Photos from Grace Lutheran’s Ashes to Go event at the Phoenix downtown ASU campus, and Pastor Jacqui Pagel’s visit to Ascension’s sending blessing for intern Jen Smith.
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We invite you to join Lutheran Social Services of Nevada (LSSN) and Nevada Women's Philanthropy as we break ground for LSSN's new DigiMart Expansion on Thursday, March 5th, 2020!
Last May, LSSN was awarded NWP's Impact Grant 2019 to enable us to add an additional 2,308 square feet to our DigiMart Food Pantry. Groundbreaking will begin at 12:00 p.m. and refreshments will be available at 11:30 a.m. If you are planning to attend, RSVP to Tristan Hightower at tristan@lssnv.org.
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Lutheran Campus Ministry Students at Arizona State University and the community of University Lutheran Church have written a 2020 Lenten devotional booklet entitled "Cross Words," available for free as a thank-you to the Grand Canyon Synod for supporting Lutheran Campus Ministry. Download at gcsynod.org/s/Lenten-Devotions-2020.pdf.
Synod members are invited to share the link, print, or distribute it in any way. Also, it is available at Amazon.com in a Kindle format for $.99.
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Sierra Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sierra Vista, is searching for a part-time Music/Choir director to lead the Congregation in worshipful music and singing at regular and special services. This position supervises the SELC organist and the Contemporary Worship team leader(s) as well. Hours will vary as required. If interested please contact the church office at 520-459-0444, admin@selcaz.org or go to our website: www.selcaz.org
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This is the only time we will be promoting church division! Tanque Verde Lutheran Church in Tucson is giving away a room divider, approximately 37 feet long, 8.5 feet tall. Each panel measures 44 inches wide. Divider hangs from a ceiling track. All parts in excellent condition.
Also available, some communion ware. Contact Joe Paugh or Pastor Stephen at 520.749.1606.
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Confident in the promise of resurrection, New Song Church announces the passing of Rev. George Thune, who died on Monday, February 17th, 2020 after a battle with cancer.
A memorial service will be held at New Song Church on Saturday, February 29th at 11:00am followed by a reception. All are invited to attend.
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Registration is now open for this year’s synod assembly, June 11 and 12, 2020. We gather this year at Community Lutheran Church in Las Vegas under the theme: Why Jesus.
Our special guests this year are President Adama Faye, Lutheran Church of Senegal, and Rev. Ron Glusenkamp, Director, Always Being Made New: Campaign for the ELCA.
The Synod Assembly is our annual gathering to do business and to celebrate that we are church together. Everyone is welcome to participate, register today!
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God is great and awesome, forgiving and a lover of justice. Give glory and praise to God!
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We lift up the congregation of Crossroads Lutheran Church in San Tan Valley, a place where people meet friends, meet God, and make life better.
We pray for: Pastor Charles Newman; Louise Gahm, Ministry Coordinator & Next Generation; Kari Schneider, Worship Coordinator; Melanie Moscicki, Social Media Coordinator; Michelle Scavo, Discipleship & Missions Coordinator.
We pray for the church board: Lisa Parrish, Sam Pagliari, Simone Shern, Scott Scavo, and Pam Dienert.
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Post-truth is an adjective defined as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” In 2016, “Post-truth” was Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year. In a July 2017 article by Lausanne Global Analysis, the term “post-truth” is closely linked with another popular phrase of our time, “fake news.”
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The ELCA is an official partner of the 2020 Census as we work toward a just world where all are fed and further our commitment to greater justice in public policy and the electoral process. An accurate count determines electoral maps and ensures that $675 billion in federal funds justly go where they are needed most.
Posters are available from ELCA.org/resources/advocacy to help ELCA congregations encourage participation, particularly among hard-to-count populations such as people residing in rural areas, young children, LGBTQIA people, people experiencing homelessness, indigenous people, people who do not speak English, and racial and ethnic minorities. National Census Day is April 1, 2020, at which time all homes should have been invited to complete the census.
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Pray that we will always be attentive to the presence and work of the Holy Spirit in the world and that we will be moved by the Holy Spirit to be bright, shining witnesses, bearing the hope and promises of God.
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We pray for the family of LaVonne Joy Klandrud, wife of Rev. Wallace Klandrud, who died February 23, 2020 at Friendship House, memory facility of Royal Oaks, Sun City.
The Rev. Peter Perry will conduct the memorial service at American Lutheran Church, 17200 N Del Webb Boulevard, Sun City, Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 10 am.
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Give thanks for the Deaconess Community of the ELCA and for women who have responded to God’s call in a variety of roles and settings in the church and world, proclaiming the gospel through ministries of mercy and servant leadership.
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We pray for the congregation of Esperanza Lutheran Church in Ahwatukee, a loving, joyful, vibrant, diverse, spirit-led community that transforms lives in worship, education, outreach, fellowship and service.
We lift up in prayer: Interim Pastor Carol Breimeier; Lynn Hockenberger, Children of Hope Preschool Director; Joni Thorpe, Parish Administrator; Steve Newell, Band Director; Robin Neely, Adult Choir Director; Ma Lai Gates, Accompanist; O’Neil Filoon, High School Youth Director.
We pray for the the Congregational Council: President Michelle Tinsley; Vice President Rachel Hanania; Treasurer Herb Pinske; Secretary Doris Dorwart; and members Robert Elsaesser, Elizabeth Farquhar, Paul Gerrish, Jessica Mueller, and Peggy Wagner.
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When I was growing up on a small 3 acre farm in Tacoma, Washington with my two parents and three siblings, I HATED going outside and doing yard work. It was the last thing I wanted to do.
I would rather have been inside the house watching movies on our VHS player. On top of the mandatory all-family yard work on the farm, we lived frugally getting everything second-hand, including my school outfits which did not fit my fashion standards. At all.
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Remember in prayer the thousands of people left homeless after Hurricane Dorian struck the Bahamas this past September. Pray for the long-term relief and recovery of people impacted, and for the extensive rebuilding of their communities and infrastructures by Lutheran Disaster Response in partnership with the Florida-Bahamas Synod, its congregations, and other agencies.
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I was convinced that new digital tools such as smartphone tablets were having negative effects on our ability to relate meaningfully to one another. Then I got sick. Really sick.
One of the great surprises of my life—in addition to continuing to live with incurable cancer—has been the communion of saints who grew up around me and my family through a website.
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Pray that the Spirit will sustain our awe, gratitude and reverence for our savior, Jesus Christ, the Son of God and our true source of hope and life.
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Continue to pray for immigrants and refugees, who often experience daunting challenges and loneliness as they pursue sanctuary and a welcoming place to rebuild their lives in this country. Give thanks for the work of congregations, synods, individuals and agencies in welcoming and accompanying immigrants and refugees as part of the ELCA’s AMMPARO strategy (Accompanying Migrant Minors with Protection, Advocacy, Representation and Opportunities).
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