GROW Writer’s Retreat
Anyone wishing to come and write devotions for Camp Mount Luther’s First Light Digital Devotions is welcome to join other writers on October 4, 2017. The retreat will be from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Evergreen Center. It will be a day of writing and sharing resources for devotional writing. Lunch will be…
Healthy Congregations Facilitators Training
Our synod will host a two-day training on October 6-7, 2017, for those interested in becoming facilitators for Healthy Congregations. This training will take place at the synod office – 500 Reitz Blvd, Lewisburg. Anyone who would like to learn more about Healthy Congregations may attend this event. Registration is available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/healthy-congregations-facilitator-training-tickets-38129032964 Healthy Congregations…
Lutheran Marriage Encounter Weekend
ATTENTION MARRIED COUPLES: Have you signed up for your fall Lutheran Marriage Encounter Weekend? Both of our spring Weekends had waiting lists, so sign up now for a fall Weekend to avoid disappointment! Couples overwhelmingly report that the Weekend is the best thing they have ever done for their marriage. The fall Weekends are: October…
United Lutheran Seminary Offers The Weekend
Thinking about your calling in life? Wondering about seminary? Wanting a brief retreat to explore it? Know someone who is thinking about these questions? Check out three upcoming times set aside for "The Weekend" at United Lutheran Seminary. Recommend “The Weekend” to someone you know. The next one begins October 6th in Gettysburg. (We would…
United Lutheran Seminary Offers The Weekend
Thinking about your calling in life? Wondering about seminary? Wanting a brief retreat to explore it? Know someone who is thinking about these questions? Check out three upcoming times set aside for "The Weekend" at United Lutheran Seminary. Recommend “The Weekend” to someone you know. The next one begins October 6th in Gettysburg. (We would…
Fall Women’s Retreat
All local women are invited to be participants at the Fall Women’s Retreat, sponsored by Camp Mount Luther and the Upper Susquehanna Synodical Women’s Organization. The day-long retreat is in place of the fall cluster gatherings and will feature a presentation led by Christine Mabon titled, “Renew, Restore, Revitalize: The Five Essential Friendships That Enrich…
Lecture at Bucknell University
"The Reformation as Disruption: How Cheap Print Destroyed Latin Christendom and Made the Modern World” is the title of a lecture that will be held on October 12, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. It will be held in the LC Forum on the campus of Bucknell University. The speaker is Philip Gorski, Professor of Sociology, Yale…
Children, Youth & Family Ministry Certification School.
Vibrant Faith (www.vibrantfaith.org) is a great ministry that has been at work for many years building up the church through leadership development and research. Bear Creek Camp (BCC) near Wilkes-Barre is hosting Vibrant Faith’s 75th certification school in October. The CYF Training School changes lives, equips leaders and helps transform ministries in effective and creative…
Cries from the Wilderness: A Down to Earth Conversation about Racism and Our Role in Ending It
Bishop Barbara J. Collins invites you to a day of conversation with colleagues and friends on October 18, 2017, at Follmer Lutheran Church. Anyone who watches the news must be wondering what is happening to our nation. Sometimes it appears we are being torn apart. What, if anything, is God up to in the midst of…
Concert at Bucknell University
"Reformation 2017: Reform/Revolt,” featuring J.S. Bach's Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80; and songs of revolution and reform from across the globe, will be in October at Bucknell University. The concert is October 20 at the Weis Center starting at 6:30 p.m. with a pre-concert lecture and the actual concert starting at 7:30…