Join us on January 23, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity! Hosted at the Redemptorist Renewal Center in Tucson, this statewide ecumenical service will feature Bishop Edward J. Weisenburger and Grand Canyon Synod Bishop Deborah Hutterer. Gather with Christians of all traditions to reflect on John 11:26 and pray for unity. Learn more and help spread the word!

Join Bishop Hutterer along with other Arizona judicatory heads for the statewide celebration of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU) 2023. This Prayer Service will be held Friday, January 20, 2023 to celebrate the Annual WPCU, and we are delighted to welcome everyone back to our first in-person gathering in 3 years.

Arizona’s statewide gathering for the celebration will take place at 6:00 p.m. Friday, January 20, 2023, at Phillips Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, 1401 E. Adams St., Phoenix, AZ 85034.

Southern Arizona area retired pastors and deacons are cordially invited for coffee, donuts, and conversation with Bishop Deborah Hutterer on Saturday, March 26, 2022 from 10:30am to noon MDT at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, 1200 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719.

Please RSVP to Theresa Thornburgh (office@gcsynod.org) if you plan to attend. The Bishop is very much looking forward to meeting with you!

Bishop 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.

The women of the Grand Canyon Synod will meet in a virtual convention on Saturday, 11/6/2012, at 9 am MST/PDT via Zoom. Registration remains open through 10/26/2021, register here.

Our chaplain is Rev. Rebecca Boardman from Lutheran Campus Ministry at the University of AZ in Tucson. Speakers include Bishop Hutterer and Barbara Thistle, representing the churchwide board of Women of the ELCA.

Nominations are being accepted for officers and board members through Friday, 11/5/2021, at 5 pm. For more information visit grandcanyonwomen.org/2021-virtual-convention.

With joyous hearts and prayerful thanks, Resurrection Lutheran Church in Oro Valley (Santa Cruz Conference) invites you to attend the Installation of Pastor Timothy Paul Nybroten as Senior Pastor. Bishop Hutterer will be presiding and preaching. Please join them on Sunday, October 31, 2021 at 2:00 pm.

A reception will follow and RSVPs are requested, please click here to place your reservation. Find them at orovalley.org and 11575 N 1st Ave., Oro Valley, AZ 85737.

Bishop Hutterer will preside at her ordination on Sunday, October 23, 2021, 1–3 pm CDT at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa. Rev Jeff R. Johnson, pastor at University Lutheran Chapel in Berkeley, CA will preach. The service will be recorded and shared on YouTube (following the service). You are warmly invited to attend or watch and share in this joyful celebration of God's work alive in daily vocation.

Bishop Hutterer will preach and preside at the installation of Pastor Ryan Hersch at Peace Lutheran Church in Peoria, part of the Cactus Conference. Find the church at peaceaz.org and 18265 North 89th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85382.

All are welcome Sunday, October 17, 2021 at 3 pm. By scheduling the installation in the afternoon, Peace Lutheran is able to welcome the pastors, deacons, and members of our conference’s congregations to join us for this happy occasion. Pastors are invited to robe, the color of the day is green.

Bethany Lutheran Church in Scottsdale, part of the Northeast Valley Conference, invites you to join Bishop Hutterer in celebrating the installation of Sandy Jones, Sunday, October 17, 2021 at 9 am. Pastors are invited to robe.

Located 4300 North 82nd Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85281. Visit their site at bethanyscottsdale.com.

Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Mesa (Rio Salado Conference) requests your prayers and presence with them for a service of Holy Communion and The Order of Installation for Rev. Brian Weinberger on Sunday, October 10, 2021 at 3 pm. Find them at blcmesa.org and 2745 N 32nd St., Mesa, AZ 85213.

Bishop Hutterer will be present. Clergy and Rostered Leaders are invited to vest; the color of the day is green. View PDF invitation.

Due to the ongoing pandemic, Bethlehem is following the recommendations of our Synod and the CDC. We ask that all worshippers wear masks and maintain recommended social distancing before, during, and after worship. Thank you for your support and understanding.

Bishop Hutterer will be with Rev. Scott Hove, Rev. Donald Lorfing, and the people of Good Samaritan Lutheran Church in Las Vegas, part of the Colorado River Conference.

Contact the church to confirm details. Visit their site at goodsamlv.org, and their social media pages on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram. Worship:

• Blended (A unique blend of traditional and contemporary), Saturdays @ 5:00 pm

• Traditional Service, Sundays @ 8:30 am

• Contemporary Service, Sundays @ 10:30 am

Bishop Hutterer will be at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Phoenix, part of the Capital Conference. She will attend their congregation meeting for final vote for disaffiliation with the ELCA.

Contact the church to confirm details. Visit their site at sov.us, and their Facebook page. Worship on Sundays at 9:30 am, in the chapel and streamed on Facebook.

Pastor Pam Reynolds will be ordained by Bishop Hutterer at Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Sun City West, on Saturday, February 6, 2021. Watch the service on their YouTube page, posted within 24 hours.

“The whirlwind of directional change around my first call has been amazing and there is only one entity responsible: God,” says Reynolds.

Bishop Deborah Hutterer will preach at Christ the Lord Lutheran Church, in Carefree, AZ.

Bishop Deborah Hutterer will preach at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Tucson, on January 12 at 7:30 am and 9:30 am.

Bishop Deborah Hutterer will preach at St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Las Vegas at 9 and 10:30 am.

The entry fee of $125 per golfer includes golf, cart, tee prizes, lunch, and a $50 tax-deductible contribution to the ELCA Fund for Leaders. View brochure and registration form.

Non-golfers, come out and enjoy the lunch program for only $20, plus the chance to join in the silent auction and raffle drawings.

Bishop Deborah Hutterer will preach at New Covenant Lutheran Church, Scottsdale, AZ at 9 and 10:30 am.

Bishop Deborah Hutterer will preach at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Tucson, AZ at 8 am and 10 am.

Bishop Deborah Hutterer will preach at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Mesa AZ, on August 24 at 4 pm and on August 25 at 7:30, 9:00 and 10:30 a.m.

Bishop Deborah Hutterer will preach at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Mesa AZ, on August 24 at 4 pm and on August 25 at 7:30, 9:00 and 10:30 a.m.

Bishop Deborah Hutterer will be preaching at Saved by Grace Lutheran Church, Pahrump, NV, at 10 am.

Pastor Jacqui Pagel will preach at First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mesa, AZ at 9:30 am.

Bishop Hutterer will meet with the church council later (delayed flight from Churchwide Assembly prevented the Bishop from preaching).

Bishop Deborah Hutterer will be preaching at American Lutheran Church in Tucson, AZ at 9:30 am.

Bishop Deborah Hutterer will be preaching at Living Christ Lutheran Church in Flagstaff, AZ.

Bishop Deborah Hutterer will be preaching at Maricopa Lutheran Church in Maricopa, AZ, at 9 am.