Listen to greetings to our 2021 Assembly from President Adama Faye, Lutheran Church of Senegal.
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We’re delighted to present the 44 members of the Grand Canyon Synod who sang in our 2021 Assembly’s virtual choir. Community Lutheran Church in Las Vegas was greatly represented by Philip Fortenberry as pianist, Director Bruce Ewing, and preparation assistance from Chuck Berg.
We also thank the full choir in this post.
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Rev. Albert Starr, our Churchwide representative for our 2021 Synod Assembly, delivered the Gospel reading and sermon for our worship service. He is the ELCA's Director of Multi-Ethnic Ministry Development.
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Vocalist Nicole Pryor and percussionist Brett Barnes perform Freedom as part of the 2021Grand Canyon Synod Assembly worship service, recorded at Community Lutheran Church in Las Vegas.
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As part of the Synod Council and Bishop Report of our 2021 Assembly, Bishop Deborah Hutterer shared some exciting news about our new appeal, Growing Generosity. We are already over halfway to our $500,000 goal, with $281,656 in gifts and pledges!
With a 100% participation rate from the Growing Generosity leadership team, Synod Council, and Office of the Bishop staff, we have already received leadership gifts from three congregations: New Promise Lutheran Church in St. George, UT; Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Tucson; and Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Paradise Valley. Read her report and learn how you can join us in growing generosity in our synod.
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Our entire worship service is available for use by congregations and individuals. The service is provided by our assembly hosts at Community Lutheran in Las Vegas, including Rev. Benjamin Bergren, Rev. Brian Ward, and Bruce Ewing. Download on our Vimeo page.
Rev. Albert Starr's sermon is part of this worship service. His sermon is also available as a standalone file to download or view at bit.ly/starr-sermon.
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A Zoom recording of our third tech check training for voting members at our 2021 assembly is available for review. We also present slides and other helpful information in this post to help prep for a smooth day on June 12, 2021.
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After a long assembly week, the Office of the Bishop will be closed on Monday, June 14, 2021. Enjoy your Flag Day as well.
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As we gather for our 2021 assembly, it’s a good time to reflect our collective experience in a pandemic year. We’re proud to provide these updates from your synod and our many ministry and mission partners.
We’re adding reports as we receive and process them. Review them on our 2021 assembly report page and this collection of blog posts.
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We’ve fielded multiple calls from assembly voting members looking for their Zoom registration emails, which are usually found in their junk mail and spam folders.
You can add office@gcsynod.org to your address book and that may help the problem. Also, flag the email as “Not Junk” so you’ll get future emails. And we’ll try our best to not send emails that trigger spam warnings.
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As part of our assembly, we’ll be approving our proposed 2022-2023 Mission Spending Plan. Use our page at gcsynod.org/20222023-mission-spending-plan to explore the plan in depth as we provide different ways of seeing this data.
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If you missed our Q-&-A Zoom presentation of the 2022-2023 Mission Spending Plan, hosted by Synod Treasurer Erik Rehms, you can view a recording of the session here. You’ll also need this passcode to view: @^w0a56z
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Our visiting Churchwide representative for our 2021 Synod Assembly is Rev. Albert Starr, whose role with the ELCA is Senior Advisor, Ethnic Diversity. We’re pleased to announce his sermon will be available on Friday morning, June 11, 2021, for use by congregations and individuals.
Our entire worship service will be available as well. The service is provided by our assembly hosts at Community Lutheran in Las Vegas, including Rev. Benjamin Bergren, Rev. Brian Ward, and Bruce Ewing.
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Our 2021 Synod Assembly will elect: synod council members, committee members, and voting members to attend the Churchwide Assembly (held in August, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio).
Biographical information and photos of nominees for these positions is now available on our website: gcsynod.org/assembly/nominees.
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All members of the Grand Canyon Synod are invited to participate in the Diakonia Graduation, June 11, 2021, 5 pm MST/PDT. Congratulations to our 12 graduates!
Register for the Diakonia graduation here. Registration is required this year to be a part of the graduation service, and is a separate registration from the synod assembly.
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The pre-recorded worship service which closes our 2021 synod assembly will be available for use and download on Friday morning, June 11, 2021, for use by congregations and individuals.
The service is provided by our assembly hosts at Community Lutheran in Las Vegas, including Rev. Benjamin Bergren, Rev. Brian Ward, and Bruce Ewing. It will feature our virtual choir and a sermon from Rev. Albert Starr, our ELCA guest. The sermon will be available as a stand-alone file as well.
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Last call for our first ever virtual choir. It’s not too late to submit a video if you’d like. Please do so by Monday, May 24, 2021.
Find all the instructions on our website: http://www.gcsynod.org/assembly/virtual-choir.
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Voting members at the synod assembly should attend one of three available “Tech Check” training sessions. All sessions are the same. We’ve updated times and dates since our last post. Register for one of these dates using the links below.
All members of the Grand Canyon Synod (not just voting members) are invited to participate in our pre-assembly gathering and Zoom social hour. The festivities begin June 11, 2021, 6 pm MST/PDT.
Come meet and get to know people from across the Synod in a relaxed atmosphere the evening before our synod assembly. Register for the pre-assembly gathering here.
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We’re looking for tech-savvy volunteers who can take calls on the day of assembly, Saturday, June 12, 2021.
If you’re a Zoom guru and have experience helping people with the technical aspects of connecting to Zoom with a variety of devices, please contact Theresa Thornburgh, office@gcsynod.org, and let us know you’ll help. Thanks!
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