A Pastoral Message from Bishop Zeiser We are again confronted with horrible news (and pictures!) of death, mob violence, and bloody physical altercations as protests erupt in yet one more American city.  The anger and profound social disruption in Charlottesville has deep roots in our history and is spilling into towns and cities across

  Now in its’ 9th growing season, The Potato Project, based near Fleetwood (eastern Berks County), distributes potatoes, sweet corn, and carrots to needy families through the Greater Berks Food Bank network.  Sweet corn harvesting begins on Wednesday, August 9. Potato Harvesting will soon begin soon.  Synod youth groups and their adult advisors are invited

  Learn how our Mission Support dollars help to support renewing congregations. In the short video that is available at https://youtu.be/uw2NQT97bRk  Breath of God Lutheran Church members discuss how Mission Support dollars from the ELCA have contributed to its renewal in Highlandtown in east Baltimore. Throughout the process, they have continued their financial commitment to

  View a video. Our well drilling trip to Honduras was life changing to our team from Trinity Lutheran in Wernersville as it also was to the wonderful people of Teguajal, Honduras.  Teguajal is a small village consisting of rough dirt roads with very few people owning a vehicle for transportation.  There were more cattle

  Repentance, Reconciliation and Common Mission At the synod assembly in June, voting members experienced a liturgy of “Repentance, Reconciliation and Common Mission” led by Bishop Zeiser and the RCC Bishop of the Scranton Diocese, Bishop Joseph Bambera. This liturgy is based on “Common Prayer: From Conflict to Communion,” a Lutheran/Roman Catholic commemoration of the