Join the Vital Congregations journey with ELCA and Kindling Faith! This six-month coaching program, starting on September 21, provides congregational teams with the tools to develop strategic plans for thriving ministries. Each monthly session includes practical resources and the support of a trained coach, helping congregations thrive in faith and outreach. Register here or download a flyer here.
Read MoreIf you know of someone in your synod who is discerning a call to ministry and might like to hear from all the ELCA seminaries in one space, please encourage them to attend a collaborative ELCA Seminaries virtual discernment event on Saturday, May 7th from 8 am - 1 pm MST/PDT, 9am-noon MDT. Register here.
Read MorePlease pray for seminarians from across the Grand Canyon Synod.
Veronica Alvarez: Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Kylee Bestenlehner: Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Wanda Frenchman: Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Julie Gerrish: Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Morgan Kaus: Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Gail Kenny: Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Wyatt Linde: Princeton Theological Seminary
Zachary Nance: Wartburg Theological Seminary
Luis Ochoa: Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Glenn Schrader: Wartburg Theological Seminary
Jennie Smith: Luther Seminary
Cari States-Codding: United Lutheran Seminary
Judi Tyler: Luther Seminary
Daniel Volkmann: Wartburg Theological Seminary
Daniel Weichart: Luther Seminary
Judy Wold: Trinity Lutheran Seminary
Please pray for seminarians from across the Grand Canyon Synod. We give you thanks, O God, for the people you call to the ministries of word, sacrament, and service. Amen.
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary: Veronica Alvarez, Luis Ochoa, Julie Gerrish
The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago: Morgan Kaus, Gail Kenny
Luther Seminary: Lourdes Olson, Jennie Smith, Daniel Weichart
Wartburg Seminary: Glenn Schrader, Judi Tyler, Daniel Volkmann
United Lutheran Seminary: Cari States-Codding
We continue our 50·40·10 celebration with a message from Eileen Ruppel-Doan, Master Divinity Student, United Lutheran Seminary. Ruppel-Doan shares her appreciation of growing up blessed with female pastors her entire life.
Read MoreThe Rev. Dr. R. Guy Erwin, who was elected in 2013 as the fourth bishop of the Southwest California Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and elected to a second term in 2019, will be leaving the bishopric as of July 31, 2020 and, beginning August 1, will serve United Lutheran Seminary in Philadelphia, PA as its next president.
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