Events

St. Peter’s, Kreamer, is holding a Fall Festival on Sunday, September 9, 2018, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.  Free activities include square dancing, cake walk, fire truck rides, games for kids, a basket raffle, and food for purchase.  The event benefits the Meals for Mustangs and Meals for Seals programs.  To download a flyer, click…

Marriage is a journey! A Lutheran Marriage Encounter Weekend can help you enrich your marriage and add some pizzazz to your journey. Sign up TODAY to be sure to get the weekend of your choice. September 14-16, 2018 at Spruce Lake Retreat in Canadensis, PA. A lovely hotel-style retreat center with many acres of woodlands…

At Synod Office

September 24-26, 2018: Pastors and lay leaders are invited to attend this event at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac in St. Louis, MO on September 24- 26.  Keynoters will be Diana Butler Bass and Chick Lane and there will be 30 workshops covering topics such as annual stewardship, planned giving, theology of giving, current trends…

Reflect, Renew, Recommit (3R), a week long discernment retreat, will be offered again this year on September 24-29, 2018.  This experience creates a safe place for pastors and spouses to process, share, worship, embrace prayer practices, use tools for vocational support, and discover a newfound community.  Deadline to register is August 15, 2018.  For more…

Join Interfaith Leaders for the ENERGY STAR® Pennsylvania Stewardship Tour. ENERGY STAR is the nation’s voluntary program helping congregations, businesses, schools, homeowners, and tenants save energy and water—and therefore money. Local Pennsylvania faith communities are hosting ENERGY STAR presentations on tools, training, and technical support freely available at www.energystar.gov/congregations.  Everyone is welcome to attend. Presentations…

The Lower Susquehanna Synod is holding a boundary awareness training on October 1, 2018, at Zion Church in Marietta.  Cost is $ 25.  For more information, visit www.lss-elca.org/event/boundary-workship-2018-10-1/ Rostered leaders of the ELCA are required to remain current with Boundary Awareness training. As part of their continuing education rostered leaders should participate in a training…

Go … make disciples of all nations … In a time of declining membership and attendance at worship we struggle to achieve Jesus’ Great Commission. What does it mean to “make disciples” today? At this workshop, on October 4, 2018, from 10:00-2:00 at Messiah, South Williamsport, Craig Miller, Assistant to the Bishop, will help us…

On October 6 & 20, 2018, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., St. Luke, Bloomsburg, will host Peer Ministry for Youth Training.  Rev. Dr. Kerry Aucker, Certified Peer Minister Trainer, leads this 2 day session to enable 7th thru 12th graders to learn how to overcome barriers that separate people of diverse populations from living,…

The Upper Susquehanna Synod will sponsor a week-long Appreciative Inquiry workshop October 8-12 at Camp Hebron in Halifax, PA. This course, led by the Clergy Leadership Institute, will offer tools to lead through the rapid transitions taking place in our congregations.  Special rate for Upper Susquehanna Synod leaders: $550 plus room and meals ($585 residential,…