Lutheran Advocacy Ministry Arizona

09/02/2026

Monday, October 5 is the BIG CUTOFF DATE for registering to vote in Arizona general election on November 3. Check your registration status, check your friends and loved ones’ status, check, check, check!
lamaz.org/news-blog/how-to-register-to-vote-in-arizona-2026

Monday, October 5 is the BIG CUTOFF DATE for registering to vote in Arizona general election on November 3. Check your registration status, check your friends and loved ones’ status, check, check, check!

09/02/2026

Lutheran Advocacy Ministry Arizona's 2026 Voter Guide briefly introduces the 8 ballot measures that Arizona voters will consider this fall. Read explanations, recommendations, and context from LAMA, made within the framework of the principles, values, and commitments of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s (ELCA) social statements and social messages.

08/29/2026

08/28/2026

Learn how Arizona congregations can host a fair, nonpartisan candidate forum, choose questions, invite candidates and engage their communities.

Learn how Arizona congregations can host a fair, nonpartisan candidate forum, choose questions, invite candidates and engage their communities.

08/28/2026

Join Bread for the World's government relations team to learn where critical legislation stands in Congress, including the farm bill and funding for vital domestic and global nutrition and health programs (SNAP, WIC, Food for Peace, and more).

The team will explain what's going on, why it matters, what you can do locally right now, and what to expect when Congress reconvenes in September.

Register today! 🔗 - https://go.bread.org/page/100139/survey/1

08/26/2026

This OpEd by Rev. Christine DeWerth Stoxen appeared in The SanTan Sun News (Chandler) on August 23, 2026. Rev. Stoxen serves of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chandler. AZ.

This OpEd by Rev. Christine Stoxen appeared in The San Tan Sun News (Chandler) on August 23, 2026. Rev. Stoxen serves of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chandler. AZ.

08/26/2026

This September 13, ELCA Advocacy’s “God’s work. Our hands.” resource—with templates!—invites congregations to connect service with faithful civic engagement, helping neighbors be heard, counted, and supported in the public life we share.
lamaz.org/news-blog/advocacy-in-service-to-our-neighbor-elca-resource-for-gods-work-our-hands-sunday

This September 13, ELCA Advocacy’s “God’s work. Our hands.” resource—with templates!—invites congregations to connect service with faithful civic engagement, helping neighbors be heard, counted, and supported in the public life we share.

08/26/2026

As campaign spending shapes what voters see and hear, here is a faith-based look at PACs, dark money, and the importance of transparency in Arizona elections.

As campaign spending shapes what voters see and hear, here is a faith-based look at PACs, dark money, and the importance of transparency in Arizona elections.

08/23/2026

Have you seen the latest?

Feeding America released the annual Map the Meal Gap report this month, detailing that hunger is still on the rise nationally. In Arizona, hunger has increased by a rate of .05%.

Map the Meal Gap has been released each year since 2011 using the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Household Food Security Report. As of 2025, that report was defunded on the basis that the data was "subjective."

Which means the most recent information we have on food insecurity in the U.S. is data collected in 2024.

Needless to say, data from 2024 is...outdated, at best.

At worst, it's dangerously irrelevant.

And while it's important to know that hunger was already on the rise, it's just as important to remember: Things have changed, and not necessarily for the better.

Do what you can today to end hunger in 2026: Head to linktr.ee/azfoodbanks to donate, subscribe to email alerts, or read the Map the Meal Gap report.