Since November 2020, an ongoing conflict in Tigray, a region of Ethiopia, has caused a humanitarian crisis. People have been forced to leave their homes, becoming internally displaced people (IDPs) in the neighboring regions of Amhara and Afar. There are an estimated 1.2 million IDPs, who are faced with food insecurity, COVID-19 and possible flooding.
Read MoreJoin Bishop Deborah K. Hutterer and Rev. Mark Holman on a Grand Canyon Synod Holy Land Trip, January 2 – 11, 2023. The trip also includes an optional 3-days post-tour excursion to Jordan.
View information on the trip here and view a PDF here.
Read MoreRegistration is now open for Fifty and Better’s FABulous Fall Lecture Series, running November 2-December 14. Visit callutheran.edu/fab for lecture and registration details, including FREE virtual tours of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory! All are welcome to attend, please share with your friends and family! Lectures are $10 each or bundle all for $60.
Read MoreThe Center of Addiction & Faith and Faith Partners are offering Leadership Training on Saturday Nov. 13th from 8:00-3:00 PM MST.
It will be a hybrid training event (in-person and virtual combination). Cost is $250/congregation. Click here to register. View the Faith Partners flyer with more details.
Read MoreWe recently passed the $375,000 milestone in our Growing Generosity Appeal, with a total of $381,444 in gifts and pledges. That’s over 3/4 of our goal!
Growing Generosity was launched in June with a $500,000 goal by the end of 2023. Please prayerfully consider how you’d like to be involved, and learn more about Growing Generosity here.
Read MoreThe women of the Grand Canyon Synod meets in a virtual convention on Saturday, 11/6/2012, at 9 am MST/PDT via Zoom. Registration remains open through 10/26/2021, register here.
In attendance will be Rev. Rebecca Boardman as chaplain, Bishop Hutterer, and Barbara Thistle, representing the churchwide board of WELCA.
Nominations an officers or board member through 11/5/2021, at 5 pm. For more info visit grandcanyonwomen.org/2021-virtual-convention.
Read MoreGloria Dei Lutheran Church and Palo Cristi Presbyterian Church, Paradise Valley, are offering 40 years of SATB Choral Music to be given away free! There are individual pieces, as well as Cantata Books and compilation selections. Call 602-955-7330 for details.
Read MoreWith joyous hearts and prayerful thanks, Resurrection Lutheran Church in Oro Valley (Santa Cruz Conference) invites you to attend the Installation of Pastor Timothy Paul Nybroten as Senior Pastor. Bishop Hutterer will be presiding and preaching. Please join them on Sunday, October 31, 2021 at 2:00 pm.
A reception will follow and RSVPs are requested, please click here to place your reservation. Find them at orovalley.org and 11575 N 1st Ave., Oro Valley, AZ 85737.
Read MoreELCA Advocacy shares their October, 2021 updates. The first is from the ELCA Advocacy office in Washington, D.C., and the second is the UN and state edition, updates shared from submissions of the Lutheran Office for World Community and state public policy offices (sppos) in the ELCA Advocacy Network this month. We excerpt our synod’s Lutheran Advocacy Ministry Arizona (LAMA) update in this post.
Read MoreKirk Anderson, Chair of the 2021 Fund for Leaders Golf Classic, shares the great news of a donor’s willingness to match all donations up to $20,000. The event is 11/15/2021, view the brochure and registration form. Donate online here and be sure to put 2021 Fund for Leaders Golf Classic in the note/memo line.
Like all of us, the donor is excited that we now have thirty candidates in stages of seminary education, up from three candidates just a few years ago. In this post, read more of Kirk’s announcement and how your gift can activate this amazing matching grant in this post.
Read MoreOrganist & Worship Coordinator James Gerber, DMA, will be performing an organ recital at American Lutheran Church of Sun City on Sunday, October 24 at 3 pm MST/PDT. This is a free event and all are welcome to this concert. 17200 N Del Webb Blvd, Sun City, AZ 85373.
Read MoreRisk levels in our synod’s counties continue to be extremely or very high for unvaccinated people.
Extremely high risk counties for unvaccinated people in our synod include Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pinal, Washington, and Yavapai counties.
Very high risk counties include Apache, Clark, Coconino, La Paz, Pima, Santa Cruz, and Yuma.
The Grand Canyon Synod and Diakonia Tool Box present Rev. Dr. Craig Nessan’s “Constructing a usable Lutheran Framework for the ministry of sharing the Gospel with others and serving neighbors in the arenas of daily life.”
Saturday, October 23, 2021, 10 am to noon MST/PDT, via Zoom, $20. Register at the Diakonia site in the Events/Retreat section. View PDF brochure.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, 11/2/2021, 3:30pm MST/PDT, join pastors and members of Reconciling In Christ (RIC) congregations in conversation about how we can show up for our LGBTQIA+ siblings, especially as Phoenix Pride draws nearer! To get the Zoom link, contact Carly Chamberlain at info@faithalive.com.
Read MoreThe Bishop heads to the Midwest to ordain Amalia Vagts, who will begin serving Our Saviour’s in Tucson in November. Other pastors on the team will be preaching in the Phoenix area.
Read MoreThanks to Pastor Roberto Trejo Haager, president of the Mexican Lutheran Church, or Iglesia Luterana Mexicana, for his adaptability as we planned this gathering and as we grow our relationship between our churches. His welcome greeting to the 2021 Bishop's Fall Gathering can be seen in this post.
Read MoreWe give thanks to all those who attended and presented at our 2021 Bishop’s Fall Gathering. Your participation strengthens the connection of the people of the Grand Canyon Synod, making us better together for the sake of the Gospel.
In this post we thank Bishop Eaton, Ryan Panzer, Pastor Roberto Trejo Haager, our worship, planning and prayer team, and pastors who shared their hybrid ministry experiences.
Read MoreWe welcome Amalia Vagts to the Grand Canyon Synod, who will begin serving Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Tucson this November. You can learn more about Vagts in this Luther College post.
Bishop Hutterer will preside at her ordination on 10/23/2021, in Decorah, Iowa at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Vagt’s installation will be Sunday, 11/14/2021, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran in Tucson.
Read MoreOften referred to as “charitable checkbooks,” donor-advised funds are charitable accounts established by donors with current gifts to provide future support to ministries. These accounts are opened and funded by a donor who then advises distributions to charity over time.
Read MoreOregonians are waiting for “The Big One.” Every few hundred years, the Cascadia Subduction Zone causes huge earthquakes. The Cascadia earthquake was the impetus for the Oregon Synod Disaster Response Initiative, launched last year.
Recognizing that many people aren’t prepared for this earthquake or other disasters, a team proposed forming the Oregon Synod Disaster Response Network to guide congregations through preparedness and to raise awareness about different aspects of disasters.
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