Some members of the Office of the Bishop staff attend the Rostered Leaders of Color Cohort retreat, travel for meetings and vacations and family, and maintain smooth operations.

We also share photos from our in-person office gathering, and the Ordination and Installation of Wyatt Linde.

Bishop Deborah K. Hutterer

• Rostered Leaders of Color Cohort retreat

• CLU Board of Regents retreat

• Various meetings

• Mountain View Lutheran worship, Godspeed and farewell for Pastor Glenn Zorb

Rev. Jacqueline Pagel
Bishop’s Associate for Candidacy and Faith Formation

• College drop-off

• Rostered Leaders with Melanin Cohort retreat

• Catch-up

Rev. James Dew
Interim Director for Evangelical Mission (DEM)

• Rostered Leaders of Color Cohort retreat

Theresa Thornburgh
Director for Administration and Events

• Planning for upcoming events

• Facilitating GCS Grants Committee meeting

• General Administrative Tasks of the Synod Office

• Vacation 8/28-9/1

Brian Flatgard
Director of Communication

• Grants page and publicity updated

• Daily news posts and weekly newsletter

• Airtable data and report work

Rev. Dan Potaznick
Director of Generosity and Strategic Development

• Saturday, August 12th - Applying for ELCA Resourceful Servants Savings Matching Programs. Learn more by visiting https://resourcefulservants.org

• Monday - Attending the Grand Canyon Synod Office of the Bishop in person staff meeting 

• Thursday, August 17th - Stewardship Team meeting on zoom at 10am

Amy Birchard
Finance Administrator

• Continue working on month end closing procedures for July 2023. Process and present Pledge vs. Actual reports for July and send ELCA Churchwide Monthly Payment in additional to Mission Support correspondence.