We pray for Rev. Richard Peterson and the people of Faith Lutheran Church in Yuma, part of the Cactus Conference. Visit their site at faithyuma.com, and their social media pages on Facebook and YouTube.
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A majority of United States counties were experiencing moderate to high Covid-19 transmission in early July. The map above shows the current risk for unvaccinated people in each county.
Extremely high risk counties for unvaccinated people in our synod include Clark, Mohave, and Washington counties.
High risk counties: Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Yavapai.
Yuma County is at moderate risk.
Bishop Eaton joined faith leaders from many traditions during a National Council of Churches press conference urging Congress to bring HR40 to the House floor before the summer recess.
HR40 is a bill that would establish a federal commission to study the lasting impacts of slavery in the U.S. and develop a set of recommendations for advancing reparations for affected people of African descent.
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The Open Doors initiative was launched to support ELCA congregations interested in meeting new people during this time of transition and re-gathering in physical spaces. ELCA congregations were invited to share their concrete, actionable ideas for meeting new people during this critical time.
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Interested in leading or more fully participating in the life of the church? The Diakonia program (diakoniaaz.org) equips lay leaders with foundational knowledge of the Bible, Lutheran doctrine, and church history.
Information sessions will be held in July and August in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Tucson, and online.
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Christians Against Christian Nationalism has released a a new curriculum based on their “Democracy and Faith Under Siege'' webinar conducted in the aftermath of the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
This curriculum is a guide for churches and other small discussion groups to take a deeper dive into the dangers of this ideology.
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Hear as Deacon & Farmer, Sarah Bowers reflects on her experiences and come to the table with a story from your journey. Lutherans Restoring Creation Connections Call: July 15, 2021, 5pm MST/PDT. Sign up for their Good Green News emails to receive the zoom link or come back to this post to see the recording by July 17th.
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The Spiritual Direction Certification Program at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary of Lenoir-Rhyne University begins its sixth year of participants in January 2022. Learn more in this PDF.
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On June 24-25, 2021, a delegation of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) visited the Vatican as part of the journey from conflict to communion, that began over 50 years ago.
The visit of the LWF delegation in Rome launched the next stage of the journey, looking ahead to the 500th Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession.
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Guided by Tod Bolsinger, the Online Adaptive Capacity Cohort from Fuller Church Leader Institute is an 18-month cohort process starting in October of 2021.
Twenty church teams will discover how to be attentive and strategic about experimenting on the edges and re-shaping the culture within your church in order to more effectively BE the church for a changing world. Lilly Endowment grants available, more info here.
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As we look to the future of the ELCA and invite new people to know Jesus, Bishop Eaton asks, “how would you describe what it means to be a Lutheran Christian?”
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Bishop Hutterer encourages you to join in this series as we consider the future of the church. Forced to scramble to go online in just a few weeks during the COVID pandemic, the church has discovered the online world is a place where genuine community and real ministry happens.
Hosted by the Southwestern Texas Synod, all congregations (rostered and lay leaders) are invited to this 5-week FREE series on Monday evenings beginning July 26, 2021. Get more info and register here.
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The summer 2021 issue of Mosaic’s premiere, national magazine, Promise, is now online and ready to read. Read the latest issue by clicking here.
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We pray for Rev. Kim Taylor and the people of American Lutheran Church in Tucson, part of the Santa Cruz Conference. Visit their site at godsplaceforgrace.org, and their social media pages on Facebook and YouTube.
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The Evangelical Lutheran Education Association (ELEA) is collecting information from all ELCA Schools and Learning Centers that will become a powerful resource tool. Through this survey, ELEA will gather accurate student, administration and staff demographics, budgetary and general information. Take the survey here.
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Theresa Thornburgh, the Director of Administration and Events for the Grand Canyon Synod, will be on vacation 7/16-7/23/2021. During that time our office hours continue to be Monday–Thursday, 9am-5pm, with visits by necessity or appointment only. Our office phone, 602-957-3223, will continue to be monitored.
The office@gcsynod.org email will not be monitored, and processing of checks will be on hold until Theresa’s return. You can find contact information for the full staff at www.gcsynod.org/contact.
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With more and more Covid-19 cases being spread by the vastly more contagious Delta variant, it’s good to know vaccination rates in your area. Learn more about Delta in this podcast, and check vaccination rates by county and age group here.
Only four counties in the Grand Canyon Synod have half their residents vaccinated. The percentage of residents age 12+ that are fully vaccinated in each county are:
Over half: Santa Cruz 75%; Apache 58%; Coconino 55%; Pima 51%
Half to 1/3: Navajo 48%; Yuma 47%; Cochise 45%; Gila 45%; Graham 44%; Maricopa 41%; Clark 39%; Pinal 37%; La Paz 36%; Yavapai 35%
Under 1/3: Greenlee 31%; Mohave 30%; Washington 28%
We pray for Rev. Mateo Chavez and the people of San Juan Bautista Lutheran Church in Tucson, part of the Santa Cruz Conference. Visit their site at sjblc.org, and their Facebook page.
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After selling out in May, Luther Seminary brings back one of their most talked-about courses: Hybrid Ministry in a Post-Pandemic Church, from Ryan Panzer. Click here for all the details (including a course breakdown) and a chance to register before it fills up again.
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