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Please click here for the Allegheny Synod Women's Organization Fall Newsletter.

There are a variety of events scheduled this fall for both youth and adults. Please help us spread the word to your congregation. Posters for the retreats are linked by images. IGNITE Fall Elem. Retreat: Sept. 21-22 Volunteer Appreciation Dinner: Sept. 22 PLUNGE Fall Jr. High Retreat: Sept. 28-29 Adult Day Bible Study: Oct. 10 Fall Wellness Retreat: Oct. 18-20 More details can be found on our upcoming events webpage.

Follow along with the ELCA Churchwide Assembly at: https://www.elca.org/cwa You can download the Guidebook, follow the Livestream, or keep updated on news and actions.

Planning is underway for the 2019 Bishop’s Convocation being held September 16-17-18 at Antiochian Village and Conference Center in Bolivar, PA. We are looking forward to a time of learning, rest, and renewal. We’ve made some minor adjustments to the schedule for our retreat. The presentation time will be more interactive so we will sit at round tables to help facilitate conversation. Our theme this year will be “Listen, God is Calling”. Our time together will focus on listening to ourselves, listening to God, and listening to others. Our presenters, Deacon Tammy Devine and Dr. Bob Skelly will lead us through helpful exercises and discussion to facilitate our listening and discernment. Deacon Tammy Devine of Devine Coaching, is passionate about Health, Healing, and Wholeness. Through coaching, consulting and retreat leadership, Devine shares her passion of walking with leaders to live and lead well. Dr. Bob Skelly is the program director of SpiriTrust Lutheran® Counseling Services and oversees the day-to-day operations for the Chambersburg and State College offices. He is a Licensed Psychologist in Pennsylvania and has nearly 35 years of experience providing behavioral health services. As we step away to listen deeply, we want to limit the distractions (phone calls, texts and emails) that may get in the way. We ask that you have a conversation around boundaries with your staff and leadership. This boundary is around time, definition of emergent and urgent concerns. You will be able to be in contact with anyone who calls, texts, or e-mails you. We request that you refrain from that activity during the session time in order to give your full attention to the presentations. Alternate ways to take notes will be provided. This is a helpful article that addresses that topic nicely. Ponder both the gift and challenge of technology and its impact on relationships. Please take a moment to read the article before we begin. What we’re trying to do together is build a healthier culture in our Synod. It began more than a year ago when I asked Deacon Tammy to come lead a training with the staff of the Office of the Bishop. We recognized our need to learn more about ourselves and each other in order to be better leaders and communicators. That training has been invaluable to us. We have come together as a stronger team. We are beginning a process with our Synod Council to assist them in their leadership by identifying their core values and facilitating education about those values through the next year. Our hope is to continue to move outward to you, our leaders, and eventually to our congregations. We have seen big changes in our culture just in the last 5 years. Some of it has been good; some not so good. We want to push back against the “not so good” and find ways to be healthier leaders for a healthier church. I am inviting you to come along on this journey of discovery with us. Following Convocation, there will be an opportunity to be involved in an ongoing relationship of listening with your colleagues. We will learn more about that on our last day together. TO REGISTER: complete this registration form and return it to the Allegheny Synod Office NO LATER THAN August 31, 2019. I look forward to being with you soon. +Bishop Michael

Below are promotional materials for the Lutheran Night at the Curve and the Great Allegheny Tailgate. Different options are provided depending on your congregational needs. Please make sure the Synod office knows by July 8th how many tickets your congregation needs. If there are any questions, please contact the Synod office at office@allghenysynod.com or Pastor Amanda McCaffery at pastor.amanda.mccaffery@gmail.com. Lutheran Day Bulletin Insert Lutheran Day Bulletin Insert with Interest Form Lutheran Day Bulletin Insert with Order Form Lutheran Day Full Page Flyer Lutheran Day Full Page Flyer with Order Form

Please click here for Bishop Michael's Pentecost Greeting to the Allegheny Synod.

A Pericope Study on the Lessons in the Pentecost Season with the Rev. Dr. Karyn L. Wiseman, Thursday, May 23, 2019, 9 AM to 3 PM at the Lutheran Home in Hollidaysburg, PA. Please click here for the brochure and registration form.

Click here for Bishop Rhyne's Easter Greeting in Bulletin Insert format.

Jim Rearick will present an organ concert on Sunday, March 31, 3 PM at St. Paul Lutheran Church (277 W. Pine Grove Rd., Pine Grove Mills, PA 16868). Please click here for more details.

Bishop Michael Rhyne invites you to join him on a trip to the Holy Land in January, 2020. This document provides all the information you need to be a part of this exciting trip. If you have further questions, contact the Allegheny Synod Office at 814-942-1042

IGNITE, the education ministry of the Allegheny Synod, is offering a class on the New Testament beginning March 30 and continuing April 6 and 27. The class runs from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and is held at the Allegheny Synod Office, 701 Quail Ave., Altoona. Pastor Ralph Hamer will be the instructor. All are welcome to attend. You may attend in-person or from the convenience of your own home through Zoom videoconferencing. Complete information about how to attend online is available by contacting the Allegheny Synod Office. If you are interested in attending, complete this registration form and return it to the Allegheny Synod Office.