As you vote early or make your plan to vote, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton offers this message in advance of Election Day. Thank you for making informed and faithful decisions for your community, and congratulations to the first-time voters!

Updated March 2024. This 6-pg resource is provided to assist congregations in this time surrounding a national election. The readings, prayers, and assembly song suggestions could be used in settings such as prayer vigils, as part of Morning or Evening Prayer, as part of regular weekly worship in the weeks preceding or following an election, or devotions at home or in other settings.

Need help deciding? Civic Engagement Beyond Voting, an Indivisible group, is a grassroots nonpartisan organization that works to empower Arizona’s citizens to exercise their voices at the state level. They are the only Indivisible group in Arizona that is wholly focused on the state legislature.

October 2022. ELCA Advocacy publishes monthly updates from Lutheran Office for World Community and state public policy offices (SPPOs) in the ELCA Advocacy BLOG each month.

Missed the live feed on Sunday? Now you can watch what you missed. The 2022 World Food Day celebration was hosted by Rick Steves and featured special guest Mark Jansen, CEO of Blue Diamond Almonds. From ELCA World Hunger.

From Presiding Bishop Eaton: The pandemic is not over, and we encourage you to get vaccinated and boosted (and to encourage your neighbors to do the same), not just for you, but for your family, your community, and your faith.

Urge Sen. Sinema & Sen. Kelly to support the Global Food Security Reauthorization Act (S.4649). The bill provides congressional authorization to Feed the Future, a U.S. government initiative charged with combating chronic hunger and food insecurity around the world.

Today at the LAMA office, we’re eating a cupcake to celebrate our 100th newsletter. We are grateful to every reader who reads, or even scans, our hopeful little newsletter.

The Conference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger, and Health sponsored by the White House on September 28 became the second of its kind in over half a century. Tackling hunger, nutrition and health in America was the theme, accompanied by the Administration’s announcement of a National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.

New components added! Now available, a LARGE PRINT Lenten Study and a Social Media Calendar Kit in addition to the Calendar, Study, and Action Guide for Congregations. From ELCA World Hunger.

LAMA is the proud and grateful recipient of a Manna grant in the amount of $3,000, courtesy of Ascension Lutheran Church using a legacy gift from longtime member Orpha Hoganson.

The third annual LAMA Summit features keynote by Rev. Eugene Cho, president/CEO of Bread for the World. Join advocates and friends as we voice our common needs in the public square, activating our faith in love.

Wednesday, September 28 (tomorrow) is the much anticipated White House Hunger Summit on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. In advance of the summit, the WH today released a National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.

September 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.

New for 2022! Action Guide, Calendar, and Study for congregational use to plan educational and fundraising events at your congregation. From ELCA World Hunger.

Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton’s comments from 2020 on the work Lutherans are called to do around civic engagement and voting are still very relevant today.

Check the date your ballot was sent to you, the date the ballot was returned and received by the County Recorder, and whether your ballot was accepted and signature verified.