Young Adult Fellowship
2022-09-28 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | PA
You’re a young adult. You feel disconnected from the church. You want a community of people close to your own age who love Jesus and know what Tik Tok is. If any of these things are true for you, then we have good news. Jim Vitale, Camp Mount Luther’s new outreach director, is starting a Young Adult Fellowship and we want you to be a part of it! We will gather on the last Wednesday of each month, (starting September 28 on Zoom) to talk about life, faith, and whatever we want! You may have heard that the new Lord of the Rings series is out on Amazon, and it signals, so Jeff Bezos hopes, the beginning of a new extended universe to rival Marvel or Star Wars. While fans wait to see if Rings of Power can top the Fellowship of the Ring, why don’t we go ahead and start a fellowship of our own? We’ll see you Wednesday, September 28th at 8 p.m.! Email jim@campmountluther.org for the link!

Upper Susquehanna Synodical Women’s Organization Fall Retreat
2022-10-15 09:00 - 15:00
Come to Camp Mount Luther for a day of renewal in the beautiful setting it provides. This one-day retreat will include the sessions focusing on the Fruits of the Spirit led by Pastor Stina Schaeffer. Light morning refreshments and lunch will also be provided. The fee for the day is $30.00. The retreat will run from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. To register, please complete and detach the bottom portion of the registration page (https://www.uss-elca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Fall-Retreat-Registration-Form-2022.pdf) and mail with a check for $30.00 (made payable to USSWO) by Friday, September 30, 2022, to Tonya Tabb, 159 Swamp Road, Mifflintown PA 17059. You may also email your registration to tabbtonya@gmail.com and pay of the day of the event.

Come and See: Seminar on the Catechumenate
2022-10-24
Come and See, a seminar on the catechumenate, will be held on Monday, October 24, 2022, at
Christ Lutheran Church, Elizabethtown, PA. This seminar is for pastors, deacons, directors of Christian Education and other “rostered leaders” in the parish. One of the planning group members is Rev. Kenneth Elkin, a retired pastor of our synod. Click here for more information and registration details.

CML Evening at Shade Mountain
2022-10-28 18:00 - 20:00
In October, Camp Mount Luther will have their annual Evening at Shade Mountain Winery. This is a fundraising opportunity to share fellowship, entertainment, and locally produced wine, all to benefit the camp. There will be a limit of 50 people for this year’s event, which will run from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, October 28, 2022. Entertainment will be provided by Mark Alexander, a local acoustic musician. Menu to include heavy appetizers, desserts, and a complementary glass of wine. Make reservations at 570-922- 1587 or cml@campmountluther.org. Cost is a donation. Consider a donation equal or greater to the food and entertainment provided. If you choose to purchase any bottles of wine that evening, camp receives a portion of the proceeds.
Click here for a flyer/bulletin insert: https://www.campmountluther.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-Shade-Mountain-Winery-Flyer.pdf

75th Anniversary Celebration
2022-10-30 10:00
This year, Mountain Grove Lutheran Parish, Bloomsburg is celebrating 75 years of shared ministry. There will be a service of thanksgiving on Oct. 30, 10:00 a.m. at Trinity (Mt. Grove) and a meal following worship. Everyone is invited to join us, in person or in prayer, as we give thanks for all God has accomplished through this partnership.

42nd IMN Annual Conference
2022-10-31 - 2022-11-04
The Interim Ministry Network Annual Conference showcases the best thinking in transitional ministry. IMN’s Conference continues for a third year in a virtual format. This is not just for Interim Clergy. Transition is all around us and it happens every day in all faith communities. IMN provides directly applicable information and best practices for all clergy and lay leaders who are leading faith communities during any times of transition. Practitioners lead workshops; keynote/plenary speakers offer wisdom, expertise and passion; participants share their experiences; new friendships are formed; and all participants leave with nourishment and enhanced courage for their next transition. All registered conference participants will receive access to the IMN Conference Participant Webpage (CWP) Monday, October 10th at noon Eastern. All participants are encouraged to view the pre-recorded content videos and resources prior to the conference. This access will be available through May 31, 2023. For more information: https://imnedu.org/annual-conference/2022-annual-conference/

CML Advent Holy Hike
2022-11-02 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-12-18 14:00 - 16:00
We know that Advent can be a busy time. We know you need to take a breath and remember what the season is all about. What better way than to join friends and spend time with God in creation? Camp Mount Luther’s Jim Vitale and Chad Hershberger invite you to join them on an Advent Holy Hike from 2:00-4:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 18, 2022. Bring your family and friends as we walk the camp trails and share scripture, song, and reflection during this season of preparation for Christ’s coming. We start and end at the Evergreen Center and we’ll have hot chocolate, coffee, and tea to warm you up after our hiking.

