New Report: 2024 State of Children’s Health Finds Uninsured Rates for PA Children Stable, Yet Remains Too High
The number of uninsured children in Pennsylvania remains stable following last year's unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage provision, but no progress has been made, according to the 2024 State of Children's Health report by Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children. The report provides the first look at the impact of resuming
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As we look forward to 2025 and beyond, LAMPa is ready to accompany you and our ELCA Lutheran ministries across the Commonwealth as we live into our baptismal call to strive for justice and peace. This biennial survey helps us discern where the Holy Spirit is leading us for public
Love Anyway Feasts Take Place Across PA
At Lutheran Day in May, LAMPa announced we would be seeding 10 “Love Anyway Feasts” as part of a grant to do peacebuilding in Pennsylvania. As a program designed to bring people from a diversity of backgrounds around a common table to share a meal and enter into deeper relationship
2023-2024 Legislative Session Ends
The Pennsylvania General Assembly’s 2023-2024 session is coming to an end. While a few session days remain on the calendar, it is unlikely major legislation will get a vote. Several important LAMPa-identified bills and budget priorities passed, yet the majority of priorities and programs that could make improvements in the
FAITH + ELECTIONS A SOURCE FOR TRUSTWORTHY INFORMATION
Misinformation and disinformation undermine not only confidence in elections, but also the trust needed to govern ourselves in a democracy. Knowing that spreading falsehoods can lead to very real harm to our neighbor, we should strive to be trustworthy in all that we share. At LAMPa, this is always our
ELCA Conference of Bishops Emphasizes the Need to Speak the Truth
In a perfect garden, created by God for the sake of humanity, evil entered in the form of deception and lies. Christians refer to this story, found in the biblical book of Genesis, as the fall of humanity. This foray into human sin began when Adam and Eve, the first
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Have you been loving our Bonhoeffer curriculum? Are you coming to Hope in a Divided World with Dr. Brandt Hale, president of the International Bonhoeffer Society - English Language Section? Are you concerned with narratives that seek to co-opt Bonhoeffer's life and legacy while ignoring his own words and commitments?
Announcing Isaiah 58:12 Fellows for 2024-2025
LAMPa is pleased to announce two fellows for the Isaiah 58:12 Fellowship for 2024-2025! Annamary Oslikova and Liliyana Beck will begin their projects in their congregations and communities to further racial justice and reconciliation. Annamary Oslikova, member of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Waynesboro, is beginning her project, “Racial Disparities In
Bishop Eaton addresses hate toward the Haitian community in Ohio
You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt (Deuteronomy 10:19). Dear church, The recent national spotlight on Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, clearly has fanned flames of hate and stoked threats of violence. The rhetoric has created discord and mistrust of people who
Terry Koch named to Policy Council for Allegheny Synod
Bishop Paula Lebo of the Allegheny Synod of the ELCA has named Terry Koch to LAMPa's Policy Council. Koch will be taking up the mantle left by Susan Barclay as she finishes her term. Koch will begin his service on Policy Council at their annual retreat on September 22-24.
