The nation’s hot spots have now reached our synod.
According to the CDC’s COVID-19 Community Levels, Apache, Clark, and Navajo are at high levels.
Medium levels counties are now: Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Greenlee, Maricopa, Mohave, Pima, and Washington.
Low level counties remain in Graham, La Paz, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai,and Yuma.
Read MoreToday we celebrate these ordination anniversaries:
Rev. Don Lorfing, Good Samaritan, Las Vegas, who celebrates 26 years on June 9.
Rev. Charles Paulson, who celebrates 59 years on June 9.
Rev. John Serkland, who celebrates 59 years on June 9.
Rev. Philip Gustafson, Shepherd of the Desert, Sun City, who celebrates 43 years on June 9.
Today we celebrate these ordination anniversaries:
Rev. Kenneth Truckenbrod, who celebrates 64 years on June 8.
Rev. Donald Liles, who celebrates 36 years on June 8.
Rev. Wallace Cole, who celebrates 64 years on June 8.
Rev. Bennett Henrikson, who celebrates 53 years on June 8.
Rev. Melinda Gapen, who celebrates 8 years on June 8.
We 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 MoreToday we celebrate these ordination anniversaries:
Rev. Adam Barnhart, Shepherd of the Hills, Flagstaff, who celebrates 13 years on June 7.
Rev. Sharon Bowen-Weiszmann, who celebrates 14 years on June 7.
Rev. Tim Eighmy, Community, Bullhead City, who celebrates 30 years on June 7.
Rev. John Lundering, who celebrates 63 years on June 7.
Rev. David Miller, who celebrates 52 years on June 7.
Rev. Donald Legacie, who celebrates 35 years on June 7.
We pray for Rev. Phillip Shuart, Rev. Mari Larson, and the people of St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Las Vegas, part of the Colorado River Conference. Visit their site at standrewlv.org/, and their social media pages on Facebook and YouTube.
Read MoreToday we celebrate these ordination anniversaries:
Rev. Arlyn Saathoff, who celebrates 57 years on June 6.
Rev. Vern Barlow, who celebrates 57 years on June 6.
Today we celebrate these ordination anniversaries:
Rev. Stephen Beyer, Lord of Life, Sun City West, who celebrates 41 years on June 5.
Rev. Jason Adams, Living Hope, Las Vegas, who celebrates 8 years on June 5.
Today we celebrate these ordination anniversaries:
Rev. Joseph Doherty, New Promise, St. George, who celebrates 23 years on June 4.
Rev. Floyd Anderson, who celebrates 61 years on June 4.
Rev. Keith Hardy, who celebrates 43 years on June 4.
Rev. Maria Valenzuela, who celebrates 33 years on June 4.
Today we celebrate these ordination anniversaries:
Rev. Thomas Dunham, Streams in the Desert, Tucson, who celebrates 43 years on June 3.
Rev. Patricia Lowe, Emmanuel, Prescott Valley, who celebrates 15 years on June 3.
Rev. Mark Halvorson, who celebrates 49 years on June 3.
Rev. Donald Jacobson, who celebrates 60 years on June 3.
Rev. Greg Wenhold, who celebrates 43 years on June 3.
Synod Assembly voting members were sent an informational email on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. If you are a voting member and did not receive this email (and you have checked your spam folder!), please call Theresa at the Synod Office at (602) 957-3223.
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Read MoreAfter a long assembly week, the Office of the Bishop will be closed on Monday and Tuesday, June 13-14, 2022.
Read MoreThis week we celebrated the following ordination anniversaries:
Rev. Jon Clutz, who celebrated 58 years on May 27.
Rev. Benjamin Bergren, Community, Las Vegas, who celebrated 24 years on May 28.
Rev. Nicholas Mays, who celebrated 56 years on May 29.
Rev. Norene Smith, who celebrated 39 years on May 29.
Rev. Leroy Rehrer, who celebrated 45 years on May 29.
Rev. Ronald Glusenkamp, who celebrated 41 years on May 29.
Rev. Randall Olson, Honor Health, Scottsdale, who celebrated 46 years on May 30.
Rev. Dennis Nelson, who celebrated 51 years on May 30.
Rev. Andrea Cain, Desert Cross, Tempe, who celebrated 14 years on June 1.
Rev. Brian Cain, Spirit of Joy, Gilbert, who celebrated 14 years on June 1.
Rev. Richard Lawrence, who celebrated 38 years on June 1.
Rev. Eugene Perry, who celebrated 64 years on June 1.
Rev. Carol Breimeier, New Spirit, Tucson, who celebrated 22 years on June 2.
Rev. Ronald Pechauer, who celebrated 59 years on June 2.
Rev. Roland Harder, Our Saviour’s, Buckeye, who celebrated 56 years on June 2.
Rev. Ellis Eskritt, who celebrated 57 years on June 2.
Rev. Gary Benson, who celebrated 48 years on June 2.
Rev. James Lundeen, who celebrated 57 years on June 2.
Rev. Lloyd Wallace, who celebrated 59 years on June 2.
Rev. Ernie Larsen, who celebrated 59 years on June 2.
Rev. Fred Nelson, New Spirit, Tucson, who celebrated 22 years on June 2.
It’s all hands on deck as the Office of the Bishop prepares for our 2022 Assembly!
Read MoreInfections and hospitalizations are increasing quickly across much of the South and Southwest. Average daily case reports have more than doubled in the past two weeks in Arizona, South Carolina and West Virginia.
According to the CDC’s COVID-19 Community Levels, Clark County is the first to be at medium level after months of low levels in our synod. All of our synod’s remaining counties are low level: Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Washington, Yavapai, and Yuma.
Read MoreThe New and Renewing Team of the Grand Canyon Synod is excited to announce the 2nd round of Lilly 3E Vital Right Shaped Ministries Vitality and Innovation Grants. Apply using this Word document.
Applications are due by June 10, 2022. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Pr. Miguel Gomez-Acosta at miguel.gomez-acosta@elca.org.
Read MoreGrace Lutheran in Phoenix is gearing up for their summer heat respite program, which will run 6/13 – 8/26/2022, Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-4:30 pm. This will be their 17th summer of providing heat respite!
Their mission during the summer months is to provide a space for heat relief while building community through the sharing of community resources, meals, water, and ourselves in a place of being, belonging, and becoming. Volunteers and donations of food and items requested.
Read MorePastor Karn Carroll shares news and photos from their new mural on Glendale Avenue and 12th Street. The mural was on a recent Channel 12 new report (starts at 12 minutes into the video).
Read MoreJoin Deacon Janice Zimbelman in a journey of learning to lead more effectively. Deacon Janice will be participating in Excellence in Leadership, offered online through the Rocky Mountain Synod of the ELCA, starting this coming September. She is looking for rostered and lay leaders to join her in this journey of learning and growing. For more information about Excellence in Leadership: rmselca.org/excellence-in-leadership
Read MoreThe Hunger Advocacy Fellow will participate in a year-long transformative experience that combines leadership development and faith formation with impactful advocacy that moves us toward an end to hunger and a just world where all are fed.
The 2022-23 Hunger Advocacy Fellow placed with Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in Arizona (LAMA), will serve as a member of the staff of this ELCA-affiliated SPPO as a full-time contract employee.
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