon Synod, planting seeds for Lutheran Campus Ministry ($100,000) and new & emerging ministries ($150,000). Learn more at gcsynod.org/generosity/future-ministries.
Read MoreThe Grand Canyon Synod Council meeting is this weekend, and our rostered staff continues to visit churches. Highlighted meetings are Bishop Hutterer’s visit with retiring pastor Al Cassel, Pastor Jacqui’s meeting with first call pastors, and Pastor Miguel’s meeting with other Director for Evangelical Mission (DEM) deans.
View all the details for each team member in this post.
Read MoreNationwide, the Delta variant continues to drive case and death numbers up across the country. Daily caseloads have increased tenfold since late June. Death reports, which can lag well behind case data, have doubled. More coronavirus patients are hospitalized than at any point since February.
Risk levels for unvaccinated people in the synod are either very high or extremely high.
Extremely high risk counties for unvaccinated people in our synod include Clark, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pinal, Yavapai, Yuma and Washington counties.
Very high risk counties include Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Pima, and Santa Cruz.
Sunday, August 8, 2021 launched an exciting new era at the Navajo Lutheran Mission, as local Navajo leadership is being developed at the Mission’s House of Prayer.
The new Hodza Yaa Ahalyani (Wisdom Keepers) are Rock Point residents Patty Charley, Patterson Yazzie, and Benedict Bedoni, who were affirmed in ceremonies by Bishop Hutterer, Reverend Jacqueline Pagel, and Mission Pastor Kate Adelman.
Read MoreWe pray for Rev. Steven Kruse and the people of New Covenant Lutheran Church in Scottsdale, part of the Northeast Valley Conference. Visit their site at newcovenantaz.church, and their social media pages on Facebook and Instagram.
Read MoreThe next meeting of the Grand Canyon Synod Hunger Leaders Network is Tuesday, 8/24/2021, 6:00pm MST/PDT.
If you have any questions please contact Melanie Hobden, Pastor Karn Carroll or Pastor Jacqui Pagel.
Read MoreRally in the Valley was an annual event that engaged seniors through speakers, discussion groups, fellowship, and worship. Their treasurer, Dennis Haugan, recently presented the Bishop a $6,842.42 check towards our Growing Generosity Appeal.
This amount represents the entire balance of the funds in their treasury, as their organization will no longer be active. Their planning team voted unanimously to give the funds to the Synod for the appeal designated toward LAMA with the focus of advocating on behalf of seniors.
Read MoreWe pray for Rev. Sarah Stadler and the people of Grace Lutheran Church in Phoenix, part of the Capital Conference. Visit their site at graceinthecity.com, and their social media pages on Facebook and YouTube.
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