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Prayers for Paul Gryniewicz
Prayers for Paul Gryniewicz

We pray for Paul Gryniewicz, synod council vice-president, who is in the hospital for heart issues.

O Lord, your compassions never fail and your mercies are new every morning. We give you thanks for giving our brother Paul both relief from pain and hope of health renewed. Continue in him the good work you have begun; that he, daily increasing in bodily strength and rejoicing in your goodness, may so order his life and conduct that he may always think and do those things that please you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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PrayersBrian FlatgardSynod CouncilComment
Graduate Hannah Manzanares featured on KJZZ
Graduate Hannah Manzanares featured on KJZZ

We congratulate Hannah Manzanares, who graduated from Cactus High School recently. President of the National Honor Society, active in student council and music, she’s also the Grand Canyon Synod Council Student Representative.

KJZZ recently asked 2020 graduates to share their thoughts, and Hannah offered hers: “We will change the world because we are witnessing history on a personal level.” Listen to Hannah here.

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GCS Daily Bread Grants exceeds fundraising challenge
GCS Daily Bread Grants exceeds fundraising challenge

On April 26, 2020, the Grand Canyon Synod was awarded $10,000 from the ELCA’s COVID-19 Response Fund to assist GCS Native American and Latino ministries with food, water and basic hygiene items.

On April 28, Bishop Deborah Hutterer shared this good news and issued a challenge to match this amount for even greater impact. As of this writing, we have exceeded the initial challenge by $3,700, raising $13,700 in one week. We celebrate the generosity of this synod.

Additional gifts from congregations and individuals can still be made to this appeal through online giving or checks with the designation of GCS Daily Bread Grants. Grateful for how God does good through you.

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Stories of HopeBrian FlatgardELCA COVID-19 Response Fund, Christ the Lord Carefree, Sierra Lutheran Sierra Vista, Spirit of Grace Surprise, Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission, House of Prayer Rock Point, Reformation Las Vegas, Native American Urban Ministry Phoenix, Pan De Vida El Mirage, La Sagrada Familia Phoenix, San Juan Bautista Tucson, Holy Trinity Chandler, I-HELP, Mount of Olives Phoenix, Latino, American Indian and Alaska Native, Ethnic Specific and Multicultural Ministries, Northeast Valley Conference, Cactus Conference, Capital Conference, Colorado River Conference, GCS Daily Bread Grants, Synod Council, Kino ConferenceComment
GCS reps head to Churchwide Assembly
GCS reps head to Churchwide Assembly

Please remember in prayer the voting members of the Grand Canyon Synod as they gather in Milwaukee: Veronica Alvarez, Roger Bailey, Pastor David Brandfass, Paul Gryniewicz, Bishop Deborah Hutterer, Norman Johnson, Erin LaHaye, Pastor Chon Pugh, Maria Valenzuela, Renee Waterstradt, and Deacon Janice Zimbelman.

Pray for save travel, and may the Holy Spirit work through them as the assembled discern the future of our church.

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