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SUMMARY:Human and Civil Rights Network Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join leaders and advocates who care for LGBTQ+ rights\, racial justice\, and care for all people made in God’s image from across the Commonwealth as for a time of connecting\, sharing\, and learning! \nWhy join a network? \nThe work of striving for justice and peace in all the earth can be lonely and exhausting – LAMPa hopes that by launching our networks we strengthen the bonds of our advocates across the Commonwealth and remind one another that we are not alone. It will also be a time to share our stories and best practices of our ministry and discipleship in these areas\, and to dream together about how to best lift up our stories and hopes to those in power.\n\n\nWe hope you join us in this important work of connecting and inspiring one another!\n\n\nRegister HERE.
URL:https://www.lutheranadvocacypa.org/event/human-and-civil-rights-network-launch/
CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Criminal Justice,Homepage Event,LGBTQ+,Racial Justice,Social Justice
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SUMMARY:The Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.: Fires of Freedom and Cloud of Witnesses
DESCRIPTION:Join the SWPA Synod on Sunday\, April 7\, 2024 at House of Prayer Lutheran Church (2100 W Irwin St\, Aliquippa) for The Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.: Fires of Freedom and Cloud of Witnesses. \nSchedule for Sunday\, April 7 \n2pm – Pre-Event in Aliquippa – more information to follow\n4pm – Education time / Panel Discussion\n5:30pm – Dinner\n6:30pm – Worship with Holy Communion\, with the Rev. CeCee Mills preaching and Bishop Kurt Kusserow presiding \nA livestream will be available for the worship service as well as for the panel discussion. \nChildcare for children age 0-5 is available during this event. Please pre-register for childcare here.
URL:https://www.lutheranadvocacypa.org/event/celebration-of-mlks-legacy-in-swpa/
LOCATION:House of Prayer\, Aliquippa\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Civic Participation,Homepage Event,Racial Justice,Social Justice
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240128T080000
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SUMMARY:RIC Sunday 2024
DESCRIPTION:Join a congregation and community to celebrate Reconciling in Christ (RIC) Sunday 2024.  \nRIC Sunday worship 2024 is called “Roll Down Justice.” This year’s worship service celebrates the 50th anniversary of ReconcilingWorks and is inspired by Amos 5:24.  \nLet justice flow like a river\, and righteousness flow like an unfailing stream.  \nReconcilingWorks wants to celebrate with your faith community and is excited to offer these resources. Many RIC communities celebrate RIC Sunday on the last Sunday in January. This year\, that lands on January 28\, 2024. ReconcilingWorks encourages you to celebrate on a date that is meaningful for your community. Be sure to use this day as a time to recommit to your partnership as a RIC faith community\, discern ways to live into your RIC partner commitments\, and set new milestones for the year to come.  \nYou can find information about RIC Sunday 2024 here.  \nRIC Sunday resources for RIC Sunday worship 2024 are available here.  \nYou can find LAMPa bulletin inserts here (Color; B&W) to share with your worshipping community. They include ways to stand with and advocate with our LGBTQIA+ siblings in Pennsylvania\, specifically contacting your state senator and calling on them to support The Fairness Act (HB 300) and updates to state hate crimes laws.  \nLet us know what you are doing in your synod or congregation by sending a note to LAMPa@lutheranadvocacypa.org. We would be happy to connect and to share more advocacy resources to complement the service and worship you are doing for RIC Sunday. 
URL:https://www.lutheranadvocacypa.org/event/ric-sunday-2024/
CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Homepage Event,LGBTQ+,Social Justice
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SUMMARY:MLK Service Day 2024
DESCRIPTION:Lutherans around PA will celebrate the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. See below for official synodical events. If your congregation or community is celebrating in a different way\, let us know at LAMPa@lutheranadvocacypa.org. \n  \nSoutheastern Pennsylvania Synod \nSunday\, January 14\, 2024 \nThe Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the ELCA and the African Descent Lutheran Association Philadelphia Chapter are hosting a Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, Memorial Worship Service. \nWhen: 3:00 p.m. \nWhere: Christ’s Lutheran Church in Oreland. \nMonday\, January 15\, 2024 – Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, Day 2024 \nJoin Lutheran Disaster Response – Eastern PA in marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day in service to neighbors near and far. \nJoin volunteers at the Philadelphia campus of United Lutheran Seminary to collect and assemble disaster and hygiene kits and to learn basic repair and rebuilding skills such as spackling\, painting\, safety and use of power tools — skills that can be put to use in disaster response or other service projects. \nFor more information\, email Heidi Shilanskas at hshilanskas@gmail.com. \nSchedule \n9:30 a.m.  Arrival (coffee and snacks available) \nPack kits and Open House Tables \nWorship \n12:00 p.m.  Community Lunch \nRegistration is required for lunch. \nA free will offering will be collected to offset lunch costs. \nAll ages are welcome. \nYou can visit the event page on the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod website here. \n  \nLower Susquehanna Synod \nSunday\, January 14\, 2024 \nBe part of a Rev. Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, Interfaith Celebration\, co-sponsored by the Lower Susquehanna Synod of the ELCA. \nThe celebration’s theme is Building Beloved Community: A Theology of Doing. For more information about the theme and its roots in Dr. King’s philosophy of nonviolence and social change\, visit this page. \nJoin a panel moderated by the Rev. Carla Christopher and featuring the Rev. Matthew Best\, along with an intergenerational and multi-racial gathering of faith leaders across traditions and areas of the Harrisburg Metropolitan Area. \nWhen: 3:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. \nWhere: Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church\, 2339 N. 6th Street\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17110 \nThe event includes a worship service\, a panel\, and an advocacy fair with refreshments. \n  \nSt. John’s Lutheran Church\, Melrose Park – MLK Day of Service Project \nMembers of St. John’s Lutheran Church are making fleece scarves for The Welcome Church. \nThey are also assembling Soups in a Jar for cancer patients to be served by the Breathing Room in Elkins Park. \nActivities will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on MLK Day.
