Six representatives from the Grand Canyon Synod spent four days in Columbus, OH at ELCA World Hunger’s World Hunger Leadership Gathering. Click for pictorial recap.

In 2025, the “Deeper Understandings” series focuses on ELCA social statements, reintroducing them to readers as a means of provoking fruitful, enriching conversation between Christians with different understandings and convictions, and as a springboard for active discipleship in the world.

"Intersections" is a short documentary from ELCA World Hunger that explores stories from three ELCA companion ministries who are responding to the overlapping root causes of hunger in the United States and around the world.

World Food Day is an international day celebrated every year worldwide on October 16 to commemorate the date of the founding of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945. Organizations concerned with hunger and food security participate.

New ELCA Action Alert! Ask Congress to defend investments in refugee resettlement while urging the administration to restart fair, unbiased refugee admissions. Take action today!

The State of Arizona Nonprofit Security Grant Program (AZ-NSGP) is now accepting applications. Deadline for applications is Wednesday, October 15, 2025. Info meetings Wednesday-Thursday, Sept. 17-18.

The guidance offered here comes from Over Zero, an organization founded in response to the global need to counteract and prevent identity-based violence and other forms of group-targeted harm.

For the International Day of Peace (September 21, 2025), the Arizona Faith Network (AFN) calls on Arizona faith leaders to sign a public statement denouncing political violence and calling for peace.

This short Hunger 101 learning module from ELCA World Hunger titled “What Is a Hunger Leader?” is the first in a series of video courses for hunger leaders in the Grand Canyon Synod and beyond.

Guest blogger Autumn Byars, member of University Lutheran Church in Tempe, AZ, recaps the Creation Justice Ministries’ Witness for Creation event at Desert Botanical Garden.

New ELCA Action Alert! Urge annual budget support for critical federal hunger programs such as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Take action today!

This Guest Commentary by Rev. Christine Stoxen appeared in Arizona Capitol Times on September 12, 2025. Rev. Stoxen serves of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chandler. AZ.

From message: "As I wrote last year, after the attempt on President Trump’s life in Butler, Pa., 'God calls this church to say a definitive ‘no’ to political violence now and in the future. Political violence has a long history but no place in democracy. This church belongs to God, and our unity in Christ is a grace-filled and healing gift in a fractured society.'"

Faith, Sexism, and Justice: A Call to Action (2019) conveys ELCA teaching on matters related to sexism and patriarchy, gender identity and justice and much more. English, Spanish and 6-session user guide available.

In September, we come together to rally around food banks, support awareness around hunger and instill action among our advocates, legislators, anti-hunger friends, and YOU! Because together, we can end hunger.

New ELCA Action Alert! As lack of available housing has become one of the largest drivers of homelessness, Congress must hear from faith-based advocates that comprehensive housing reform is a moral issue. Take action today!

Does your church or organization support a farm bill that provides adequate and accessible SNAP benefits, and makes our food safer, healthier, and more affordable? If so, sign this letter urging Congress to prioritize a strong, resilient, sustainable, and equitable farm bill.

Guest blogger, the Rev. John D. Kautz, shares about a grassroots movement of clergy in Southern Arizona that came together as an ecumenical working group committed to offering a clear, public Christian witness in response to a deepening national crisis.