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…
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…