We pray for Rev. Steven Kruse and the people of New Covenant Lutheran Church in Scottsdale, part of the Northeast Valley Conference. Visit their site at newcovenantaz.church, and their social media pages on Facebook and Instagram.
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Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) provides more than just a safe place to sleep. The chaplaincy program at CASS cares for people experiencing homelessness who have a spiritual hunger.
Lay and rostered leaders are encouraged to volunteer their time with the chaplaincy program at CASS to teach Bible Studies and serve as outreach coordinators. Volunteer duties take two to three hours per week. Contact John Thurston john.thurston39@gmail.com or check out azchaplaincyforthehomeless.org to learn more.
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“[Science] is glimpsing God’s mind and being in awe of it.” —Francis Collins, to the Templeton Foundation
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The first episode of Faith+Lead's Pivot Podcast season 4 is available, and they’re kicking off the season by exploring the rise of micro-Christian communities and their impact on the traditional church model. Listen here.
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Luther Seminary’s Faith+Lead offers Dare to Lead for Church Leaders, and it’s based on the research and teaching of Dr. Brené Brown. Over six immersive sessions, our facilitator, Rev. Sarah Ciavarri, will apply these Dare to Lead principles to church leadership. Click here to learn more and register.
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Blessed Tomorrow shares their April, 2023 newsletter. Blessed Tomorrow is a coalition of diverse religious partners working to advance climate solutions in faithful service to God. Learn more.
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Our current news cycle is full of debates around the validity and protections of the LGBTQ+ community, particularly our transgender siblings. While no one’s lives and identities should be used for political fodder, we many shape these conversations around demonizing trans folks, and more specifically weaponizing what God thinks about the diversity God has created.
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We pray for Rev. Phillip Shuart, Rev. Mari Larson and the people of St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Las Vegas, part of the Colorado River Conference. Visit their site at standrewlv.org, and their social media pages on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.
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Join The Islamic Speakers Bureau of Arizona (ISBA) and presenter Casey Salas for a Zoom event, The Jewish Expulsion from Spain: Rethinking Religion and Society, Tuesday, 4/25/2023 at 6:30pm MST/PDT, 7:30pm MDT. Click here to register.
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Our synod’s ELCA Foundation planners—Lisa Higginbotham and Josh Kerney—share their monthly charitable giving tip. This month: blended giving! Considering a gift now that complements a gift at death can be requires just the right recipe which is personal to you.
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Faith+Lead is excited to announce a brand-new way to learn about faith from anywhere at any time with the first on-demand Faith+Lead Academy course: The Gospel of Matthew. Experience the life and teachings of Jesus through art, reflection, and application. Sample the Gospel of Matthew Course here.
Led by author, theologian, and cartoonist Steve Thomason, this is more than a course, it’s an experience of refreshment and connection with God.
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The North East Valley Consortium and the Grand Canyon Synod are hosting an upcoming event, Leading Faithful Innovation, with Lutheran Seminary on Saturday, April 29, 2023, 1-5pm, at Living Water Lutheran Church, 9201 E. Happy Valley Road Scottsdale, AZ 85255. View more in this post or this PDF flyer.
To register for free, please visit bit.ly/3Z8ErQh or follow the QR code by April 18, 2023. A virtual option will also be available. Please call 651-641-3431 with questions. Join us at Living Water Lutheran Church for an afternoon of learning, led by Luther Seminary Vice President of Innovation and Professor Dwight Zscheile.
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The Installation of Pastor Doug Moffat will take place on Sunday, April 23, 2023, 9:30am, at Faith Lutheran in Yuma (2215 S 8th Ave., Yuma, AZ 85364). Bishop Hutterer will preach and preside. A livestream will be available on their Facebook page. A reception will follow.
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On this Holy Monday, I offer the words of Rob Bell, from his book titled, Love Wins.
“Do we get what we want?”
..the answer to that is a resounding, affirming, sure, and positive yes.
Yes, we get what we want.
God is that loving.
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Christ is Risen!
Christ is Risen, Indeed!
Alleluia!
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The sky is still dark
or maybe it has come
and gone again.
this is a vigil,
but not for Easter.
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In one of the mystical traditions of the early church, it was thought that Jesus gave birth – literally – as he died on the cross, the birth marked by the blood and water that flowed from his side. But what, exactly, is born? I’m afraid, sometimes, of this ‘awesome mystery,’ and its implications because of what I sometimes begin to comprehend, even in the merest of glimpses.
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In an Easter Message for the Lutheran World Federation, Rev. Dr. Robin Steinke, professor and President of the Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, reflects on the familiar, yet “earthshaking news” that Christ is Risen! Read in this post, in multiple languages on the LWF site, or in this PDF.
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“What is it that makes Good Friday good? [...] Christ’s self-giving calls the church to avoid turning inward and instead sacrifice itself for the good of others. Indeed, the church lives not for itself, but for the world.”
Good Friday message by Rev. Dr Yonas Yigezu Dibisa, President of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, and LWF Executive Committee member.
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