In order to fund tax cuts, Congress must find $880 billion to cut in other areas, which is why Medicaid is being targeted. Click for stats, talking points and action items.

Our public lands and waters are sacred spaces for reflection, recreation, and stewardship. Yet, they are under threat. Join a statewide movement to protect these resources at the Arizona Rally for Public Lands on Thursday, March 27 at the Arizona Capitol. Buses from Tucson & Flagstaff to Phoenix available.

Celebrate World Water Day on Saturday (March 22) as one of your spiritual practices during Lent. Get ideas from the United Nations’ toolkit for Glacier Preservation or the 40-40-40 Lenten Challenge resources and toolkit shared here.

This year’s Offering of Letters is focused on child nutrition and is as critical as ever in the current political climate. Read on to learn more about the importance of nutrition programs in helping children reach their full potential. Then email your members of Congress and ask them to support improving child nutrition.

There haven’t been many bills we are able to champion this session; it’s mostly about protecting SNAP. Read where we’re at on the 8 hunger bills that are moving through the legislature.

Take the SNAP Challenge! Post includes toolkit. The upcoming congressional recess (March 15–23) is the perfect time to involve Members of Congress in the SNAP Challenge. Read on to learn which AZ district has the most SNAP households.

In current federal proposals could reduce access to essential healthcare for millions of Americans. This recorded webinar explores implications – as well as ways to bring our faith-based perspectives into the process. Includes Action Alert from Lutheran Service in America.

New Action Alert! Congress has a new fiscal deadline of March 14 to pass the 2025 budget when a temporary stopgap expires and to begin the process of the Fiscal Year 2026 budget plan. Urge Congress to pass a budget with strong homeless and affordable housing programs.

Church World Service — As a Covenant Member of CWS the ELCA was part of drafting and signing The Ash Wednesday Ecumenical Declaration: Defending Refuge. Read the final version of the Declaration and sign on.

Action Alert from LSS-SW: This week, Congress may vote on the Federal budget, which at this time includes drastic cuts to Medicaid in the amount of $880 billion over 10 years and $230 billion in cuts to SNAP benefits. We know that existing challenges already leave many people vulnerable—from affordable housing shortages, job losses, to the high cost of everyday necessities—will only be exacerbated if Medicaid is cut.

URGENT ACTION ALERT. HB2191 is on the House Government Committee agenda Wednesday (2/19) at 8 am. We need you to show your support most urgently! Sign in to the Request to Speak (RTS) system and support this bill today.

Urge Congress to do everything they can to end the funding freeze on lifesaving programs. ”We affirm that our nation has responsibility to contribute a portion of its wealth to people in poorer nations through effective economic assistance,” (ELCA social statement For Peace in God’s World).

3 key actions to take this week to protect SNAP. Wednesday and Thursday this week, U.S. House Republicans move forward with their budget plan for reconciliation as the U.S. Senate pursues a competing proposal. Now is the time!

HB2213 is on the Appropriations Committee agenda Wednesday (2/12) at 2pm. Now is the time to push for funding! Sign in to the Request to Speak (RTS) system and support this bill.

Read our second RTS alert for the 2025 Legislative Session, 5 of the 27 bills that were introduced on Civic Engagement that are moving through the legislature.

An action alert from LAMA’s ministry partners at Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest. Fact sheets and letter template included. LAMA seeks to support with compassion the dignity of individuals experiencing immigration by working to protect legal pathways to immigration and protecting the civil rights of all in our multicultural society.

Action Alert: Bread for the World asks people of faith to urge Congress to call for an immediate end to the pause on U.S. foreign assistance and to protect domestic nutrition programs.

Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest offer 3 steps you can take today to stand with refugees in Arizona.