Thank you for your advocacy on Mesa’s new emergency shelter!

Rev. Art Simon (1930-2023) was the founder of Bread for the World. He authored numerous books, including How Much is Enough? Hungering for God in an Affluent Culture and The Rising of Bread for the World. He served as the director of the Washington office of Christian Children’s Fund, and pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in the Lower East Side of NYC.

November is Native American Heritage Month. Take some time to learn about the ELCA’s Truth and Healing movement.

Explore Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest’s new Advocacy 101 Toolkit! If you feel called to engage in faith-based advocacy but don’t know how to begin, this tool kit is a great place to start!

Help fight child poverty and hunger by urging congress to prioritize tax relief for low-income families.

Read about LAMA’s visit to Peace Lutheran Church for a Kick-Off Event on 11/5!

ACTION ALERT: Urge the House not to cut WIC funding in the upcoming appropriations bill!

Read about the 2023 LAMA Summit: Advocacy as a Spiritual Practice.

Hear from ELCA World Hunger, Bishop Dr Azar, and more on the crisis in Gaza, and find out ways YOU can help those in need.

On continual reformation and the Lutheran call to advocacy.

Read about Lutheran Disaster Response’s support of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem amid the escalating violence in Israel and Gaza.

ACTION ALTER: Violence continues in the Holy Land. Urge your reps to call for a ceasefire.

Read a draft of the ELCA’s newest social statement on gun-related violence and trauma. The comment period is open through Jan. 31.

Solveig and Autumn visited Faith Le Fe Lutheran Church in Phoenix on Oct 15th! Read on to find out what they got up to.

The Lutheran Advocacy Ministry Arizona Policy Council met Thursday - Friday, October 5-6 to listen, learn, laugh and discern LAMA’s Policy Priorities for 2024.

ELCA Advocacy action alert: urge congress to provide robust funding for international humanitarian programs in their SFOPS appropriations bill. Read on to learn more about how these programs help bring peace and stability to regions that need it.

Save the date! Lutheran Day at the Legislature 2024 will be on Thursday, January 18 from 9:30 am - 1:30 pm. In addition to a rally, meetings with legislators, and introductions in both House and Senate galleries, a light breakfast and lunch will be served.

“It is difficult to find words that suffice in the complexity of this moment, and in the web of relationships that bind us together, as church, with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land and our interreligious partners. Yet God has called us to be a people who stand with others amid suffering.”