Camp Mount Luther's Summer 2025 registration is now open! Find out more and register at www.campmountluther.org/summer. They are also accepting applications for summer staff on their website. Candidates must possess a commitment to Christ, a passion for the outdoors, and…
By Pastor Karen Ward of Trinity, McAlisterville Even though the birth of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke is one of the most well-known stories in the Bible, sometimes as listeners we struggle to place ourselves at the manger of…
Here is a look back at the past year’s synod highlights: Synod Assembly: The 37th Assembly was held at Susquehanna University on June 14 and 15. The theme of this year’s assembly was “Fed by Jesus to Feed the World.”…
The Upper Susquehanna Synod's First Call Rostered Leaders attending First Call Theological Education in Gettysburg in November. They are accompanied by Rev. Karla Leiby, Assistant to the Bishop. BSA Venturing Crew 2536, charted by Christ’s United, Millmont (Pastor Curt Wingert)…
In November, Bishop Miller and Lowell Leitzel represented the Upper Susquehanna Synod at the ELCA Wittenberg Center 25th Anniversary Seminar in Wittenberg, Germany. Prior to the seminar, Bishop Miller visited the Kirchenkreis Ansbach-Würzburg, a companion church to the synod. Bishop…
In this Advent season of waiting and hope, the bishops of the Pennsylvania synods of the ELCA speak to the needs and concerns of our neighbors following the election, offering encouragement to live out the Gospel in meaningful ways during…
Messiah Lutheran, South Williamsport (Interim Pastor Jeff Lecrone) recently sent 606 school kits to Lutheran World Relief. While they have been sewing and filling school kits for a number of years, they did things a bit differently this year. They…
In the ELCA November 2024 Mission Support Memo, they share a story about how the Accident-Friendsville Parish, in our West Virginia - Western Maryland Synod, was able to equip their rural congregations with digital technology and stream to reach out to…
Reminder: The Upper Susquehanna Synod Youth Team is looking to send as many youth as we can to Winterfest. Winterfest is January 3-5, 2025, at the Wyndham Resort in Lancaster and is a youth event sponsored by the Lower Susquehanna…
He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 (NRSV) On Wednesday, I turned to…