ELCA Church Council Holds Spring Meeting
The ELCA Church Council gathered at the Lutheran Center in Chicago, April 11-14. The council, which serves as the ELCA churchwide organization’s board of directors and interim legislative authority between meetings of a churchwide assembly, carries out its work in support of the ELCA’s priority areas of being a welcoming church, a thriving church,
Episcopal, Lutheran partnership focuses on asylum-seeker sponsor training
CHICAGO — Building on a shared vision for gospel-centered hospitality and inclusion, Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) and AMMPARO, the migrant ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), have entered into a partnership to better train and support asylum-seeker sponsors. Accompanying Migrants with Protection, Advocacy, Representation and Opportunities (AMMPARO)
LAMPa joins in commemorating Dietrich Bonhoeffer with forthcoming curriculum
On April 9, 1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed at a Nazi prison camp for his participation in the resistance movement and plot to assassinate Hitler. The Church remembers him on this day as a pastor, teacher and theologian, and an example of faithful witness in the face of evil. Throughout
LAMPa Announces Rev. Khader El-Yateem as Gala Keynote
LAMPa is pleased to announce the Rev. Khader El-Yateem as keynote speaker for our 45th Anniversary Gala Celebration of Advocates on May 9! El-Yateem, the newly appointed Executive Director of the Service and Justice home area of the ELCA, will encourage us in our call to be church together
Path to Pennie offers way to get health coverage while filing taxes
From the ELCA's Social Statement on Healthcare (2003): "Health is central to our well-being, vital to relationships, and helps us live out our vocations in family, work, and community. Caring for one’s own health is a matter of human necessity and good stewardship. Caring for the health of others expresses
Statement from the ELCA Conference of Bishops in solidarity with migrants in Texas
“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me” (Matthew 25:35). ITASCA, Ill. (March 4, 2024) - We, the members of the Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
LAMPa’s Period Poverty Postcard Campaign
Join LAMPa in supporting measures to end period poverty in Pennsylvania, beginning March 8, International Women’s Day!* Period poverty – the inability to afford menstrual hygiene products – has gained more and more attention in recent years, though the issue is nothing new. For generations, those who experience menstruation
Earth Day 2024 Resources
LAMPa encourages congregations, conferences, synods, or other gatherings to host an Earth Day Vigil, acknowledging the ways in which we humans have failed to care for God’s good creation, and to place our hope in the Good Shepherd who redeems and restores all in love. This Vigil Liturgy can
New Policy Brief on Infants and Toddlers Experiencing Homelessness
The "State-Level Brief Update - A Call for Action: Participation of Young Children Experiencing Homelessness and Young Children in Foster Care in Early Childhood Programs in Pennsylvania" was released by the Pennsylvania Head Start State Collaboration Office (PA HSSCO) and HopePHL in February. The brief update "highlights key state-level
Sites Needed for Summer Meals Program
Although most of us delight in the idea of summer in the midst of winter, those summer months can be a very trying time for families that rely on free or reduced-price meals during the school year. During the school year, many students receive healthy and nutritious school meals for
