Lessons and Carols for the First Sunday of Christmas
Our synod staff are providing a recorded service of Lessons and Carols for the First Sunday of Christmas. Congregations that wish to may use this service in place of their usual Sunday worship. The recording will drop on December 26 at 5:00 p.m. on the synod’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. Here is a link…
Synod Office Closed
The Upper Susquehanna Synod Office will be closed on Monday, January 18, 2021, in observance of Martin Luther King Day. If you have an emergency, please call the synod office (570-524-9778) and the voicemail will give you phone numbers that you can call.
Diocese of Scranton Ecumenical Prayer Service
The theme of this year's Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which will take place from January 18-25, is: "Abide in my love... you shall bear much fruit," (John, 15). This year, because of the pandemic, the Diocese of Scranton commemoration of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will take place in a slightly…
Buffalo Valley Lay School of Theology
The Buffalo Valley Conference of the Upper Susquehanna Synod is excited to once again offer our annual Buffalo Valley Lay School of Theology! This year, they will be offering multiple workshops running from January 23rdthrough February 14th. A catalog of offerings is available here: bit.ly/BVLST2021. Please note that some workshops gather multiple times over the…
Cultivate Generosity with Adaptive Planning
This online workshop on Thursday, January 28, from 7-8:30 p.m., will help you talk about money and giving without shame, guilt, or short-sighted tactics explore how effective churches and leaders understand financial issues (personal and organizational) consider ministry decisions focused on abundant and adaptive planning learn the one "lever" you can pull to increase giving…
CML Virtual Camperson Meeting
The annual camperson meeting at Camp Mount Luther will be on Sunday, February 7, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. via Zoom. We have decided to do a virtual meeting so that we might be safer as well as get more people involved. If you are planning to be your congregation’s camperson, please email [email protected] to get…
Synod Council Meeting
At Synod Office
Camp Mount Luther Sunday
Transfiguration Sunday has been designated by the Upper Susquehanna Synod Council to be recognized each year as “Mount Luther Sunday” to help promote outdoor ministries in the synod. We hope all of our congregations will join in celebrating outdoor ministries by offering financial support, by keeping the camp staff in prayer, and by participating in…
Lutheran Confessions Zoom Course
The Northwestern Pennsylvania Synod will offer an introductory course in Lutheran Confessions by Zoom, February 20-April 3, 2021, 10:00 a.m. The course is a portion of the synod’s instructional program for Authorized Lay Worship Leaders. Other interested persons are invited to participate. The Rev. Michael L. Lozano, Bishop will be the instructor. There is…
GROW in the Snow
CANCELLED