In this webinar for ELCA rostered ministers, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton — along with the Rev. Philip Hirsch, executive director of Domestic Mission, and Mikka McCracken, executive for Innovation ― explains: • What is Future Church? • What specific hopes do we have for our ministries? • What are our next steps? Please

On January 12 Bishop deForest conducted a Zoom meeting to discuss changes to the synod staff and plans for action over the next six-years. The Bishop answered questions and framed the vision behind the new staff structure, taking us into the new year.

    St Mark’s Community Lutheran Church women have been busy crocheting baby items for a charitable organization called The Angel’s Closet whose goal is to provide baby layette bundles to families in need in Monroe County, PA. We began the project with a night of teaching crocheting to anyone with a willingness to learn

  Bishop Christopher deForest offers a message and prayer on January 10, the day before he begins work on January 11 as our new bishop. His message offers reflections on the events of the previous week, especially Wednesday’s riot on Capitol Hill.

  When Pastor Michele Kaufman decided she wanted to have “live” Palm Sunday and Easter services last spring at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Mountaintop, she and members of the congregation decided to hold drive-in services on the church grounds. Jim Doxsey, a member of the congregation, purchased a low-frequency FM radio transmitter so members could