URL:https://www.lutheranadvocacypa.org/event/mlk-service-day-2024/
LOCATION:United Lutheran Seminary: Philadelphia Campus\, 7301 Germantown Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19119\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Civic Participation,Homepage Event,Interfaith,Racial Justice,Social Justice
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SUMMARY:With One Voice: End Gun Violence Now
DESCRIPTION:Join LAMPa and ecumenical and interfaith partners in Harrisburg Nov. 14-15 as we come together to raise our voices against gun violence. The gathering aims to create awareness\, foster dialogue\, and inspire action toward a safer future for all. Through engaging discussions\, thought-provoking presentations\, and legislative visits\, we will explore the urgent need for change in our communities. Together\, we can work toward a society free from the devastating effects of gun violence.  \nRegister here. Then let LAMPa know you’re coming by emailing us at LAMPa@lutheranadvocacypa.org with GUN VIOLENCE in the subject line. \nFor more information about the latest mass shooting in Lewiston\, ME\, click here. \nTo learn more about ELCA social teaching on gun violence\, click here. LAMPa has supported legislation supporting universal background checks and red flag laws. \nThe Events:  \nTues.\, Nov. 14\, 2023\, 5:30 – 7 pm. Interfaith Prayer Service  \nLocation: St. Stephen’s Episcopal Cathedral\, 221 N. Front St.\, Harrisburg\, PA 17101  \n  \nWed.\, Nov. 15\, 2023\, 7:30 – 9 a.m. Interfaith Prayer Breakfast with Legislators and  \nLocation: Grace United Methodist Church\, 216 State St. Harrisburg\, PA 17101-1109  \n  \nWed.\, Nov. 15\, 2023\, 10 am – Noon. Advocacy Appointments with Legislators and staff  \nLocation: State Capitol. Training will be provided for people who want to meet with legislators  \n  \nWed.\, Nov. 15\, 2023\, 10 am – Noon. Recitation of Names of the Lost  \nLocation: On the Steps of the Capitol  \n  \nNov. 15\, 2023\, 12:15 – 1:15 pm. Lunch.  \nLocation: Capitol Building\, East Wing\, Side A.  \n  \nWed.\, Nov. 15\, 2023\, 1:30 – 2:30 pm. Solemn Procession: Witness Walk around the Capitol Mourning the Victims of Gun Violence  \nLocation: This event schedule is a walk around the Capitol.  \n  \nWed.\, Nov. 15\, 2023\, 3:00 – 3:30 pm. Press Conference in Capitol Rotunda  \nLocation: Capitol Rotunda  \n  \n—————————————————————————————————-  \nIf you need overnight accommodations in Harrisburg on Tuesday evening?  \nA block of discounted rooms has been reserved at the Penn Harris Hotel (1150 Camp Hill Bypass\, Camp Hill\, PA 17011). Phone: (717) 763-7117.  \n 
URL:https://www.lutheranadvocacypa.org/event/with-one-voice-end-gun-violence-now/
LOCATION:The Pennsylvania State Capitol\, N. 3rd & State St.\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17120\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Homepage Event,Interfaith,Social Justice,Vigil,Violence
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SUMMARY:Driving PA Forward Day in the Capitol
DESCRIPTION:Join LAMPa and our partners in the Driving PA Forward Coalition in Harrisburg for a day of meetings with lawmakers to advocate for HB 769\, Driver’s Licenses for All. This bill would separate driver’s license eligibility from citizenship status\, as it was before 2003. Currently\, 15 states and Washington\, D.C.\, offer driver’s licenses to all\, regardless of immigration status. LAMPa has long been a part of the coalition to advance this policy for the wellbeing of our immigrant neighbors and the safety of all on Pennsylvania roadways. This legislation would help make our roads and communities are safer by enabling more drivers to be licensed and insured and is projected to have economic benefits to the Commonwealth as well. You can find more information and resources on this policy here. \nOn Nov.  14\, be a part of this gathering to show your concern for the livelihoods and safety of immigrants and recognize their \nApple pickers at work in Adams County. Come apple harvest time\, workers come to this area by the thousands. Nationwide\, an estimated 70\,000 workers pick apples every fall. \ncontribution to our communities — particularly our agricultural economy.  The event will feature a Thanksgiving table set in the Capitol Rotunda\, thanking farm workers and all who contribute to the feast day we celebrate\, but which many who provide the food cannot themselves enjoy.  Workers from throughout the food supply chain will speak to highlight the contributions of farm workers and immigrants in making the traditional holiday meal possible. \nLegislative visits will follow.  If you are able to attend\, please let us know\, and we’ll coordinate meetings as LAMPa with our coalition partners.  We expect to wrap up by early afternoon.  Email us with your address (to help us identify your lawmakers) at LAMPa@Llutheranadvocacypa.org with DRIVING in the subject line by Nov. 6.   \nIf you are unable to join us in the Capitol\, but would be like to be in touch with your lawmakers\, please drop us a note\, again\,  with your address\, at LAMPa@Llutheranadvocacypa.org and include DRIVING in the subject line. We will respond with more information. \nTo join our statewide network of advocates working to make Pennsylvania a state that stands for welcome\, please email us at LAMPa@Llutheranadvocacypa.org with IMMIGRATION in the subject line and staff will reach out to you.
