Our office will be closed Monday, July 5, 2021, for Independence Day. May we, who came from many nations with many languages, delight as a united people in our many different gifts.
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Beginning a Culture of Generosity (BCG) is a new and timely program to help guide congregations and provide the necessary tools to run a successful fall appeal. Congregations will receive training online in 6 sessions and 1:1 guidance on an easily implemented program.
Registration is open through August with the first session scheduled for August 14 ,2021: "Building Blocks for Generosity". View the info page on gcsynod.org, or download the information and registration PDF. Register online here.
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For two evenings in July, the Phoenix Fusion Racial Justice Team will host, and Pastor Kristin Rice will facilitate discussion on the book, “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration” written by Isabel Wilkerson. Thursdays, July 8th and 29th at 6:30 pm MST/PDT on Zoom. Click here to join.
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Cal Lutheran is hosting a virtual Mid-Summer lecture series between sessions. For details on their Mid-Summer Lectures & Summer II Session, visit their website: www.callutheran.edu/fab
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Reformation Lutheran Church was founded in 1948 in the heart of Las Vegas. As part of their ongoing intention to gracefully welcome their neighbors to hear the Word of Jesus’ love for all, the people of God in this place have decided to re-name this community of faith as Living Hope Lutheran Church.
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Read the minutes from the synod council meeting on March 20, 2021, in PDF format.
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Read the provisionally-approved minutes from the synod council meeting on May 15, 2020, in PDF format.
While not formally approved, we are trying to get our minutes available as soon as possible to the synod.
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Grand Canyon Synod is blessed by and supports many campus ministries: Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, the University of Arizona, and ASU Agape, which serves ASU Poly, Chandler-Gilbert and Central Arizona Community Colleges.
Please contact these groups about any students you may know who will be attending these respective universities.
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FOX 10's Bailey Miller reports on Grace Lutheran Church in Downtown Phoenix, who is offering water, electrolytes and other items, in an effort help the city's homeless population survive the scorching summer heat.
Join the ELCA Growing Younger “Train The Trainer” Virtual Gathering, August 11-12, 2021, 9am-3:30 pm MST/PDT. Leaders will learn to increase the number of youth and young adults involved in the life and leadership of the church.
Synodical leadership is invited: Bishops, Assistants to the Bishops, Youth and Young Adult leaders, Evangelism, SYMBOL, DEM’s and others. Register here by 8/1/2020 and contact Pastor Jacqui Pagel for questions and if you plan to attend. View this post or this PDF for more info.
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It's back and bigger than ever: Lutheran Social Services of Nevada’s Peanut Butter Wars!
The current reigning champion is New Song Lutheran Church, who despite the pandemic, brought in 28,977.91 pounds of peanut butter last summer.
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Meeting with Pope Francis in the Vatican on 25 June, both the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) President Archbishop Dr. Panti Filibus Musa and Pope Francis expressed the hope that the 500th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession in 2030 can become common ground on which to strengthen the commitment of Lutherans and Catholics to unity and reconciliation.
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ELCA Advocacy shares its two monthly updates: the UN and State Edition and Advocacy Connections from the ELCA advocacy office in Washington, D.C.
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At our 2021 Assembly, we took time to remember the rostered ministers who have entered the church triumphant since our last synod assembly, as well as the Holy Closures of two of our congregations.
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Since we did not have a 2021 Assembly, we have two years of milestone rostered minister anniversaries. As your read the names in the list in this post or video, say a prayer of thanks for the rostered leaders and their ministry among us.
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We took some time during our 2021 assembly to recognize and thank some of the leaders of the Grand Canyon Synod by name. This is by no means a complete list. In the rush of the last year, many leaders and informal groups stepped up in numerous ways.
But while we have this list in one place and at one point in time, we thought we’d share it.
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Since we last met as an assembly in June, 2019, we have newly ordained ministers and newly called rostered ministers to the Grand Canyon Synod.
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We thank and recognize our outgoing and previously serving synod council members:
Nancy Davis
Paul Gryniewicz
Pr. Jeff Kallevig
Jan Loomis
Solveig Muus
Pr. Doris Nolan
Janet Santiago
Bill Thompson
As part of our assembly business, we adopted the 2022-2023 Mission Spending Plan as well as the 2021 Treasurer’s Report. Explore the spending plan here as well as an overview of the Treasurer’s Report in PDF.
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In this post we try to thank the many people who made our first online assembly possible. We apologize for anyone we’ve neglected. It’s a blessing to have so many who volunteer their time and energy that we can barely count them. We are church together.
We start by thanking all the voting members who took the time to participate, not only on the Saturday of our assembly, but by attending our tech training sessions and informing themselves on the business of our synod. Your leadership is greatly appreciated.
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