Young Adult Fellowship
2022-11-02 20:15 - 21:30
NOTE DATE AND TIME CHANGE! On the last Wednesday of September, nine young adults from the Upper Susquehanna Synod gathered on Zoom for some fellowship and it was awesome. We introduced ourselves, shared our highs and lows, and spent some time discussing scripture. If you couldn’t make it, you have another chance! Young Adult Fellowship is meeting the last Wednesday of every month—next time on November 2 at 8:15 p.m. If you consider yourself a young adult, you are welcome to join us! Questions? Email jim@campmountluther.org.

Youth Leadership Summit
2022-11-03 - 2022-11-06
Each year the ELCA brings young leaders from across our church to gather for a long weekend of leadership development, networking, and faith formation. The Youth Leadership Summit will equip young leaders through workshops, speakers, and experiential activities. Youth will be inspired through music and worship. Participants will be challenged to take home what they learn and inspire action in their own synods, congregations, and communities. Youth will also hear from leaders of young adult ministries across the ELCA to help our young people look ahead to their next faith community. This event is planned and led by the ELCA Youth Core Leadership Team and will be held at Carol Joy Holling Conference Center in Ashland, Nebraska.

Region 8 Racial Justice Training
2022-11-07 10:00 - 15:00
We are called to be a church that embraces each person and confronts racial, ethnic, cultural, religious, age, gender, familial, sexual orientation, physical, personal and class barriers that can manifest as unjust treatment, inequalities, exclusion, and violence. The ELCA’s Region 8 is committed to equipping leaders to recognize and understand the complexities and implications of racism and racial issues and is offering training in the areas of anti-racism and racial justice for leaders in partnership with synods, congregations, associations, and social service agencies.
Region 8’s Racial Justice Training equips leaders (rostered and lay) to face the challenges of racism in a diverse, complex and changing world by providing tools and resources that foster healthy and holy conversations. Each workshop addresses these aspects of racism:
1) Talking about Race: language and vocabulary
2) History and systemic racism in the United States, and
3) How to begin conversations and actions in your ministry context.
Each training is offered on Zoom using a combination of instruction and small group conversation. Facilitators will represent the region to the extent possible, spearheaded by the Reverend Carla Christopher Wilson. Cost is $25 per person; however, if cost is a barrier, please contact Marty Shifflett at mshifflett@lss-elca.org, or 717-652-1852, ext. 115. Because we want to make this training as accessible to as many people as possible, if two people from a congregation register, additional participants (beyond 2) from that congregation may attend at no cost. Those additional participants are required to register by contacting Marty Shifflett.
Region 8 is comprised of the following eight synods: Northwest PA, Southwest PA, Allegheny, Lower Susquehanna, Upper Susquehanna, Delaware/Maryland, Metro DC, and West Virginia/Western Maryland.
Racial Justice Training Opportunities
Saturday, February 19, 2022, 9AM-2PM
Friday, May 13, 2022, 12-5PM
Thursday, August 18, 2022, 11AM-4PM
Monday, November 7, 2022, 10AM-3PM
Click here to register
Attending this training fulfills the ELCA churchwide assembly’s directive that rostered ministers participate in racial justice training every two years.

Office Closed
2022-11-24 - 2022-11-25
The Upper Susquehanna Synod Office will be closed on Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25, 2022, in observance of Thanksgiving. 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.

Young Adult Fellowship
2022-11-30 20:00 - 21:30
A reminder that Camp Mount Luther’s new Young Adult Fellowship meets via Zoom on the last Wednesday of every month—next time on November 30 at 8 p.m. If you consider yourself a young adult, you are welcome to join us! Questions or want the link? Email jim@campmountluther.org.

Office Closed
2022-12-23 - 2023-01-02
The Upper Susquehanna Synod Office will be closed from Friday, December 23 to Monday, January 2, in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The office will reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. 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. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Upper Susquehanna Synod Staff.

