August 2, 2018
Hear a word of greeting and encouragement from our new bishop, the Rev. Patricia A. Davenport, as she takes office on August 1, 2018. “Let me say with a grateful heart: I am honored to accept your call to shepherd Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod in her quest to do God’s work through our hands,” Bishop Davenport...
June 27, 2018
You are invited to celebrate the installation of Bishop Patricia A. Davenport in a festive worship service on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, at 2 pm at New Covenant Church of Philadelphia, 7500 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19119. A reception will follow. ELCA Pastors and Deacons and clergy from other denominations are invited to vest and...
May 31, 2018
Our Synod is offering $26,000 in grants to congregations and leaders in 2019 for new initiatives and ministries that support the emphases of the Forward Together in Faith Campaign. For 2019 grants of $500 to $5,000 are available. Applications are due September 30, 2018. These grants, drawn from interest earned by the principal of the campaign, will support new projects...
July 31, 2018
“Always blessed, often exhausting, sometimes heartbreaking, mostly joyful, daily gratifying, and led by the power of God, our ministry as the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod has accomplished far more than I could have hoped for or imagined,” retiring Bishop Claire S. Burkat writes in a message to the synod as she completes two terms as bishop....
July 25, 2018
CHICAGO (July 24, 2018) – Lutheran Disaster Response has been allocated up to $7.3 million from the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (National VOAD) as part of a cooperative agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support the implementation of a disaster case-management delivery mechanism for survivors of Hurricane Harvey in Texas....
July 19, 2018
While older youth had the opportunity to serve at the triennial ELCA Youth Gathering, younger youth like to serve also! Taking an idea from another local Lutheran Church, St. Paul’s in Telford held a 3-day mini youth work camp. Youth in grades 3 through 10 were invited to attend. Held from 9 am – 4pm,...
July 19, 2018
In response to the ever-changing health care landscape, the ELCA and Portico have worked together to design changes to ELCA Medicare-Primary health benefits that will take effect Jan. 1, 2019. The majority of members with these benefits will be positively affected by enhanced coverage and reduced monthly contributions, or premiums. Continuing a Tradition of Care...
July 11, 2018
Yvonne Lembo, a member of our Synod Generosity Team, also works with the ELCA as a regional gift planner. Our ELCA gift planners are a resource that we under-utilize but can be an extra asset for congregations that want to develop or expand their Endowment Funds. Here’s an article that Yvonne wrote for this month’s...
July 4, 2018
As president of the ELCA’s African Descent Lutheran Association (ADLA), Lamont Anthony Wells is on a mission to help build not “a color-blind” church but “a color-brave one,” he said. “It’s important for us to be brave enough to have discussions and solve some of the biases that are real in our church.” Read the...
June 27, 2018
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the ELCA is looking for a passionate, motivated Director of Evangelical Mission who loves Jesus, and reflects that love in words and deeds to all people. This persons should be: A collaborator, willing to engage our communities of Jesus with a spirit of curiosity, Holy innovation and at times Holy...
June 27, 2018
Thus says the Lord: Act with justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the orphan, and the widow … (Jeremiah 22:3). I am dismayed by the Supreme Court’s recent decision concerning the president’s authority to restrict travel...
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