September 9, 2024

Installation of the Rev. Dr. Carl W. Filer

You are invited to celebrate the installation of The Reverend Dr. Carl W. Filer as the Pastor of Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church 150 North Hanover Street Pottstown, PA 19464 Sunday, September 15, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. Presiding Minister: The Reverend Christopher McKinstry Upper Montgomery Conference Dean, SEPA Synod Preaching: The Reverend Scott Staub Pastor, New...

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November 11, 2013

Little Receives 2013 Purpose Prize

Welcome Church Pastor Violet Little honored with prize for people over 60 solving tough social problems.   The Rev. Violet Little, pastor of Philadelphia’s Welcome Church ministering to people experiencing homelessness, is one of seven winners of the 2013 Purpose Prize, which honors people over 60 who are using their “second acts” to make a...

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September 20, 2013

Synod Council Endorses Gold+ Health Benefits

ELCA The Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod Council recommends that congregations and other agencies within the Synod provide health benefits at the “Gold+” level to their rostered leaders and lay employees. “The Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod as part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America recognizes that a commitment to comprehensive health care benefits is an investment in ‘the...

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