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 #62- Thursday, September 6, 2012

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In This Issue
Bishop's Convocation
Year of ReFORMation
Service of Ordination
Congregation Connections
Sponsor an ELCA Missionary
Financial Peace University
9/11 Interfaith Remembrance
Seminary News
Ministry Opportunities
St. Barnabas Center Gala
Editor's Note
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landscapeBishop's Convocation

Friday, September 14 (Holy Cross Day)

Trinity Lutheran Church

Camp Hill, PA

8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

 

An event for rostered and lay leaders

 

Registration deadline has been extended to midnight, September 9!

 

Read more and then register online.

 

This event has been subsidized by grants from the Mission Investment Fund, ELCA and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.

    

 

Join the Conversation

 

PeopleSynod Leaders Are Coming to Your Town!

 

The Year of ReFORMation, beginning with the Bishop's Convocation for rostered and lay leaders:

  • Provides 14 listening posts on the territory of this synod for synod leadership to hear your thoughts and prayers about the core questions;
  • Leads into two conference assemblies, January - April, where more conversation will happen;
  • Prepares us for the election of a bishop in June;
  • Facilitates continuing conversation through an online blog; and more!

Click here to read the full plan, including the purpose, the central questions, key events, and "why now?" Download a bulletin insert, including the listening post schedule, in black and white or color.

 

Service of Ordination Scheduled for September 7

 

ordinationClipCaitlin Glass will be ordained into the ministry of word and sacrament on Friday, September 7, 2012, at 7:00 PM, at the Lutheran Church of the Abiding Presence, Burke, VA.  Lutheran Church of the Abiding Presence is a congregation of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod.  Caitlin has been called to serve St. Stephen Lutheran Church, New Kingstown, PA.

 

Bishop B. Penrose Hoover will preach and preside at the rite of ordination.  Bishop Richard Graham of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod will serve as the presiding minister for the liturgy.  Rostered leaders are invited to vest and process.  The color of the day is red.

 

Click here for directions to Abiding Presence Church.

 

 

Congregation Connections

 

ChristChurchChrist Church Celebrates 200th Anniversary Year

September 21-23

This year of 2012 marks the 200th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the Christ Church, York building, and the 279th anniversary of the first recorded baptism at the church.  To mark these tow occasions, anniversary celebrations are planned for the weekend of September 21 through 23.  Read more about these celebrations through history, music and worship.

 

LYRAChoral Concert

Wednesday, September 19

7:00 PM

Christ Lutheran Church

75 E. High Street

Elizabethtown, PA

 

LYRA is a community of professional musicians from St. Petersburg, Russia. Experience these musicians in concert as they perform the sacred hymns of the Russian Orthodox Church as well as traditional Russian folk songs. For more information, call the Christ Church parish office at 717.367.2786. 
 
StJohnHamptonSeventh Annual Prayer Shawl Dedication
St. John Lutheran Church
with St. Mark Lutheran Church of Heidlersburg
Sunday, September 23
9:00 AM
 
The Rev. David Clark and Sharon Kaya, lay minister, will officiate at blessing of the prayer shawl ministry in these two Adams County congregations.  Read more...
  
GermanFestGermanFest

11:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Saturday, September 8

 

A little piece of Germany will come to Harrisburg as the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Saviour hosts its annual GermanFest! The event features authentic German food, free children's games, bake sale, silent auction, the Egerlander German Band, accordion music and the Popcorn Hat Players. A 9/11 Prayer of Remembrance Service will be held at 10:30 AM at the church. For more details, visit the church website or call the church office at 717.545.9992. The church is located at 420 N. Progress Ave., Harrisburg, PA.

 

yard saleYard and Soup Sale

September 7 and 8

Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church

1398 Moulstown Rd. North

Hanover, PA

 

Click here for more information.

 

Yard Sale

(and refreshments!)

Calvary Lutheran Church

9 N. Main Street

Dover, PA

Saturday, September 22

8:00 AM - 2:00 PM

 

For more information, visit the church website.

 

outdoor worshipOutdoor Worship

Canadochly Lutheran Church

4921 East Prospect Road

York, PA

Sunday, September 16

10:00 AM

 

All are invited to worship under the beautiful trees and in the fresh air surrounding Canadochly Church!  The Rev. Allen Schwarz will preside.  Light refreshments will be served after worship.  For more information, call the church office at 717.252.1307.

 

 

Make a World of Difference

 

missionarySponsor an ELCA Missionary

 

Missionary Sponsorship Reception

Monday, September 10

4:00 PM

St. Paul Lutheran Church

201 S. Baltimore Street

Dillsburg, PA

 

Learn how you can work "hand in hand" with our global neighbors!  The Rev. Lanny Westphal of the churchwide staff will speak about new developments in the ELCA missionary program and share how ELCA missionaries are making a difference around the world.  This program will be helpful for congregations currently sponsoring an ELCA missionary as well as congregations new to missionary sponsorship. 

