Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod (SEPA), ELCA

06/14/2026

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06/13/2026

06/10/2026

Urgent need to contact your legislators

URGE LAWMAKERS TO REMEMBER THE HUNGRY: A growing number of Pennsylvanians are facing food insecurity. Our ministries are stretching to meet growing need in the face of rising prices, but threats to a major anti-hunger program would create a gap that charitable giving alone will not fill. PA's budget is due June 30 -- Please act now!! https://conta.cc/48jrWrH ELCA Advocacy ELCA World Hunger

06/08/2026

Act now! It’s urgent.

UPDATE 6/11/2026: Thank you for the thousands of emails and calls on this issue. Nearly 2,500 messages were sent to Congress through the ELCA Advocacy Center. This action alert is no longer active as on June 9th, the reconciliation package passed Congress and was signed into law. We will continue to advocate for reforms, oversight and welcome for our immigrant neighbors.

ORIGINAL POST: Congress is debating a reconciliation package that includes $38 billion in additional funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and $26 billion for Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). To read more and take action from the Action Center or directly go to Action Alert linked in comment.

06/08/2026

Please keep the following synods in your prayers as they meet in assembly later this week:

Grand Canyon Synod (Bishop Deborah Hutterer)
Northern Illinois Synod (Bishop Stacie Fidlar)
Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod (Bishop Melissa Stoller)
Sierra Pacific Synod (Bishop Jeff Johnson)

Synod meeting in assembly to elect a bishop:

South Carolina Synod (Bishop Ginny Aebischer, retiring)

06/07/2026

We give thanks for another term for Bishop Leiseth.

Congratulations to Tessa Moon Leiseth on her re election as Bishop of the Eastern ND Synod.

We pray for her leadership and guidance in her second term.

06/07/2026

Congratulations to the new Bishop of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod - Rev. Erik Christensen