Rev. David Swan, who celebrates 49 years on October 21.
Rev. Mitchell Eickmann, Pan de Vida, El Mirage, who celebrates 38 years on October 22.
Rev. Amalia Vagts, Our Saviour’s, Tucson, who celebrates 1 years on October 23.
Rev. Sarah Stadler, Grace, Phoenix, who celebrates 16 years on October 25.
Rev. John Lillie, who celebrates 42 years on October 26.
Rev. Daniel Valasakos, Mount Zion, Tucson, who celebrates 26 years on October 26.
Join ELCA World Hunger for this special World Food Day event hosted by Rick Steves to learn something new about the complex food crisis our world faces and see your generosity in action, funding creative and sustainable solutions in the work to end hunger. Learn more and give today by visiting: ELCA.org/WorldFoodDay
Read MoreLutheran Disaster Response (LDR) is coordinating a response with the Florida-Bahamas Synod. The synod is providing small relief grants to impacted families and will continue to offer relief as additional needs are identified. LDR is sending a group of pastors to impacted areas to offer respite and emotional and spiritual care.
Read MoreWe continue our series of weekly reflections on the 2022 Churchwide Assembly with thoughts from Synod Vice President Barbara Carl.
“At Churchwide Assembly, I gained a deeper appreciation that we of this church, the ELCA, are deeply connected. We are truly church together.”
Read MoreWe share the video and resources from our Creating Communications Connections webinar on Tuesday, 10/11/2022. Brian Flatgard, Director of Communications, presented an overview of communications basics and strategy. Watch the webinar here with the passcode: 0mCcG5?g
View ELCA congregational communication tools and branding, view our synod’s communication guidelines, and this great principles of design article.
Read MoreThe Ordination and Installation of Verónica Alvarez as Associate Pastor of Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church/ Iglesia Evangélica Luterana La Fe (801 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85014) will take place on Reformation Sunday, October 30, 2022 at 4pm with a reception following. Bishop Deborah Hutterer will preach and preside.
Alvarez is the first Grand Canyon Synod Diakonia graduate to be ordained. She graduated in May, 2022 from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary.
Rostered ministers are invited to vest and be part of a procession. The color of the day will be red. Rostered ministers can send RSVPs to worship@faithalive.com for further instruction around arrival time and where to meet.
Read MoreThanks to a gift from Ascension Lutheran Church in Paradise Valley honoring the legacy of member Orpha Hoganson, Manna Grants were awarded for new and continuing projects that work to alleviate hunger and address the root causes of hunger within the Grand Canyon Synod. A full list of recipients is in this post.
Read MoreThe Northeast Valley Consortium is hosting "Hope in a Troubled World," an interfaith prayer gathering, on Wednesday, 10/26/2022 at noon MST/PDT, 1pm MDT. Email HopeInOurWorldNow@gmail.com to register and receive the Zoom link.
Agnieszka Godfrejow-Tarnogorska, Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, shares powerful stories from the war in Ukraine.
Ryan Cummings, Program Director, ELCA World Hunger, shares inspiring stories about our hunger crisis.
Rabbi Sara Mason-Barker, Executive Education, Congregation Beth Israel, shares hopeful stories of faith amidst troubled times.
Ron Bonnstetter shares Native American flute music.
The Inside Out Network (ION), a ministry birthed in an ELCA congregation and identified as a strategic ministry by the Grand Canyon Synod, is seeking input from congregations that intentionally minister with and to people leaving incarceration. Click here to take the Reentry Congregations Initiative Survey, which takes no more than 10 minutes to complete.
Read MoreSt. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Oak Harbor, Ohio: Elementary general music teacher
“Attending church with my mom and grandparents is one of my earliest memories. My grandmother would hold me on her lap and rock me during the church service. Today I still hold this memory close to my heart, as I always felt safe and loved in her arms.”
Read MoreThe Office of the Bishop focuses on the Bishop’s Fall Gathering at the Franciscan Renewal Center this week. We also share photos from the Installation of Rev. Jonathan Linman and other events.
Read MoreRev. Daniel Hoeger, All Saints, Phoenix, who celebrates 33 years on October 15.
Rev. Douglas Dill, Central, Arizona City, who celebrates 7 years on October 17.
Rev. Paul Gregory, Hospice Family Care, Mesa, who celebrates 36 years on October 19.
Rev. Susanne Havlic, who celebrates 26 years on October 20.
Pastor Jason Adams will be installed at Good Samaritan, The Lakes Lutheran Church (8200 W. Sahara, Las Vegas NV 89117), on Friday, 10/21/2022, at 5 pm, with a reception to follow.
Bishop Hutterer will preach. Rostered ministers are invited to process. The color of the day is green.
Read MoreSince June 2022, Pakistan has experienced historic monsoon weather, with rainfall leading to torrential flooding. The flooding is causing a widespread humanitarian crisis, with people losing homes, crops and livestock. Millions of people are displaced and in need of humanitarian assistance, such as food, temporary shelter, health services and other supplies.
Read MoreThe Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) met Sept. 29–Oct. 1 at the Eaglewood Resort in Itasca, Ill. The conference, an advisory body of the ELCA, comprises 65 synod bishops, the presiding bishop and the secretary.
"We come together as the Conference of Bishops to give and receive encouragement as we serve in our respective synods," said the Rev. Tracie Bartholomew, bishop of the ELCA New Jersey Synod and conference chair. "We are at our best when we work collegially and celebrate all that God is doing throughout this church."
Read MoreThe ELCA Fund for Leaders 25th Anniversary Scholarship Awards Celebration took place on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Watch a recording of the full event honoring this year’s class of scholarship recipients.
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