URL:https://www.lutheranadvocacypa.org/event/driving-pa-forward-day-in-the-capitol/
LOCATION:The Pennsylvania State Capitol\, N. 3rd & State St.\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17120\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Economic Opportunity,Homepage Event,Immigration,Social Justice,Sustainable Agriculture
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SUMMARY:Kindling Faith: Lazareth Lecture - "What is Christian Nationalism?"
DESCRIPTION:White Christian Nationalism is the dangerous belief that America is –and must remain – a Christian nation founded for its white Christian inhabitants\, and that our laws and policies must reflect this premise. Such ideologies can lead to the erosion of democracy and the rise of authoritarianism and fascism. Rev. Dr. Pamela Cooper-White\, author of The Psychology of Christian Nationalism offers keen insights into the nature of this movement and how critical-thinking Christians can provide a much-needed counter-narrative to this fear-based rhetoric. \nSPEAKER: The Rev. Pamela Cooper-White\, Ph.D.\, is the Christiane Brooks Johnson Professor of Psychology and Religion and for the past 3 years served as Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs\, at Union Theological Seminary\, New York.  She also serves as Assisting Priest at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City.  She earned her MDiv and a PhD in historical musicology from Harvard University\, and a PhD in clinical social work at the Chicago Institute for Clinical Social Work. \nPrior to serving at Union Seminary\, she was the Ben G. and Nancye Clapp Gautier Professor of Pastoral Theology\, Care and Counseling at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur\, Georgia\, and Co-Director of the Atlanta Theological Association’s ThD program in pastoral counseling; and from1999-2008 she was associate and then full Professor of Pastoral Theology at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (now ULS). \nIn person on the Philadelphia campus of ULS and livestreamed on the ULS YouTube channel. \nThis event is free and open to the public. A reception and book signing will follow the event.
URL:https://www.lutheranadvocacypa.org/event/kindling-faith-lazareth-lecture-what-is-christian-nationalism/
LOCATION:United Lutheran Seminary: Philadelphia Campus\, 7301 Germantown Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19119\, United States
CATEGORIES:Civic Participation,Education,Social Justice
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SUMMARY:Kindling Faith: Lazareth Lecture - "What is Christian Nationalism?"
DESCRIPTION:White Christian Nationalism is the dangerous belief that America is –and must remain – a Christian nation founded for its white Christian inhabitants\, and that our laws and policies must reflect this premise. Such ideologies can lead to the erosion of democracy and the rise of authoritarianism and fascism. Rev. Dr. Pamela Cooper-White\, author of The Psychology of Christian Nationalism offers keen insights into the nature of this movement and how critical-thinking Christians can provide a much-needed counter-narrative to this fear-based rhetoric. \nSPEAKER: The Rev. Pamela Cooper-White\, Ph.D.\, is the Christiane Brooks Johnson Professor of Psychology and Religion and for the past 3 years served as Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs\, at Union Theological Seminary\, New York.  She also serves as Assisting Priest at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City.  She earned her MDiv and a PhD in historical musicology from Harvard University\, and a PhD in clinical social work at the Chicago Institute for Clinical Social Work. \nPrior to serving at Union Seminary\, she was the Ben G. and Nancye Clapp Gautier Professor of Pastoral Theology\, Care and Counseling at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur\, Georgia\, and Co-Director of the Atlanta Theological Association’s ThD program in pastoral counseling; and from1999-2008 she was associate and then full Professor of Pastoral Theology at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (now ULS). \nIn person on the Philadelphia campus of ULS and livestreamed on the ULS YouTube channel. \nThis event is free and open to the public. A reception and book signing will follow the event.
URL:https://www.lutheranadvocacypa.org/event/kindling-faith-lazareth-lecture-what-is-christian-nationalism-2/
LOCATION:United Lutheran Seminary: Philadelphia Campus\, 7301 Germantown Ave\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19119\, United States
CATEGORIES:Civic Participation,Education,Social Justice
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