Faith Lens: Resilient Women
Faith Lens: Resilient Women

I am in awe of the Muslim women involved in protests surrounding the wearing of the hijab. They are heroes who are showing strength and resilience in the midst of persistent pushback.

One of the things that has struck me is that there is no one, universal stance. Women are asking for the power to choose how to live out their faith. There are women in Iran who refuse to be forced to wear a hijab. And at the same time there are women in India who wear their hijabs despite being banned from doing so.

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Author Rev. Ron Rude presentation: Amending the Christian Story
Author Rev. Ron Rude presentation: Amending the Christian Story

Rev. Ron Rude and the Office of the Bishop presents a free Zoom presentation based on his book, Amending the Christian Story: The Natural Sciences as a Window into Grounded Faith and Sustainable Living." Click here to register for this event on Tuesday, 11/8/2022 8, 2022 at 6pm MST, 5pm PST.

After several years of research and writing and teaching, with worldview-altering insights into Nature's natural sciences and life's experience, "Amending the Christian Story" reframes and recasts God's story of life and God's story of Jesus.

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Pastor David Lose: Why don't my children and grandchildren go to church? (And what can I do about it)
Pastor David Lose: Why don't my children and grandchildren go to church? (And what can I do about it)

Pastor David Lose presents “Why don't my children and grandchildren go to church? (And what can I do about it),” a free event at All Saints Lutheran Church (15649 North 7th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85022), on Wednesday, 11/2/2022, at 10am MST/PDT, 11am MDT. This event will also be live-streamed on the All Saints Facebook page. Coffee and treats available prior to the event.

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Grand Canyon Synod, NewsBrian FlatgardAll Saints Phoenix, Capital Conference Comment
LAMA Summit 2022 features Rev. Eugene Cho, Bread for the World
LAMA Summit 2022 features Rev. Eugene Cho, Bread for the World

Join Bread for the World’s Rev. Eugene Cho, Lutheran advocates and friends at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (739 W. Erie St., Chandler, AZ 85225) for the third annual Lutheran Advocacy Ministry Arizona (LAMA) Summit on Saturday, November 5, 2022 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm to learn and to share, as we voice our common needs in the public square, activating our faith in love. Click here to register.

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Grand Canyon Synod, NewsBrian FlatgardLutheran Advocacy Ministry Arizona (LAMA), Hunger, Bread for the World, Eugene Cho, AdvocacyComment
CWA Reflection: Rev. Matthew Metevelis
CWA Reflection: Rev. Matthew Metevelis

We continue our series of weekly reflections on the 2022 Churchwide Assembly with thoughts from Pastor Matthew Metevelis of Living Hope Lutheran in Las Vegas.

“​The ELCA stands right now between a storied past and an uncertain future. Voting members at the ELCA’s 2022 Churchwide Assembly gathered at a crossroads. We worshipped in the very room where our predecessor bodies merged in 1987.”

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Grand Canyon Synod, NewsBrian Flatgard2022 Churchwide Assembly, Fiesta Conference, Living Hope Lutheran, Colorado River ConferenceComment
Lutherans Restoring Creation explore Doctrine of Discovery's Roots in Climate Injustice
Lutherans Restoring Creation explore Doctrine of Discovery's Roots in Climate Injustice

Register now for this Upcoming Connections Calls: Doctrine of Discovery's Roots in Climate Injustice, Tuesday, October 25th, 2022, 5pm MST/PDT, 6pm MDT.

They will watch Are We There Yet? together. We are fortunate to screen the 30-minute film and hear directly from its creators. Don't miss this - it will not be recorded. See trailer and register here.

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ELCA, NewsBrian FlatgardClimate Change, Christians Against Christian Nationalism, Lutherans Restoring Creation, Christian NationalismComment
Becca Ehrlich: Christian Minimalism
Becca Ehrlich: Christian Minimalism

Join ELCA Coaching every Wednesday at 11am MST/PDT, noon MDT, as we practice Courageous Leadership. Log in info is on the ELCA Coaching website.

Join us next week on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 as we hear from Rev. Becca Ehrlich. Minimalism is a focus on the aspects of life that matter most and intentionally removing everything else. There is a direct connection between minimalism and the Christian life.

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Spirited Book Club: Almost Everything
Spirited Book Club: Almost Everything

The Spirited Book Club discusses New York Times bestselling author Anne Lamott’s Almost Everything: Notes on Hope. The online club is FREE, register here for the Thursday, 11/3/2022 event from 2-3pm MST/PDT, 3-4pm MDT.

From Anne Lamott, the New York Times-bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow, comes the book we need from her now: How to bring hope back into our lives.

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Grand Canyon Synod, NewsBrian FlatgardSpirit in the Desert Retreat Center, Spirited Book ClubComment
Ordination celebrations: 10/21/2022-10/27/2022
Ordination celebrations: 10/21/2022-10/27/2022

  • Rev. David Swan, who celebrates 49 years on October 21.

  • Rev. Mitchell Eickmann, Pan de Vida, El Mirage, who celebrates 38 years on October 22.

  • Rev. Amalia Vagts, Our Saviour’s, Tucson, who celebrates 1 years on October 23.

  • Rev. Sarah Stadler, Grace, Phoenix, who celebrates 16 years on October 25.

  • Rev. John Lillie, who celebrates 42 years on October 26.

  • Rev. Daniel Valasakos, Mount Zion, Tucson, who celebrates 26 years on October 26.

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Grand Canyon Synod, NewsBrian FlatgardOrdination AnniversariesComment