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2022 Legislative Bill Tracker: Civic Engagement and Voting Integrity
The bill tracker and analysis on civic engagement and voter integrity is courtesy of Arizona Faith Network and their team of legislative analysts. The bills included are deemed to be Priority Bills due to the speed in which they are moving through the Arizona legislature.
Global Farm Challenge: New ELCA World Hunger Resource for Youth
COMING SOON: Join ELCA World Hunger’s Global Farm Challenge, a youth-focused, whole-church campaign to accompany our neighbors who are facing threats of hunger and poverty around the world.
2022 Legislative Bill Tracker: Civic Engagement and Voting Integrity
The bill tracker and analysis on civic engagement and voter integrity is courtesy of Arizona Faith Network and their team of legislative analysts. The bills included are deemed to be Priority Bills due to the speed in which they are moving through the Arizona legislature.
LAMA Advocacy Update: March 2022
March 2022. ELCA Advocacy publishes monthly updates from Lutheran Office for World Community and state public policy offices (SPPOs) ~ LAMA included ~ in the ELCA Advocacy BLOG each month.
LAMA featured in Living Lutheran
Lutheran Advocacy Ministry Arizona (LAMA) was featured on the Advocacy page of the March 2022 issue of Living Lutheran.
“Out among the people”
Mary Louise Frenchman might be “Pastor Frenchman” in professional circles. In more formal settings, some might introduce her as “the Rev. Mary Louise.” But to those who gather for worship and greet her almost daily on the streets of Phoenix, it’s “Big Mama.”
2022 Legislative Bill Tracker: Civic Engagement and Voting Integrity
The bill tracker and analysis on civic engagement and voter integrity is courtesy of Arizona Faith Network and their team of legislative analysts. The bills included are deemed to be Priority Bills due to the speed in which they are moving through the Arizona legislature.
Domestic Hunger Grants awarded to two GCS ministries in 2022
“We couldn’t survive without our grants… they’re the most fantastic thing in the world!” ELCA World Hunger announced recently that two ministries in the Grand Canyon Synod received Domestic Hunger Grants in 2022: Grace Lutheran Church in Phoenix and Native American Urban Ministry, also in Phoenix.
Registration opens for Domestic Hunger Grants
Registration for ELCA World Hunger’s 2023 Domestic Hunger Grants opens on March 18. Could your organization be one to receive funding for your hunger ministry this year?
Join the Arizona Faith Forum: Where People of Faith Connect
Created by Arizona Faith Network, the Arizona Faith Forum is designed to be a place where people of faith connect and share with one another.
#ELCAvotes: Movement Into Action
How you can participate in ELCAvotes this election year? PLAN AHEAD. Using resources that will be provided by the ELCA and partner organizations as part of the ELCAvotes initiative, here are some ways to participate in ELCAvotes.
ELCA Social Statement: The Church in Society
Church in Society: A Lutheran Perspective articulates the teaching of the ELCA on the church's relation to society and its public presence and responsibilities. The statement begins with the claim that the witness of the church in society flows from its identity as a community that lives from and for the gospel.
2022 ELCA Federal Policy Priorities
Read about 2022 ELCA Federal Policy Priorities on Domestic, Environment, International, Migration, Middle East and Civic Engagement topics, the justification through biblical and ELCA social teachings, and how you can be involved.
Churches as Polling Places by #ELCAvotes
Would your church make a good polling place? Learn what #ELCAvotes has to say on the subject. Arizona statewide election dates are July 30, 2024 for the Primary and November 5, 2024 for the General Election.
HB2060 Passes Arizona House of Representatives Unamended
Great news! HB2060 passed the Arizona House of Representatives—unamended—on Thursday! The vote was 44-15. Now on to the Senate, where it faces a more challenging road.
Hungering for Justice: Luther and the Economy Study Guide
This five-week educational series uncovers how our Lutheran faith shapes our perspective and role in the economy. Each week looks at one key aspect of the economy and explores questions related to economic justice. ELCA World Hunger.
LAMA Advocacy Update: February 2022
February 2022. ELCA Advocacy publishes monthly updates from Lutheran Office for World Community and state public policy offices (SPPOs) ~ LAMA included ~ in the ELCA Advocacy BLOG each month.
What does the ELCA say about Voting Rights and Racial Justice?
As we watch more than 100 voting rights bills cross the desks of Arizona legislators, we’re thinking as people of faith and as members of the ELCA using a racial justice lens.