Our regional gift planners, Lisa Higginbotham, CFRE and Josh Kerney of ELCA Foundation, share the wide array of resources easily implemented with their help and designed to drive increased engagement and gifts written to your congregation. View as PDF or in this post.
Read MoreIn the April 2022 Crucible Newsletter. Told Bolsinger shares insights on leading through the “little ice age” we are from the massive disruption of Covid-19. Two bits of advice: first, don’t predict, prototype; and second, keep clear on what will NEVER change. Read the full newsletter here.
Read MoreHannah Manzanares, member of both the Grand Canyon Synod Council and Churchwide Council, lets us know that Camp Aloma in Prescott is looking for three male counselors, one female counselor and camp nurses. Read more in this post and contact Camp Aloma for more details.
Read MoreSeveral years ago I was having an over-the-fence conversation with my neighbor. My garden lay at the edge of my property line, and her children’s play set stood at the edge of hers, so we’d exchange chitchat now and again as neighbors do.
On this afternoon, she peeked over the pickets and said somewhat breathlessly, “Anna, today I had to take my daughter out of our Baptist day care and put her in the Lutheran one.”
Read MoreALCM Webinar Series “TuneUp: A Way to Recruit Singers by Teaching Them to Match Pitch,”
Friday,4/29/2022, 11am MST/PDT, 12pm MDT.
The Association of Lutheran Church Musicians invites you to join its webinar to “help people sing with confidence.” This session offers ways to “recruit people to TuneUp” as well as useful techniques to get them to quickly and easily match pitch.” Register as part of the spring or full-year webinar series.
Read MoreWe pray for Rev. Tina Mills, interim pastor Doris Nolan, and the people of Our Savior’s of East Mesa Lutheran Church in Mesa and Gold Canyon, part of the Rio Salado Conference. Visit their site at oslcaz.org, and their Facebook page.
Read MoreSave $20 when you register early for our June 10-11, 2022 synod assembly. Visitors can view via livestream at no cost. Lay voting members and rostered ministers (active and retired) all use the same registration. Click here to register.
$140 early bird registration runs through 4/22/2022. $160 registration ends 5/27/2022.
Read MoreWe thank Pastor David Brandfass, our outgoing Synod Secretary, for his work in updating our constitution. He’s made formatting updates to be aligned with the churchwide organization, as well as added user-friendly features like a table of contents.
The PDF is now hyperlinked so you no longer have to scroll through dozens of pages to get where you want to go. Each page also has back to the table of contents link. View the Grand Canyon Synod Constitution as a PDF here.
Read MoreKristen Berthiaume and her family live in Alabama. They wanted to promote racial justice in their community. Seeing that nationwide protests and demands for justice were often met with open racism and ignorance, the family decided to create an Anti-racist Little Library in front of their home.
Read MoreThe April, 2022 newsletter from ELCA worship is available, featuring All Creation Sings, events, and resources in English and Spanish. Read the newsletter here.
Read MoreLast week, history was made when the U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. She will serve as the first Black woman justice in the 232-year history of the Supreme Court. It is not the only, nor likely the last “historic first” for the highest court in the United States.
Read MoreThis full-day retreat will engage you in a thoughtful and inspiring look at the stories of how you came to be the person you are and the qualities of your life that can be a true legacy to future generations. Hosted at Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center. Saturday, September 10, 2022, 9am–4pm MST.
Read MoreResurrection – new life out of death – is built into the natural world—the interdependent life cycles of plants and animals living together in ecosystems mirror resurrection. How can our faith help us care for creation?
Read the article by LeeAnn Pomrenke in Café, a publication of the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (WELCA).
Read MoreAs we return to a post-pandemic world, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton reminds us that we will need the “word of the Lord—the Word that calls us back to our center, which is the steadfast love of God, law and gospel, judgment and promise.” Read her April column for Living Lutheran in English and in Spanish, or download as PDF or Word document.
Read MoreFor the first time in decades we are witnessing a confluence of significant religious holy days and cultural traditions during the month of April. Kristen L. Opalinski shares her thoughts in Perspectives, a new ELCA ecumenical and inter-religious blog. She also shares these links:
This April, Chicago has a rare opportunity for interfaith cooperation
The Confluence of Holy Seasons: An Opportunity to Grow Together
This week we celebrate the ordination anniversaries of Rev. Christine Stoxen, Rev. Jonathan Heilner, Rev. Richard Glover, Rev. Phillip Hausknecht, Rev. Mel Soderberg, Rev. Patricia Reed, and Deacon Laura Book.
Read MoreFirst Call Theological Education, stewardship, and assembly planning are just some of the work we get to do as Office of the Bishop this week.
Read More“We must be vigilant today and always, because, like Mary, the Risen One also calls us and challenges us to open our eyes and recognize him in our surroundings and in our neighbors,” Lutheran World Federation Council member Rev. Karla Steilmann Franco, says in this year’s Easter message. Read the Easter message in English, Spanish, German, or French.
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