Save $20 when you register early for our June 10-11, 2022 synod assembly. Visitors can view via livestream at no cost. Lay voting members and rostered ministers (active and retired) all use the same registration. Click here to register.
$140 early bird registration runs through 4/22/2022. $160 registration ends 5/27/2022.
Read MoreWe thank Pastor David Brandfass, our outgoing Synod Secretary, for his work in updating our constitution. He’s made formatting updates to be aligned with the churchwide organization, as well as added user-friendly features like a table of contents.
The PDF is now hyperlinked so you no longer have to scroll through dozens of pages to get where you want to go. Each page also has back to the table of contents link. View the Grand Canyon Synod Constitution as a PDF here.
Read MoreThis full-day retreat will engage you in a thoughtful and inspiring look at the stories of how you came to be the person you are and the qualities of your life that can be a true legacy to future generations. Hosted at Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center. Saturday, September 10, 2022, 9am–4pm MST.
Read MoreThis week we celebrate the ordination anniversaries of Rev. Christine Stoxen, Rev. Jonathan Heilner, Rev. Richard Glover, Rev. Phillip Hausknecht, Rev. Mel Soderberg, Rev. Patricia Reed, and Deacon Laura Book.
Read MoreFirst Call Theological Education, stewardship, and assembly planning are just some of the work we get to do as Office of the Bishop this week.
Read MoreEarth Day is Friday, April 22, 2022! We encourage you to review ELCA’s social statement on Caring for Creation (in English or Spanish), and visit the Environment Advocacy page and resource pages at ELCA.org. And Lutherans Restoring Creation is a grassroots movement promoting care for creation in the ELCA.
Our friends at the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona have also compiled a great set of Earth Day events that you may interest you.
Read MorePhoenix Fusion presents a Zoom event entitled “Learn & Act: Voting Integrity,” on Thursday, 4/28/2022, 6:30pm MST/PDT, 7:30 MDT. Click here to join Zoom meeting. View info PDF or read more in this post.
As Lutherans, many of us feel that voting is a sacred right and that we have a calling to be civically engaged in supporting the common good, but with so much happening on this front, it can be hard to keep up or know how to make your voice heard.
Read MoreCalifornia Lutheran University hosts an ELCA 5-part study series for ELCA Declaration to People of African Descent. Thursdays, 4/28-6/2/2022, 9-11am MST/PDT, 10am-noon MDT. Register here.
Read MoreApril is Arab American Heritage Month! The Association of Lutheran of Arab and Middle Eastern Heritage (ALAMEH) is hosting an online celebration on Thursday, 4/28/2022, 5pm MST/PDT, 6pm MDT. at 7 p.m. Eastern time. Click here to register.
Read More“You just gotta go!” That is usually the response one gets when a student is asked, "how would you describe Leadership Lab?"
Leadership Lab is June 20-25, 2022, in Rock Island, Illinois. For more info, read below, visit www.leadershiplab.net, or contact Marissa Metevelis at Leadershiplabdirectors@gmail.com. Register by May 1, 2022.
Read MoreFrom April 11-22, 2022, Congress will be in recess and legislators will most likely be returning to their home states. Your call has a greater chance of being effective and receiving attention. Read more on the Lutheran Advocacy Ministry Arizona (LAMA) website.
Read MoreGeneral Secretary visits Uganda
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The Office of the Bishop will be closed Good Friday, 4/15/2022.
Blessed are you, O God, ruler of heaven and earth. Day by day you shower us with blessings. As you have raised us to new life in Christ, give us glad and generous hearts, ready to praise you and to respond to those in need, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
Read MoreSpring allergies? Worn out by Lent? Portico members with ELCA Primary health coverage have 24/7 access to text-based primary care from board certified physicians through the 98point6 app at no out-of-pocket cost, thanks to recent action by Congress. Find out more on myPortico (and take care of yourself!)
Read MoreThe ELCA World Hunger Team invites applications for Domestic Hunger Grants. Visit this FAQ page about applying. Applications are open April 18–May 20, 2022.
Read MoreAs the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), we assure our Muslim neighbors of our love and respect and reaffirm our commitment to working together in our shared communities for the common good.
As people who know that we live by the grace and in the sight of the one, almighty, and merciful God, we have confidence that our engagement will result in mutual learning, growth, and enrichment. Read the full declaration here.
Read MoreAs you plan for new activities and events this summer for youth, we invite you to join us in ELCA World Hunger’s Global Farm Challenge, a youth-focused, whole-church campaign to accompany our neighbors who are facing threats of hunger and poverty around the world.
Visit ELCA.org/globalfarmchallenge for more information, to order resources when they become available, and to begin planning your youth group’s participation and fundraising.
Read MoreThe Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) met March 31–April 2. The council, which serves as the ELCA's board of directors, took action on a variety of matters before this church. Among them were preparations for the 2022 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, to be held Aug. 8-12 in Columbus, Ohio.
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