Join the Region 2 Lenten Challenge to benefit the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission!
Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission is a 70-year-old ministry of the ELCA in Rock Point, AZ, where more than half the households either do not have running water or do not have access to safe drinking water.
The 2025 Lenten Challenge supports Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) and our Church’s call to respond to nonconventional disasters, including the work at NELM. The 5 synods in ELCA Region 2 are challenging one another to raise funds through LDR in support of water projects at NELM. The challenge: Participate in some spiritual and physical practices during the 40 days of Lent. The synod with the most participants wins!
Who’s in it to win it?
The five synods in ELCA Region 2 that are participating in the 2025 Lenten Challenge are Sierra Pacific, Southwest California, Pacifica, Grand Canyon and Rocky Mountain.
Ready to sign up?
Bragging rights goes to the synod with the most individual registrations. So if you’re a family of 4, enter all 4 email addresses, and have all 4 people commit to 3 things. And no, not all 4 need to donate to Lutheran Disaster Response (though it’s worth considering).
“The LORD will guide you continually,
and satisfy your soul in drought,
and strengthen your bones;
You shall be like a watered garden,
and like a spring of water,
whose waters do not fail.”
— Isaiah 58:11
This a little friendly competition for a good cause.
People from across the synods of Region 2 will sign up to do three of four of the practices and the synod with the most individuals participating wins the challenge!