Young Adult Fellowship
2022-12-28 18:00 - 21:00
A reminder that Camp Mount Luther’s new Young Adult Fellowship meets via Zoom on the last Wednesday of every month. On December 28, 2022, we will meet in person at Camp Mount Luther. We will gather for a meal at 6:00 p.m. followed by a short worship and then play some games. If you consider yourself a young adult, you are welcome to join us! Questions or want the link? Email jim@campmountluther.org.

Young Adult Fellowship
2023-01-25 20:00 - 21:00
A reminder that Camp Mount Luther’s new Young Adult Fellowship meets via Zoom on the last Wednesday of every month. On January 25, 2023, we will for check-ins and Bible study. If you consider yourself a young adult, you can join us! Questions or want the link? Email jim@campmountluther.org.

Young Adult Fellowship
2023-01-25 20:00 - 21:00
A reminder that Camp Mount Luther’s new Young Adult Fellowship meets via Zoom on the last Wednesday of every month. On January 25, 2023, we will meet at 8:00 p.m. for check-ins and Bible study. If you consider yourself a young adult, you can join us! Questions or want the link? Email jim@campmountluther.org.

Taste of Camp Mount Luther
2023-02-05 14:00 - 16:00
Hungry for camp but can’t wait until the summer? Always wanted to try camp but not sure you’ll like it? Camp Mount Luther has an event for you! On February 5, 2023, from 2:00-4:00 p.m., you can get a Taste of Camp! Enjoy songs, food, games, a campfire program, information on the 2023 program, and more! Those who attend will get Camel Bucks to spend in the camp store this summer. Campersons from synod congregations who attend this event will get Camel Bucks for all their congregation’s Summer 2023 campers.
This year’s summer camp season will begin on June 18 and run until August 8. There are programs for all ages from preschool to senior high, and for adults and families. Camp Mount Luther is a special place where kids and families come together to grow with God and serve with smiles! Camp provides a safe place for people of all ages to relax and unwind in nature, discover God’s love, sing around the campfire, learn more about themselves, and make new friends while at the same time being renewed in mind and spirit.

Camp Mount Luther Sunday
2023-02-19
The Upper Susquehanna Synod Council has designated Transfiguration Sunday each year as “Mount Luther Sunday” to help promote outdoor ministries in the synod. Members of USS congregations are encouraged to celebrate outdoor ministries on February 19, 2023. Mount Luther is an extension of our ministry together and we hope all congregations will join in celebrating outdoor ministries by offering financial support, keeping the camp staff in prayer, and by participating in the numerous events and activities this ministry offers. Ideas to celebrate Camp Sunday are here: https://www.campmountluther.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2023-Mount-Luther-Sunday-Flyer.pdf For a bulletin insert to use that day, click here: https://www.campmountluther.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/General-Bulletin-Insert-2023.pdf

Raise the Region
2023-03-08 - 2023-03-09
Camp Mount Luther is participating in The First Community Foundation Partnership of PA’s “Raise the Region” on March 8-9, 2023. It is a 30-hour fundraising event starting at 6:00 p.m. and ending the next day at 11:59 p.m. Money donated by the Blaise Alexander Family Dealerships will help stretch donations made to organizations that day. Additional monetary prizes and incentives will be awarded, too. Proceeds raised for Mount Luther these days to the camp’s Annual Fund unless a donor gets in touch with the camp office to designate it for another camp cause. To be part of Raise the Region, visit www.raisetheregion.org during the event and make an online donation to camp. Running totals will be shown throughout the day at the Raise the Region website. Camp Mount Luther has participated in Raise the Region for ten years and has garnered about $179,000 in donations during this event. The camp hopes you will help us to have another successful year!

GROW in the Snow
2023-03-17 - 2023-03-18
GROW in the Snow Looks at Baptism: All youth in 6-12th grade and their youth leaders are invited to attend this synod youth retreat on March 17-18. The theme of this year’s will be baptism. Experience your Creator, play winter games and find refreshment in the peace of camp in winter. The retreat is from Friday night to Saturday afternoon, but there is an option for youth and leaders to come just for the day on Saturday. The cost is $73 for the whole program. Each registered group should provide one adult (21 or over) for every seven youth and at least one adult for each gender represented. Cabin assignments will be made based on available adults and the number of youth attending. Contact Chad Hershberger at chad@campmountluther.org with questions. Click here for a registration form/bulletin insert/flyer

