The GCS Stewardship Team invites you to film and submit a “story of generosity” as part of the Generosity Film Festival. Your video will be featured on the GCS website the week of Thanksgiving. Our hope is for an abundance of stories from across our synod, overflowing with heart-felt testimonies of generosity.
Read MoreThis Thriving Leadership Cohort is an opportunity for you to intentionally set aside time with other ministry leaders who are also parents for a time of shared reflection, prayer and renewal.
Read MoreThe ELCA seeks its next Executive for Administration (EA), who will serve as the chief operating officer for the ELCA’s churchwide headquarters located in Chicago. For best consideration, interested parties should submit their resume and cover letter asap.
Read MoreWe celebrate the installation of Pastor Kari Williamson!
Pastor Williamson was installed Sunday, November 8, 2020, at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Phoenix. The service is available online for viewing.
Read MoreFirst state-wide gathering for LAMA advocates and friends to connect! Saturday, November 7, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Presenters Dr. Ryan P. Cumming (ELCA World Hunger) and Ms. Angie Rogers (Arizona Food Bank Network) discuss food insecurity and poverty and what we can do to help.
Read MoreRegion 2 bishops and leaders invite all who wish to gather for a time of prayer and reflection to join us as we pray for our nation. These livestream gatherings will be on the Rocky Mountain Synod’s Facebook page, facebook.com/rmselca, Thursday, November 5, 7 pm MST, 6 pm PST, 4 pm HST.
Pastors and deacons are invited to open conversation via ZOOM immediately following the Thursday prayer service. You may register here.
Read MoreWe mourn Cheryl Stewart Pero, a theologian, writer, advocate and educator, who died Oct. 28. She will be remembered by many for her contributions and her legacy in Lutheran education, and as someone who shaped and challenged the status quo in the church.
Read MorePlease join us for our final session in our series of open conversation about race, Tuesday, 11/10/2020, 6:30–7:45pm. Click here to register in advance for this Zoom meeting.
In this last session, let’s focus on the future. Where so we go from here? Be ready to share ideas, dreams, and hopes for how our synod can grow.
Read MoreThe Rev. Christopher deForest, Kutztown, Pa., was elected Oct. 24 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod.
Read MoreThis is the time for ELCA members to draw lessons from the ecumenical movement, in particular the Lutheran churches worldwide that have been promoting peace and working to prevent conflict for more than six decades. As churches, we have always been inspired by the rich tradition of peace, love, reconciliation and justice.
Read MoreThe Grand Canyon Stewardship Team shares this info on the timeless power of storytelling. A good story is short and sweet, packed with concrete details, about a strong main character, timely and relevant, and includes an invitation to action.
All good things to know as you submit your story to the Generosity Film Festival. Submit by Monday, November 16, 2020.
Read MoreJoin a series of conversations from ELCA Coaching throughout Election Day 2020 for uplifting prayer, dialogues on holistic wellbeing, and opportunities for one-on-one prayer, coaching, and discernment.
Tuesday, 3 November 2020, starting at 9 am MST Central and ending at 5:30pm MST, spaced out every 2 hours between those timeframes. Access Zoom meetings with this link and view PDF brochure.
Read MoreFrom the National Cathedral, join Bishop Eaton on Sunday, November 1, 2020, 2:00pm MST, as she attends a national service of prayer to shine as a beacon of hope for the nation amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, racial reckoning and a hard-fought election.
Watch and get more info on this post, at Cathedral.org, or at EpiscopalChurch.org.
Read MoreDaylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, November 1, 2020, at 2:00 A.M. If you’re not in Arizona, set your clocks back one hour (i.e., gaining one hour) to “fall back.”
For the Grand Canyon Synod, that means that Nevada and California are now one hour different from Arizona, the Navajo Nation, and the Rocky Mountain Synod: 2:00 pm Pacific Time is 3:00 pm Mountain Time.
Read MorePersons with disabilities take great pride in going to vote, but some do experience obstacles at the voting polls or even in registering and/or voting by mail.
Please consider being in dialogue with persons with disabilities about their desire to vote, about their opinions about those running for office, and consider asking what might make that day or even that week or month meaningful for them.
Read MoreFrom the ELCA Advocacy office in Washington, D.C. – the Rev. Amy E. Reumann, director, are updates on: Covid-19 Stimulus | Refugee Admissions Goal | TPS Uncertainty | Election 2020 Is Here! | Welcome New Leaders.
Read MoreIt is both privilege and responsibility for Lutherans in the United States to approach Election 2020 as faith-informed voters.
With mere days remaining in advance of Election Day 2020, here is a review of material associated with the ELCAvotes initiative.
Read MoreFirst state-wide gathering for LAMA advocates and friends to connect! Saturday, November 7, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Presenters Dr. Ryan P. Cumming (ELCA World Hunger) and Ms. Angie Rogers (Arizona Food Bank Network) discuss food insecurity and poverty and what we can do to help.
Read MoreThe GCS Stewardship Team invites you to film and submit a “story of generosity” as part of the Generosity Film Festival. Your video will be featured on the GCS website the week of Thanksgiving. Our hope is for an abundance of stories from across our synod, overflowing with heart-felt testimonies of generosity.
Read MoreHighlighted in the Arizona Republic, Bishop Hutterer was one of four Arizona faith leaders from diverse traditions who spoke at an online panel last week in Phoenix about how different faiths address human responsibility to the environment.
“From our Lutheran tradition, we have this idea of care of creation, the interdependence of each one of us, and the fact that without caring about creation, we have actually denied our neighbors,” Bishop Hutterer says in the article in Arizona Central. “Our lives depend on the life that surrounds us.”
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