Grand Canyon Synod coronavirus cases: 7/24/2020

For 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.

Z Covid-19Brian FlatgardJuly 24, 2020Comment

7/24/2020 Prayer: Pray that we will be filled with and led by the Spirit

Pray that we will be filled with and led by the Spirit so that our actions, words and faith reveal who we are ― children of God, followers of Christ.

Prayers, Leader ResourcesBrian FlatgardJuly 24, 2020Daily PrayerComment

AZ State Capitol ecumenical event responds to systemic racism

Bishop Hutterer joins other Christian leaders at the Arizona State Capitol for an event on Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 8 am, entitled “From Chaos And Crisis To Community In Christ: The Church Addresses Systemic Racism through Repentance, Reconciliation and Restoration.” You can view the event online on the4c.org.

Christian leaders from diverse ethnicities and denominations in the Phoenix Metropolitan area are gathering for prayer and repentance.

Brian FlatgardJuly 23, 2020Racial Justice, Ecumenical and Inter-Religious RelationsComment

Grand Canyon Synod Office has a new location

We will be located within the same office complex, but in the suite immediately south of our current location.

Our landlord is renting our current space to another tenant, and per our lease agreement, the property management company is moving us to a comparable space and covering our remodeling and moving costs.

Our new address is Grand Canyon Synod, 1819 E. Morten Avenue, Suite 110, Phoenix, AZ 85020.

Brian FlatgardJuly 23, 2020Comment

Celebrating Grand Canyon Synod Women Pastors

We’ve gathered all the Grand Canyon Synod women pastors in one place—a celebratory video! With gratitude for those who have gone before and hope for the future, we give thanks to God for the ministry of women.

We celebrate 50 years of Lutheran women being ordained in the United States, 40 years of women of color being ordained, and 10 years of LGBTQIA+ individuals being able to serve freely.

Brian FlatgardJuly 23, 202050 • 40 • 10 Comment

An easy way to refer new students to campus pastors

With the college year kicking off, now’s the time to refer students from your congregation to campus pastors. Use the student referral tool from ELCA Lutheran Campus Ministry to make sure these students receive a welcome from campus pastors and some help adjusting to their new campus life.

Brian FlatgardJuly 23, 2020Lutheran Campus Ministry, LCM ASU, LCM U of A, LCM NAUComment

Bishop Hutterer: Lutheran Campus Ministries

Lutheran Campus Ministry, which was a life preserver for me. I saw first-hand how students were hungry for a place to be heard and ask questions about life and faith. I saw students blossom and grow—they are leaders in the church today.

Devotional Music for Sunday, 7/26/2020

For your individual or group devotion, you may choose to listen to the following choral recordings made available through Augsburg Fortress: “The Plans I have for You;” “God’s Plan;” “Be Thou My Vision.”

Leader ResourcesBrian FlatgardJuly 23, 2020Comment

7/23/2020 Prayer: Pray for our ELCA colleges, universities and seminaries and their faculties, staff and students

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.

Prayers, Leader ResourcesBrian FlatgardJuly 23, 2020Daily PrayerComment

7/22/2020 Prayer: Be merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

Pray that, like God, we might be “merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.”

Prayers, Leader ResourcesBrian FlatgardJuly 22, 2020Daily PrayerComment

Grand Canyon Synod fully launches Educate, Equip, Enact (3E) program

The 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.

7/21/2020 Prayer: Pray that the Spirit will unite us as church together, many members of the one body of Christ

We 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.

Prayers, Leader ResourcesBrian FlatgardJuly 21, 2020Daily PrayerComment

FAQs for Remote Council and Congregation Meetings during the COVID-19 Pandemic

This 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.

Leader ResourcesBrian FlatgardJuly 20, 2020Comment

Preparing Ourselves to Lead with Anti-Racism: Weekly online gathering for ELCA leaders

The 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.

Brian FlatgardJuly 20, 2020Racial Justice, ELCA CoachingComment

7/20/2020 Prayer: Give thanks for all rostered leaders

Give 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.

Prayers, Leader ResourcesBrian FlatgardJuly 20, 2020Daily PrayerComment

7/19/2020 Prayer: Pray that the Spirit will renew our faith, trust and patience

It 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.

Prayers, Leader ResourcesBrian FlatgardJuly 19, 2020Daily PrayerComment

7/18/2020 Prayer: Give thanks that God’s word is a light to our path throughout life

Give 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.

Prayers, Leader ResourcesBrian FlatgardJuly 18, 2020Daily PrayerComment

ELCA calendar of stewardship events

From 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.

StewardshipBrian FlatgardJuly 17, 2020Comment

Devotional Music Links on YouTube

For 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.”

Leader ResourcesBrian FlatgardJuly 17, 2020Comment

Bishop Eaton: When you're tired of being tired, remember

In 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.”

LettersBrian FlatgardJuly 17, 2020Bishop Elizabeth EatonComment

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