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Updated: 10/07/2025

December

Updated: 9/30/2025

Job Postings

Updated: 10/07/25

Job Posting will remain on the page for three months after posting. Please let Stacey Burke know if the job has been fulfilled.

Lead Sexton (10/7) - St. John’s Lutheran Church of Nazareth is seeking a Lead Sexton (head custodian) to manage and oversee all aspects of the properties owned by the church, be responsible for the maintenance and cleanliness of the church, supervise other sextons, and act as building superintendent for the parsonage and rental properties. Part-time—27 hours/week. Click here for full job description. Send resume to prhall@stjohnsnaz.org


Church Secretary (9/30) - St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 417 N. Seventh St, Allentown PA seeks a permanent part-time Church Secretary, 20 hours/wk, $15 per hr. Please submit resume to  c1a2bachman@aol.com. For questions, call Pastor Richard Mathisen at 215-643-9109.


Teacher’s Aide Position (9/23) - Jack and Jill Preschool at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lehighton is currently seeking a PT Teacher’s Aide to join their team. This is a wonderful opportunity for someone who enjoys working with young children in a nurturing, faith-based environment and is eager to support classroom learning and daily activities. Interested individuals are invited to email the Preschool Director at JackandJillPreschool@yahoo.com. Additional details about the position and its requirements will be provided through the email process.


Part-time Organist or Organist/Music Director (9/9) - St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Pennsburg is seeking either a part-time Organist or Organist/Music Director to nurture the spiritual growth of the congregation through leadership in worship and musical ministries. St. Mark’s boasts a 28 rank pipe organ built by Patrick J. Murphy in 2000. The instrument has been featured in the AGO magazine. The sanctuary also has a Baldwin grand piano.

Currently, the congregation is worshiping at one traditional Lutheran Sunday morning service with a choir. Familiarity with Evangelical Lutheran Worship liturgies is a plus. Additional worship, including seasonal services at Christmas and in Lent are also held. The church organist gets first refusal for all weddings and funerals with additional compensation. Compensation is commensurate with skill and experience, and is competitive. Knowing that the pool of organist candidates is limited, we are willing to be flexible with the candidates desire for the parameters of the position. Both a full music director and organist only position description are available on request.

For those interested in Directing the full music program in addition to playing the organ and piano, there are vocal choirs, a five octave bell choir, and additional instrumentalists who play on occasion (brass quartet, violin, flute, etc.)

Inquiries can be made by contacting Pastor Serena Sellers at pastor@stmarkspennsburg.com or by calling the church office at 215-679-9015.

Church website: https://www.stmarkspennsburg.com/


Administrative Assistant (7/25) – St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Breinigsville, PA

Some roles and responsibilities for this part-time, onsite position include:

  • 30 hours per week
  • Strict confidentiality for personal and financial information of the church and its congregation
  • Must be extremely well organized and skilled with applications
  • Required to work independently and as part of a team
  • Prior office experience preferred

Contact: Bruce Saylor brsaylor@ptd.net


Organist/Director of Music (7/14) - St. Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, North Weissport, 222 Church St, Lehighton PA 18235, is seeking an Organist/Director of Music. Experience with Liturgical worship preferred. St. Matthew’s has one Sunday morning liturgy (9:00am) and one adult choir (not singing during the summer).

Contact St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, stmattlc@ptd.net or call 610-377-2972 or Pastor Michael Frost 570-620-8189.

Items Available/Requested

Updated: 9/23/25

AVAILABLE: (9/23) - Friedens Lutheran church in Bernville has about 15 to 20 folding chairs available for free. They are used but in good condition. If interested, contact Larry Sands at lwsands24@gmail.com or (610) 781-5144.


AVAILABLE: (9/18) - New Jerusalem Lutheran Church in Fleetwood has the following items available:

  • A postal shipping scale for up to 25 pounds
  • Flagon
  • Paten
  • LBW missal
  • Trays for communion cups
  • A wooden cross - 4 1/2 feet tall   with a stand
  • 2 NRSV pulpit Bibles
  • Candle lighter/snuffer
  • Brass offering plates
  • Missal Stand  14” wide x 12” across x 9 ½” in height
  • ELW Missal
  • Brass candle sticks
  • Brass altar cross

Contact: Pastor Ruth Doty at rdmsmdiv@gmail.com or call 484-553-1162


AVAILABLE: (9/16)- St. Paul's Lutheran, Orwigsburg, has 161 burgundy "Hymnal Supplement 1991" and 65 blue "With One Voice" (WOV) hymnals to share. Almost all are in very good condition. Please contact Pastor Mike Petresky at 570-366-2316 X11, if you are interested.


AVAILABLE: (updated: 9/10) - Pews Available

The pews from The Lutheran Center are available to congregations until September 15, after which they will be made available to the general public. Removal from the current location at The Lutheran Center, 2354 Grove Rd, Allentown is the responsibility and expense of the requesting congregation. Standard and seat pews are on the main level of the building with no stairs. The choir loft pews are up one floor and require removal via stairway (photo here). Questions and requests should be submitted to eric@nepsynod.org and include the name of requestor, congregation, quantity and style/size requested.

Available items with rough dimensions include:

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REQUESTING: (8/26) - Searching for Bibles to be used in our pews (and possibly for Confirmation) at St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Allentown. Contact Rev. Brian Holben at LilBroHo@ptd.net


REQUESTING: (8/14) - Zion, Weatherly, is in need of a set of white paraments. Please call Stacie Bray at 570-582-8285


AVAILABLE: (8/14) - Hope Lutheran in Cherryville has several packages of DVD-Rs and CD-Rs plus an Octave Copy Master burner available to a good home. Contact the church at (610) 767-7203 if interested.


AVAILABLE (6/24) - Gold colored communion glass trays (2). No lid. FREE. If interested, contact Pastor Robert Reier at reiersml@comcast.net