Run4Camp
A new pandemic fundraiser for CML: Run4Camp 5K on All Saints Day: Camp Mount Luther invites you to be part of a fundraiser for camp that is being sponsored by Lutheran Outdoor Ministries. Sixteen Lutheran camps from across the country, including CML, are looking for folks to run/walk/rollerblade/bike/ski/wheelchair (whatever!) on Sunday, November 1, 2020. You…
Evening at Shade Mountain to Benefit Mount Luther
This is a fundraising opportunity to share fellowship, entertainment, and enjoy locally produced wine, all to benefit Camp Mount Luther. For everyone’s safety, should COVID-19 infections in the area increase significantly, or CDC or PA officials restrict public gatherings, the event will be canceled. Face coverings and social distancing are expected while in the building. …
Virtual Racial Justice Training
We want to talk about race, racism, and racial justice as a church. We see the need and feel the deep divide in our country and even in some of our communities and congregations. But how do we start? How can we help our church community begin to have conversations about race that are scriptural,…
Thanksgiving- Office Closed
The Upper Susquehanna Synod Office will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 26-27, 2020, in observance of Thanksgiving. The office will reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, November 30, 2020, for appointments only. If you have an emergency, please call the synod office (570-524-9778) and the voicemail will give you phone numbers that you…
Synod Council Meeting
At Synod Office
Boundary Training Zoom Workshop
Pastor Diane Wheatley, who has led boundary trainings for the Allegheny Synod, will lead this training offered by the Allegheny, Upper Susquehanna, Northwest Pennsylvania, and West Virginia/Western Maryland Synods. Rostered leaders from all four of these synods are encouraged to attend. Rostered Leaders in the ELCA are strongly encouraged to participate in a boundary training…
Synod Office Closed
The Upper Susquehanna Synod Office will be closed on Thursday, December 24, 2020, through Friday, January 1, 2021, in observance of the Christmas and New Years holidays. The office will reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, January 3, 2021, for appointments only. If you have an emergency, please call the synod office (570-524-9778) and the…
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…