Registration is now open for this year’s synod assembly, June 11 and 12, 2020. We gather this year at Community Lutheran Church in Las Vegas under the theme: Why Jesus.
Our special guests this year are President Adama Faye, Lutheran Church of Senegal, and Rev. Ron Glusenkamp, Director, Always Being Made New: Campaign for the ELCA.
The Synod Assembly is our annual gathering to do business and to celebrate that we are church together. Everyone is welcome to participate, register today!
Read MoreRegistration is open for the 2020 Rostered Ministers Gathering, July 20-23 in Phoenix!
Early registration (Feb. 20-May 20) is $245. Booking travel and hotel is your responsibility. Once you register, you will be provided with links to the three gathering hotels, each with a room rate of $139/night plus tax. A limited number of scholarships are available.
Read MoreNative American Urban Ministry, Phoenix, received a $10,000 grant from Cook Native American Ministries Foundation, which will allow the NAUM to launch “Elders and Youth, Leaders Together,” a project that will serve inner city Natives from multiple generations and varied life experiences.
Elders and youth will be paired up to learn from one another by engaging in community service and leadership training projects and sharing cultural and spiritual experiences. At the center is the notion of Christian fellowship that will allow youth and elders to build supportive and long-lasting relationships.
Read MorePhLY High School Ministry will be making the difference to children around the world when we pack food with the amazing ministry of Feed My Starving Children. After we are done packing we will be having a night of fun and games at Golfland. Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 4:30 PM – 9 PM.
Read MoreHello dear sisters and brothers in Christ,
Here in Senegal we have just come through the season of harvest celebrations, weddings, and church festivals. To connect you with my ministry and life and with YAGM Senegal, here is the February 2020 Newsletter.
Read MoreThis year at the ELCA Churchwide Assembly the body gathered – including a huge number of young adult voting members – called on the ELCA to get serious about its commitment to care for creation.
The #NoplasticsforLent initiative, led by young adults across the church, calls us to prayer for creation, to lament the ways we have been complicit in the degradation of the earth, and to action to care for our neighbor in fasting from the things that are hurting our planet.
Read MoreJoin staff from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, and Wartburg Theological Seminary for an evening reception and conversation: Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Phoenix, Monday March 9th from 6-8 pm.
This event will include food, fellowship, prayer, and an opportunity for candidates (anybody at any point in life discerning a call to ministry) and candidacy committee members to engage in conversation about faith, vocation, call, and the diverse seminary programs available today.
Read MoreThe Minnesota memorial service for Rev. Dr. Herbert W. Chilstrom, held Saturday, February 15, 1:00 pm, at Christ Chapel, Gustavus Adolphus College, will be live-streamed at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq_RlXyiWew
Full obituary and info on services available at gcsynod.org/news/chilstrom.
Read MoreComfort crosses donated by the Mount Olive Lutheran Church Woodshop in Lake Havasu City—gifts for our Senegalese brothers and sisters to be delivered by Bishop Hutterer—also made their way to the Holy Landand were given by Bishop Hutterer as she made her way with other bishops through Palestine and Israel.
Read MoreGrace Lutheran, Phoenix, seeks heat respite program outreach coordinator, May 15-September 15, 2020. View job description here.
To apply, send your resume, cover letter, and at least two references to Pastor Sarah Stadler at pastorsarah@graceinthecity.com. For questions, you may reach Pastor Sarah at the Grace office at 602-258-3787.
Read MorePeople with intellectual and developmental disabilities receive limited income each month to provide for their basic needs. Most of this income is used to cover their healthcare and living expenses, leaving very little for basic needs like haircuts, toiletries, clothing and more. In Illinois, for example, people are guaranteed $60 per month to cover these types of expenses.
Read MoreLord of Life Lutheran Church, Sun City West, has invited Dr. Cynthia Moe-Lobeda to lecture and lead discussion Feb 16-18 on the topic of God, Creation, and Climate. She will offer a free lecture on Sunday, Feb 16, 2020, at 2pm and people can attend the sessions on Monday and Tuesday, Feb 17-18, for a nominal $25 that includes breakfasts, lunch, and snacks (pay at the door). View PDF flyer.
Read MoreBishop Deborah K. Hutterer and her husband, Pastor Alan Field, visited Senegal at the turn of the year, and was hosted by Rev. Adama Faye, President of the Lutheran Church of Senegal. President Faye (rhymes with fly) will attend the Grand Canyon Synod Assembly in Las Vegas on June 11 and 12, 2020.
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Read MoreIn the most recent issue of Living Lutheran, Robert C. Blezard writes about friendship, and quotes Linda Staats, a member of Faith Lutheran Church, Phoenix, who recalls The Message translation of Proverbs 18:24: “Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family.”
Staats finds that to be true for a lifelong group of seven girls who grew up in the same small town in Iowa. Now scattered across five states, they stay in touch by email, text and videoconferencing, and gather once a year. “Faithful, lifelong friends—a very rare treasure, indeed!” Staats said.
Read MoreThe Mount Olive Lutheran Church Woodshop in Lake Havasu City, AZ, donated a number of handcrafted comfort crosses to be delivered by Bishop Hutterer on her trip to Senegal.
The crosses come with the following message: “Keep it near, and when you hold it, know that your brothers and sisters in Christ are praying with you, and for you.”
Read MoreAll Saints Lutheran, Phoenix, shared photos of their Angel Tree & Bicycle drop off day.
Read MoreSt. Andrew Lutheran Church will host a service of “Blue Christmas, the Longest Night” on Saturday, December 21, at 7 pm. For those of us who are struggling with the Joyous Holiday Season as we experience our grief, loss, struggle, pain, and need solace!
A simple service for all! Pastor Tweedy Sombrero Navarette will share in leading the service. Light up the night, the longest night of the year. Remember the losses and ask for God’s healing.
Read MoreThe ELCA is responding as stewards of God’s good creation, and we need more #CreationCareAmbassadors. You can learn more on Dec. 11 from the free webinar “ELCA Caring for God’s Creation Today: Pass It On!”
The moment is now. The opportunities are many. The resources exist and are expanding. Learn how you can make a difference through this webinar hosted by ELCA Advocacy on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM MST. Maybe being a #CreationCareAmbassador is for you: facebook.com/pg/elcaadvocacy/events/.
Read MoreThe 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) is underway in Madrid, Spain, and an unprecedented number of people from the ELCA are present as part of an ELCA Advocacy delegation – including Lutheran state public policy office directors, young adult leaders, global companions and members of the Lutherans Restoring Creation network.
Read MoreAs the result of a fall stewardship emphasis “Always Be Generous – The Generosity Challenge," the households at All Saints Lutheran, over the course of three weeks, collected and donated 3,500 books to the Phoenix Public Library, one ton of food items to Desert Mission Food Bank and 2,600 pairs of socks and underwear to Lutheran Social Services outreach ministries!
Utilizing an ELCA Generosity Project resource called “Live It Out,” all ages were challenged to grow in generosity by counting the total number of the following items in their households: Week One - Books; Week Two - Canned & Boxed Food Items; Week Three - Socks & Undies.
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