Pray for our ELCA colleges, universities and seminaries and their faculties, staff and students as they work to adapt to and overcome the disruptions and difficulties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Pray that faculty and staff will find effective ways of caring for students, continuing educational experiences both in person and from a distance, enriching faith and helping students discern and prepare for their vocations.
Read MorePray that, like God, we might be “merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.”
Read MoreThe Grand Canyon Synod is pleased to announce that we have fully launched our new program titled Educate, Equip, Enact (3E), with three components: Stewardship for All Seasons, The Ministerial Excellence Fund and Vital Right Shaped Ministry.
We know that the circumstances of these times may have resulted in personal difficulties for rostered leaders and have also created challenges for congregations. Fortunately, through the generosity of the Lilly Endowment’s National Initiative to Address Economic Challenges Facing Pastoral Leaders and in partnership with the Rocky Mountain Synod, we may be able to help.
Read MoreWe are church together, many members of the one body of Christ. Pray that the Spirit will unite us in our commitment to condemn sexism, anti-Semitism, white supremacy and racism against indigenous people and people of color, whenever and wherever these sins occur.
Read MoreThis resource is from the ELCA Office of the Secretary, with notes and additions from the Grand Canyon Synod Office of the Bishop.
In summary, in Nevada and Arizona, remote council and member meetings are acceptable as long as they are not prohibited by the organization’s governing documents. Check your constitution, bylaws, and continuing resolutions, as you will need to comply with those documents in announcing the meeting, establishing a quorum, and voting. Please read this full document for details.
Read MoreThe Zoom link each week will be posted on the home page of ELCA Coaching, where you’ll also find recordings from each week.
On July 22, we welcome Heidi Kleine, ACC*, ELCA Coach with specialty training in Discipleship and Mission Development/Congregational Vitality, and Emilee O'Brien, recent graduate of Georgetown University, M.A. Educational Transformation.
Read MoreGive thanks for rostered ministers in our church who are active in call, on leave from call, awaiting call or retired. Praise God for their faith, gifts, caring leadership, example and sacrifices in response to God’s call to a life of ministry and service.
Read MoreIt is a painful, nagging reality that there are both good and evil in the world. Pray that the Spirit will renew our faith, trust and patience that God’s righteousness, judgment and mercy will reign when the end of time comes.
Read MoreGive thanks that God’s word is a light to our path throughout life that guides us in our baptismal journey, fills us with hope and joy, and illuminates truth and justice.
Read MoreFrom Keith Mundy, ELCA program director for Stewardship, is a calendar of the ELCA Domestic Mission Stewardship events in an Excel document with contact info for each event.
Read MoreFor your individual or group devotion, you may choose to listen to the following choral recordings made available through Augsburg Fortress: “I Sing the Love that Dreamed Creation;” “Sing Praise to God;” and our favorite from the St. Olaf Choir, “Great is Thy Faithfulness.”
Read MoreIn her weekly message, Bishop Eaton reminds that when we are tired to remember we are church together and the words of Paul: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us.”
Read MoreOur sincere condolences to the Malagasy Lutheran Church (MLC) following the death of the church’s president, Rev. Dr David Rakotonirina. Rakotonirina, 58, succumbed to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on 11 July in Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo. More info on the LWF site.
We thank you, Lord God, for brave and believing people who planted your message around the world. We praise you for the gift of your Holy Spirit, who worked in them to gather and give order to this community, and who still sustains it. Remembering all those who have gone before us, we pray that we may follow as they followed, in the way, the truth, and the life, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
Read MorePray for voting members of the Western North Dakota Synod gathered for a special meeting and elections, and for members throughout the synod who will participate through livestreaming. Ask that the Spirit will strengthen, guide and encourage them in choosing leaders, proclaiming the gospel, growing the church, serving our neighbor and doing God’s work in an ever-changing world.
Read MoreDesert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley, AZ is seeking a full time Church Business Administrator (CBA) responsible for overseeing all business functions and managing the day to day operations of the church.
Detailed job description available at www.dhlc.org/careers. Send letter of interest and resume to hr@dhlc.org.
Read MoreFor quick comparison, we are using New York Times 7-day average graphs for each state in our synod: Arizona, Nevada, and Utah.
Arizona: This week: 134,663 cases, 2,499 deaths. Last week: 112,783 cases, 2,047 deaths.
Nevada: This week: 31,924 cases, 626 deaths. Last week: 25,055 cases, 574 deaths.
Utah: This week: 31,878 cases and 234 deaths. Last week: 27,632 cases and 205 deaths.
Navajo Nation: This week: 8,370 cases and 405 deaths. Last week: 8,042 cases and 386 deaths.
Hopi Nation: This week: 332 cases. Last week: 370 cases.
The Grand Canyon Synod Stewardship Team is happy to share a 2020 Narrative Spending resource. Available as PDF and PNG image, in one page this narrative helps you tell the story of how mission support funds sent to the Grand Canyon Synod are utilized in God’s work.
When you invite your members to give to the church, you invite them to participate in God's work locally and also in places that they cannot be physically. They get excited to be part of it!
Read MoreThanks for to all who attended the Grand Canyon Synod’s Stewardship presentation on Planning for a 2020 Stewardship Appeal.
We're providing access to a video of the meeting and some of the resources and options shared that are helpful planning to tell the stories of ministry that encourage faithful generosity.
Read MorePray for businesses that are struggling or reopening or have shut down, and for their owners, their employees and all the other people and businesses they impact. Ask God to help them make decisions and implement new health precautions that take into consideration the well-being and needs of their employees, the people they serve and their community.
Read MoreA new document from The Generosity Project provides valuable resources and ideas for rethinking the way we approach ministry. This resource document will help you create a lasting culture of effective financial stewardship and generosity, beginning with our households of every age and stage.
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