School Breakfast Initiative Now Offering Grants to Schools
March 08, 2018 Harrisburg, PA – As part of his School Breakfast Initiative, Gov. Tom Wolf has announced that $900,000 in mini-grants are available to schools to start or expand alternative breakfast programs to help more students begin the day with a healthy breakfast. LAMPa advocates helped secure the funding
ELCA Bishops Support Student March Against Gun Violence
ITASCA (March 6, 2017) – The ELCA Conference of Bishops has approved the following statement of support for the March for Our Lives on March 24. STATEMENT IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH Our children and youth are like a young Jeremiah prophesying to the people: For I know the
LAMPa Welcomes the Rev. Inge Williams to Policy Council
Inge Williams is the pastor of Friedens Church in Shartlesville, a hamlet at the base of the Blue Mountain in Berks County. Inge hails from the Midwest. Born in Ohio, she spent formative years in northeastern Lower Michigan. In 2014, she received her M.Div. from Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus,
LAMPa Welcomes New Policy Council Member – the Rev. Lydia Posselt
Pastor Lydia Posselt, who serves Family of God in Buckingham, is thrilled and honored to be joining LAMPa’s policy council as a representative from the Southeastern Pennsylvania synod, where she has served for about a year. In her first year at Family of God, she noticed that for a small
ELCA presiding bishop issues statement on Dreamers
2/9/2018 10:00:00 AM Immigration is an ever-present topic at our dinner tables and in our congregations as Congress continues to discuss long-overdue protection for thousands of our community members who lack permanent legal status. Scripture calls us to welcome the sojourner. God commanded of the Israelites: "The stranger who resides
PA Hunger Leaders Advocate in D.C.
Eleven World Hunger Leaders from across Pennsylvania, joined Tracey and Lynn, to participate in the ELCA World Hunger Leadership Gathering, January 21-24. More than 150 leaders from across the country gathered at Reformation Lutheran Church, Washington, D.C., focusing on the theme “Until All Are Fed”. All in attendance were equipped
Policy Council Elects Officers, Sets 2018 Agenda Priorities
Alleviating hunger, poverty and injustice while addressing their root causes remains central to the work of LAMPa in the year ahead. On Dec. 7, LAMPa's Policy Council adopted a broad agenda that encourages disciples to act where they are called, lifting their ministry context, lived experiences, vocations and gifts for
Thanksgiving Offering Includes Letters to Lawmakers
For three weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, members of Trinity Lutheran Church in Camp Hill learned about the many faces and root causes of hunger at home and around the world. With gratitude for their blessings, young and old alike wrote letters of thanksgiving to lawmakers for the good work
Dec. 31 Deadline to Block Gambling Expansion in Your Community
Pennsylvania municipalities have until Dec. 31 to ban gambling expansion in the form of "mini-casinos" in their boundaries as the result of a hastily considered revenue package adopted in late October. Municipalities so wishing must adopt a resolution prohibiting any of the 10 approved mini-casinos and submit it to the
LAMPa Names New Program Director
Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in Pennsylvania is pleased to announce the addition of Lynn S. Fry, Chambersburg, as program director, effective Nov. 6 Lynn is currently serving as coordinator of faith formation at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Franklin County, where she coordinates and leads faith formation and activities for children,
