On December 27, 2020 the people of Desert Streams Lutheran Church in Surprise, Arizona, will gather for the last time as a congregation.
Please hold the people of Desert Streams and their interim pastor, Jose Valenzuela in your prayers.
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We remind everyone that emails scams are back, including fake emails and texts from Bishops. Please be very suspicious of any requests for money from the Office of the Bishop (except for statements of intent of course).
We’re including and adapting a scam awareness PDF created by the Southeastern Iowa synod which has great tips on how to recognize scam text and emails.
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Ascension Lutheran Church in Paradise Valley, AZ has an opening for a part-time office support position to assist the office manager.
Applications will be accepted until January 15 with a target start date of February 1. This part-time position is 12 hours a week at $18.00 per hour. Scheduling is flexible. Click here for a copy of the job description.
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Desert Streams Lutheran Church, Surprise, is offering two filing cabinets of choir music, as well as vestments, paraments, choir robes and banners. If interested, contact them at (866) 506-8944 or dslcsurprise@gmail.com.
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We finish 2020 grateful for all the ways the people of the Grand Canyon Synod adapted and adjusted. We give thanks for God’s continued faithfulness, and for the generosity that continues unabated, even during a pandemic.
We invite congregations to prayerfully consider what God's call to share from your blessings in support of our joint mission and ministry. Please visit our statement of intent page and let us know your mission support.
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Now through December 21, the shortest day of the year, Jupiter and Saturn will continue to get closer in the sky. Best time to see is about a half hour after sunset. Check it out and then watch our Longest Night service.
Will they look like one star? Some answers here at earth sky.org. Plus, possible astronomical explanations for the Star of Bethlehem or Christmas star.
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ELCA Coaching presents Growing Young: Empathy, Wednesday, December 16, 12 pm MST, 1 pm PST. Links @ elcacoaching.org.
This week, we will hear from Kate and her pastor, Rev. John Gosswein of Family of Christ Lutheran, Kearney, NE, as they share about their congregation who takes their young people and empathy seriously.
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A new part time position is being created for a creative person to serve St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Las Vegas. Visit their site to contact and express interest. Read this post for a job description.
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Lutherans Restoring Creation is hosting a Connections Call with Gayle Boss, author of All Creation Waits, on Wednesday, Dec. 9th, 6pm MST, 5pm PST. Click here to join or call 888-602-2749.
If you miss the call, explore and order the book here.
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In this difficult year, please join us in a Service of the Longest Night, which will be available for viewing Monday, December 21, 2020, at 5pm MST, 4pm PST, on our Facebook and Vimeo pages, and at gcsynod.org/longest-night.
In the service, we recognize the dark night of the soul of 2020. Using four candles, you’ll be invited to light them one by one as the service progresses, with prayer, words, and music from Office of the Bishop staff, our conference deans, and synod musicians.
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Whether you are a newly connected or longtime advocate of ELCA World Hunger, you are invited attend the 2021 ELCA World Hunger Leadership Gathering.
This signature event gathers ELCA World Hunger’s leaders for a time of networking, idea sharing, learning and planning for our shared ministry.
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ELCA Coaching will hold space for leaders to gather, share, and just be together in this liminal time filled with both grief and hope.
The Weekly Online Gathering for ELCA Leaders continues every Wednesday, 12pm MST, 11am PST. Links to the meeting at elcacoaching.org as well as archives.
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ELCA Mission Support unveils a brand-new digital platform for Stories of Faith in Action, featuring content in a modern, dynamic format, mixing video and visual elements with stories to take you further into the work of Mission Support.
This site is a fantastic tool to include in your next stewardship communication or as part of your annual meeting materials.
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We invite annual meeting organizers to an information session in which we will share best practices for your online annual congregation meeting: Monday, 12/14/2020, 7pm MST, 6 pm PST. Click here to register in advance.
Please join attorneys Peter Westby and Bryan Daum, synod council secretary Pastor David Brandfass, and the Office of the Bishop staff in a review of constitutional requirements, state regulations, technical aspects of a Zoom meeting, resource review, and Q&A.
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In the first-ever event of its kind, ELCA World Hunger presents an online Christmas benefit concert featuring Peter Mayer, a longtime Lutheran and the lead guitarist for Jimmy Buffett. December 9, 2020, 6pm MST, 5pm PST, on the ELCA Facebook page.
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We’re compiling all our letters and resources related to Advent and Christmas on one page, and will keep adding related info as we begin a new year as church together. Check out our new Advent and Christmas page.
Have something you’d like to share on this page? Let us know!
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Lutheran Disaster Response shares a situation report on Hurricane Eta, and Lutheran World Relief shares a video (below) following the devastating twin hurricanes of Eta and Iota, showing the devastation to which the LWR staff in Honduras are rapidly responding.
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What has this full communion agreement meant for our churches over these twenty years?
We’ve worshipped together in joint celebrations and shared liturgies and developed a deep familiarity and appreciation for each other’s liturgies and confession of the faith.
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The UN and State Edition features updates shared from submissions of the Lutheran Office for World Community and state public policy offices: U.N., California, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin.
The Advocacy Connections update features Election 2020 and ELCAvotes, COVID-19 Stimulus And Other “Lame Duck” Session Activity, Official Paris Climate Agreement Withdrawal, Atrocity Prevention, Presidential Determination On Refugees.
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