IN MEMORIAM The Rev. John (Jack) Timm died on Friday, December 16 in Hagerstown, MD where he lived with his wife Barbara for several years. Jack served in many ways in the Allegheny Synod including with Camp Sequanota, on the Synod’s Reconciliation Team and in several of our congregations as the called pastor and an interim. A memorial service will be held in the Spring. We will notify the Synod when the arrangements are confirmed. If you would like to send a note of condolen

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. At our Synod Assembly in June 2022, voting members approved a recommendation to the Churchwide Assembly a memorial about restructuring the Church. The Churchwide Assembly, which met in August 2022, agreed that it is time to review the ELCA’s governing documents and structures given the changes in our world and in the Church. In November 2022, the ELCA Church Council responded to the memorial. Yo

ITEMS FROM GRACE, STOYSTOWN Grace, Stoystown has a number of items to donate that may be helpful for Christmas or other times of the year. You can view the items here: https://alleghenysynod-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/p/bishop_paula/ElXsBNPirWlNpe2O12gbeW4BkiPIlZHKcHjdAUfPhBuOog?e=22BEjs. If interested, please contact Becky Whipkey at becky.whipkey@gmail.com or (home ) 814-445-3414 or (cell) 814-483-6431 SAVE THE DATE: SYNOD-WIDE WORSHIP Another Synod-wide Worship opportunity is h

CHRISTMAS GREETING FROM OFFICE OF THE BISHOP The Christmas greeting from the Office of the Bishop can be found here. SAVE THE DATE: SYNOD-WIDE WORSHIP Another Synod-wide Worship opportunity is happening Sunday, January 29, 2023, time to be determined. There will be one worship service in two different places that day: at St. David’s in Davidsville and Trinity in State College. If there is concern about the weather that day, the worship service will move online. Please mark yo

YOUNG ADULTS IN GLOBAL MISSION SEEKS VOLUNTEERS The ELCA’s Young Adults in Global Mission (YAGM) program is ready for new volunteers! This year, for the first time since early 2020, YAGM participants are walking alongside our international neighbors. Now, it’s time for the YAGM team to find the next volunteers ready to step out into the world. Do you know one of them? Applications are now open, and you can invite young adults on this journey abroad for the 2023-2024 program y