The Islamic Speakers Bureau of Arizona (ISBA) presents their 2021 Fall Tea Party: An Interfaith Celebration of Women. This online, women-only event is Sunday, December 12, 2021 , 1pm MST, noon PST. Register here.
Join us virtually for an afternoon of friendship, fun, learning and sisterhood. For women 12 years old to 150 years old. Guest Artist: Aizzah Fatima
Read MoreLutheran Social Services of the Southwest is collecting $20 gift cards for Walmart and Fry’s to pass out at their food pantries this month and help provide a Thanksgiving meal for those in need. The goals is to collect 250 gift cards by Friday, 11/12/2021.
You can drop off physical gift cards at the Phoenix or Tucson LSS offices or donate funds using this link and the LSS staff will purchase the cards: lss-sw.org/thanksgiving-2021.
Read MoreThis holiday season, Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest (LSS-SW) is collecting 1,300 new queen size bedsheets for older adults and people with disabilities. Learn more about this program here.
Donations delivered before December 13, 2021, will be distributed as gifts to clients in time for Christmas. Your gift of bedsheets delivers comfort and love to neighbors who truly deserve it. Thank you.
Read MoreSymbols of Presence: A virtual weekly program from Spirit in the Desert during the season of Advent that helps participants prepare to receive the Best. Gift. Ever. The program is FREE, register on our calendar pages.
Read MoreWe pray for the people of Mount of Olives Lutheran Church in Phoenix, part of the Capital Conference. Visit their site at mountofolivesaz.org, and their Facebook.com page.
Read MoreNew Journey Lutheran, Fountain Hills, seeks Communication Coordinator, who reports to the Pastor and works to develop and produce all aspects of the church’s print and online communications and marketing. This is a part time position, with compensation based on qualifications and experience. View the job description in PDF.
Read MoreCaring for creation is not just a boutique issue for the few, but a faith issue for all of us. As COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference, is underway in Glasgow, Bishop Eaton reminds us that we are called to tend God’s garden and be good stewards of creation.
Read MoreThis month, we commemorate two particularly inspirational Catholic saints, Martin de Porres on November 3, and Elizabeth of Hungary on November 17, who each exemplified “faith active in love” in important ways. What might we learn from these important leaders?
Read MoreHoly Trinity Lutheran Church in Chandler, AZ, is seeking an Office Manager for 28 hours per week. Please submit resumes to: htapplications@gmail.com. Resumes will be reviewed after December 31, 2021.
Read MoreMany bishops and rostered ministers have reported an increase in anger in our faith communities. Covid issues over the past two years have made ministry more complicated.
Barbara Keller, with ELCA’s Misconduct Prevention, presents a 1-hour zoom workshop for rostered ministers. It focuses on understanding the origin of anger and ways to help rostered ministers and congregations deal more effectively with anger. Tuesday, 11/30/2021, 9 am MST, 8 am PST. Register here.
Read MoreWe pray for Rev. Carol Breimeier, Rev. Fred Nelson, and the people of New Spirit Lutheran Church in Tucson, part of the Sunrise Conference. Visit their site at newspiritlutherantucson.org and their Facebook page.
Read MoreThis Gathering webinar provides information about preparing your group for the 2022 Gathering. Information includes fundraising ideas, tips and resources.
Questions? Our Grand Canyon Synod Gathering Coordinator is Pastor Shari Bernau, with Living Water Lutheran in Scottsdale: pastorshari@lwlcaz.org.
Read MoreMatt's parents struggled with repeatedly finding new services for him due to violent behaviors, but his story has a happy ending. After he moved into a Mosaic home just over three years ago, everything changed. Matt's mom called it “a complete turnaround” for her son. Read more from Mosaic.
Read MoreAmending the Christian Story: The Natural Sciences as a Window into Grounded Faith and Sustainable Living, by Ron Rude is now available at wipfandstock.com, bookshop.org, or Amazon.
After several years of research and writing and teaching, with worldview-altering insights into Nature's natural sciences and life's experience, "Amending the Christian Story" reframes and recasts God's story of life and God's story of Jesus.
Read MoreGreetings! My name is Rev. Lisa Heffernan, and on June 1st I began serving as coordinator for ELCA Disability Ministries. I work remotely out of South Dakota, where I am also serving as a part-time interim pastor with a congregation.
As a person with a disability (spina bifida), this ministry is especially close to my heart and I’m excited for where God is leading us in 2022 and beyond.
Read MoreOn Friday, October 8th, 2021, the Navajo Mission Preparatory School completed its first quarter. While this has been a challenging quarter with Covid-19 still looming large, the school has moved forward in some very positive ways.
We are very proud of so many of our families who have embraced our read-at-home program. One of the single biggest predictors of success in school is whether or not a child is read to in the home.
Read MoreCheck out the latest photos and updates from the Office of the Bishop for this week.
Read MoreBishop Hutterer joins Bishop Yehiel Curry of the Metro Chicago Synod in ordaining Pastor Ruby Myers, who has accepted a call to Trinity Lutheran Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Pastor Ruby's Ordination Service will be at Zion Lutheran Church (17100 69th Ave, Tinley Park, IL 60477) on Saturday, 11/13/2021, at 11 am Central. A reception will follow in the Zion Center.
Read MoreThe Spirited Book Club discusses Unlearning God: How Unbelieving Helped Me Believe by America's favorite Quaker storyteller, Philip Gulley. Thursday, 11/18/2021, 2pm MST, 3pm PST. The online club is FREE, view our calendar page to register.
America’s favorite Quaker storyteller explores the terrain of faith and doubt as shaped by family, church, and young love, finding his way to a less convenient but fully formed adult spirituality.
Read MoreDo you come home from a trip with a new best friend? Have you ever prayed with someone in line at the grocery store? Do you know the life stories of all of your Lyft drivers? Do you talk to your neighbors about Jesus? If these scenarios ring true for you, you might be a hidden evangelist!
Join ELCA’s Phil Hirsch and Louise Johnson on Zoom Tuesday, 11/9/2021 at 6 pm MST, 7 pm PST, for a lively conversation with people who have a similar passion for sharing Christ’s love. Register today.
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