August 2021
Advocacy Summer School Begins — Learn How To Bring Your Faith To The Table
Through advocacy, the ELCA community can create lasting, systemic change. If you want to get involved in faith-based advocacy, but aren’t sure where to begin, sign up for Advocacy Summer School. The five-part online series is being offered by ELCA advocacy, in collaboration with ELCA Peace Not Walls. The first session will take place on August 11. It will paint a picture of what advocacy is and how advocacy is shaped with a faith foundation, especially as members and affiliates of the ELCA.…
Find out more »Pa. Immigration and Citizenship Coalition Annual Youth Convening
The Pa. Immigration and Citizenship Coalition, of which LAMPa is a member, believes in the important role and impact of young leaders in the movement toward a just world. This is why the PICC has continued to engage immigrant youth from across the state in advocacy, provided support and direct leadership development. In order to ensure that youth voices are at the core of the immigrant rights movement and decision-making, PICC has developed a youth membership initiative and continued to…
Find out more »September 2021
Creation Care Ambassadors Training
Creation Care Ambassador Training with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Blessed Tomorrow As Lutherans, we are called to care for our neighbors and all of Creation and to be God’s hands in the world. Research shows that Americans are growing more concerned about climate change. As they witness and experience impacts from a changing climate to their health, livelihoods, and communities, they are increasingly looking for guidance on solutions, from people in their daily lives – including faith…
Find out more »“God’s Work, Our Hands” Sunday – 2021
“'God’s work. Our hands.' Sunday is Sunday, September 12, 2021. This day is an opportunity to celebrate who we are as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – one church, freed in Christ to serve and love our neighbor. Service activities offer an opportunity for us to explore one of our most basic convictions as Lutherans: that all of life in Jesus Christ – every act of service, in every daily calling, in every corner of life – flows freely from a living,…
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