SINDR Work Trip
2023-03-26 - 2023-03-31
WE ARE GOING BACK TO WORK IN TORNADO-RAVAGED WESTERN KENTUCKY
JOIN US TO BE PART OF THIS WORK
WHAT: Mission/Work Trip sponsored by SINDR (Susquehanna Interdenominational Network for Disaster Relief)
WHEN: March 26 – 31, 2023
WHERE:

Lodging at First Presbyterian Church, Madisonville, KY
Working With Hopkins County EMA

WHO: YOU, and any of your friends who want to help!
HOW MUCH: Just your contribution toward travel and food.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Clair Kline, 570-374-4481, clairsally@verizon.net
Doug Orbaker, 570-768-6436, dougorbaker@yahoo.com
Click here for a bulletin insert, or a flyer. Additional information here.

Camp Mount Luther Early Registration
2023-04-15
Early Deadline: Register for summer camp at Mount Luther by midnight on April 15, 2023, to get a discount on your summer camp registration! Or, if you bring a friend who has never been there, you can get 25% off your registration fee. Program information and registration at www.campmountluther.org.

Lutheran Day at the Capitol
2023-04-27
Mark your calendar and plan to join Lutherans from around the state for a day of worship, learning and advocacy on April 27, 2023. Plan to stay for a dinner celebration of advocates at the Harrisburg Hilton. Tell your friends and watch here for more information and registration.

WELCA Day of Renewal
2023-04-29
USSWO Day of Renewal will be April 29. Register early for a great program: https://www.uss-elca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Day-of-Renewal-Registration-Form-2023.doc

Bishop’s Open
2023-05-08
The annual Bishop Open’s Golf Classic is set for May 8, 2023, beginning at 11:00 a.m. at the Susquehanna Valley Country Club in Shamokin Dam. The tournament benefits Camp Mount Luther and the camp’s annual fund. Information and registration form are on the here: https://www.campmountluther.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/01_Golf_Tournament_Flyer-2023.pdf
The camp’s golf tournament committee is currently looking for hole sponsors, silent auction items, and golfers. If you can help, please call 570-922-1587 or email cml@campmountluther.org. Congregations are also encouraged to become hole sponsors.
Register online here: https://www.campmountluther.org/golf-registration/

Festival of Homiletics
2023-05-15 - 2023-05-18
The Festival of Homiletics starts soon, and Luther Seminary couldn’t be more excited! From May 15 – 18, 2023, you’ll have the chance to hear respected and thoughtful speakers present on this year’s theme: Preaching Hope for a Weary World. Like last year, the 2023 Festival will be hybrid: both in person in Minneapolis and virtually online—and we want to welcome as many attendees as possible. We even have a FREE livestream option for those with limited budgets. You can register to attend in the way that best meets your needs. This year, both in-person AND paid livestream registrants will have access to our recordings package, which includes:

All sessions in audio and video formats.
Bonus sermons and lectures from top speakers that are ONLY available in the recording package, including Jana Childers, Robert Wright, Sam Wells, Kenyatta Gilbert, and many more!
Private social networking with other pastors and leaders.

CML Spring Work Day
2023-05-20 08:00 - 13:00
Practice stewardship through service at camp at Camp Mount Luther at the Annual Spring Work Day on Saturday, May 20, 2023, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. We need your help getting the camp grounds and facilities ready for summer. There will be plenty to do and everyone in the family can help! Please bring supplies to do cleaning, mulching, raking, and light construction projects such as step ladders, buckets, rakes, etc. A light lunch will be served. RSVP by May 15 if staying for lunch to cml@campmountluther.org or 570-922-1587.

Synod Assembly
2023-06-16 - 2023-06-17
The Upper Susquehanna Synod Assembly for this year is being planned at Susquehanna University. The planning team is busy working on preliminary preparations for the event. Voting members from each congregation need to be identified. Talk to your pastor about being a part. Online registration will be open in early March.

Youth Mission Trip
2023-07-01 - 2023-07-08
This summer Allegheny Synod is sending a youth mission trip to Florida to help with hurricane relief from July 1-8. The plan is to take a bus from State College to Sarasota, Florida with an overnight stop in North Carolina. Luther Springs camp is providing counselors and running the service projects and program for us. So it is a rather hands off trip but lots of fun and service for the youth. We do have enough adult leaders but if adults would like to come along, they are more than welcome. Because price can be a make or break point, the price will be somewhere around $700 per person. More information and a registration form are found here: www.uss-elca.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Florida-Mission-Trip.pdf