 

No advance registration is required.  For more information, contact the Rev. Cliff Eshbach at [email protected]

 

St. Paul, Dillsburg, is located south of Mechanicsburg off of Route 15.  Parking is available adjacent to the church.  Light refreshments will be served.

 

 

Financial Peace University in Thomasville

 

dollarParadise Lutheran Church is offering Dave Ramsey's New Financial Peace University.   The nine-lesson program will show you how to get rid of debt, manage your money, and spend and save wisely so you can give generously. 

 

The course meets weekly and begins Sunday, September 16, 4:00 - 5:30 PM.  The first session is free and open to all.  The cost for the nine-session course and materials is $89 per household.  Childcare and some scholarship assistance are available on a first come, first served basis.

 

Financial Peace University lifetime members are welcome to attend at no cost. Lifetime members can purchase new kits for $49.

 

Click here for more information or contact Ann Seitz-Brown at 717.259.9547 or [email protected]

 

The church is located at 3241 Church Road, Thomasville, PA. 

 

Interfaith Remembrance Celebration

9/11

 

Annual Interfaith

Remembrance Celebration of 9/11

Sunday, September 9

3:00 PM

St. Stephen's Episcopal Cathedral

221 North Front Street

Harrisburg

 

Join all Central Pennsylvanians for an important community event.  Sponsored by The Interfaith Alliance of Pennsylvania.  Read more about the featured speaker and distinguished panelists...

 

Learning Opportunities at Gettysburg Seminary

 

LTSGPreaching Perspectives

This four-part continuing education series offers valuable insights and resources for the task of preaching.  Each presenter engages the biblical texts from the perspective of his or her particular discipline.  Read more...

 

Seminary on Saturdays

This year Gettysburg Seminary is very excited to be partnering with Lutheran Social Services.  The series will cover important current issues such as poverty, domestic violence/animal cruelty and pornography.  Each of these issues will be discussed by someone from Lutheran Social Services of Central Pennsylvania as well as a theologian from the seminary.  The theologian for each week will incorporate aspects of the ELCA Social Statement that pertains to the issues of the day.  This series is designed for congregational lay leaders, rostered leaders, or anyone who is eager for engaging substantive theological education!  Read more... 

  

Youth and Family Ministry Opportunities

 

  

FamilyChildren, Youth and Family

Faith Formation Conference

November 16-17, 2012

Zion Lutheran Church

York, PA

 

Is your congregation looking to strengthen faith formation with children and families?

 

This two-day conference will feature practical and theologically strong tools for creating congregational ministries that equip adults and children as partners in the faith formation process. And, it's affordable! The $25 registration fee includes presentations and conversations with the teaching team from Vibrant Faith Ministries, lunches, and a dessert reception. Register online now...

 

 

LutheranHANDSSave the Dates for 2013 Mission Trips!

2013 is going to be a great year for LutheranHANDS! Visit the website and learn more about expanded mission trip opportunities.

 

 

Alive, Alive Registration Deadline - September 16

Join youth in grades 6-8, and their congregational advisors who gather in intentional Christian community at Camp Nawakwa each fall to pray, learn and grow in faith, worship, and play.  "Alive, Alive" is scheduled for September 28-30, 2012Visit the event page and learn more.

 

Agape100 Wells Tour to Stop in Gettysburg

St. James Lutheran Church

Sunday, October 7

3:00 PM

David Scherer (Agape), Rachel Kurtz and Lost & Found, are out on the road this fall as part of a post-Youth Gathering concert tour called The 100 Wells Tour. The tour supports ELCA World Hunger's 100 Wells Challenge, a ministry designed to help dig wells to make potable drinking water available in one hundred villages, where drinking water is scarce. Admission is $5.00 per person.  It is suggested that congregational groups register early as there will be limited seating.  Read more...

 

 

You Are Invited!

 

St. Barnabas Center 2nd Annual Recognition Gala

 

silent auctionSaturday, September 29

4:00 PM - Silent Auction

5:00 PM - Cash bar

6:00 PM - Dinner

Harrisburg Area Community College Wildwood Conference Center

 

St. Barnabas Center for Ministry will celebrate it 19th year with a Recognition Gala.  Join the celebration and recognition of the Rev. Dr. Guy Edmiston and the Rt. Rev. Charlie McNutt, founding bishops of the St. Barnabas Center.

 

Tickets are $45 per person.  Learn more and order your tickets in advance.

 

From the Editor

 

beach

Your editor will be out of the office September 10 through September 14, spending time in sand and sun with no computer in sight.  The next edition of Carings and Sharings will be published the week of September 17

 

Carings and Sharings is the e-newsletter of the Lower Susquehanna Synod. Its purpose is the sharing of news and events which raise up the mission and ministry of the synod and ELCA in our congregations, our synod, and the broader church. It is not intended to be an endorsement of every activity. Comments about this newsletter may be sent to Pam Drenner, editor, [email protected].