Camp Mount Luther wrapped up its summer camping season on August 1. Around 345 participated during the seven-week session. About 196 campers enjoyed on-site programs with crafts, swimming, games, camp outs, hikes, and singing. This year’s theme at Camp Mount…
If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness…
“I came to fling fire upon the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled.” Luke 12:49 This month, readings from the Gospel (Luke) have been filled with prophetic urgency. This sense of urgency also pervades in headlines and…
Beginning September 9th from 9 a.m. to noon Go Tell It In the Mountains Initiative is blessed to have Dilip Abayasekara leading a free large group cohort via Zoom. His work on “Preaching with Power” is outstanding and recognized by…
An occasional series of posts by Bishop Miller called “Musings,” normally reflect on one or more of the texts appointed for Sundays. We hope you will find these thoughts useful for your own meditations on scriptures. Luke 12:13-21 The…
Today begins a new occasional series of posts by Bishop Miller called “Musings”. These posts normally will reflect on one or more of the texts appointed for Sundays. We hope you will find these thoughts useful for your own meditations…
The Upper Susquehanna Synod (USS) will receive $20,000 to cultivate deeper communities of faith in their rural contexts. The grant is through the Wartburg Theological Seminary’s The Country and Small Town Lived Ecclesiology (CaSTLE) Project, a five-year initiative to support…
Bishop Miller reflects on this year's Synod Assembly. We gathered at Camp Mount Luther on Friday and Saturday under the theme, "Living into the Good News," for worship, edification, and the business of the synod. This was our first ever…
The annual memorial service at Old Immanuel Church, Williamsport was held in early June. Pastor Carol Johnson (Redeemer, Williamsport; St. Michael’s, Cogan Station) presided. Old Immanuel is the mother church for several Lutheran congregations in Lycoming County. Milestones: Congratulations to…
In Bishop James Dunlop’s address to the Lower Susquehanna Synod assembly (June 5-7), he described the growth of Christianity around the world compared to what we experience in our area. He said, “The church is growing in the world; it’s…