The Lower Susquehanna Synod

 

List of Congregations in Transition

TO: Lower Susquehanna Synod Pastors, Associates in Ministry, Deaconesses, and Diaconal Ministers
FROM: B. Penrose Hoover, Bishop
DATE: February 2013

The following is a list of congregations in our synod experiencing a pastoral transition as we know them now. If you are interested in being considered for any of these parishes, please notify my office as soon as possible. As you know, in our call procedure, one name is to be given to a Call Committee. You may be sure that careful consideration will be given to your interest.

KEY:
1 = In study process | 2 = ready for or Interviewing | 3 = Voting
Key
Congregation/Charge
Conference
Position
3 Chambersburg, St Luke (Scotland) Chambersburg Pastor
2 Gardners, Upper Bermudian Parish Gettysburg Pastor
1 Biglerville, St. Paul Gettysburg Pastor
2 New Oxford, St. John Gettysburg Part-time Pastor
1 New Oxford, First Hanover Pastor
2 East Berlin, Trinity Hanover Pastor
1 Littlestown, St. Paul Hanover Pastor
1 Hershey, Zion (Union Deposit) Harrisburg Pastor
3 Lancaster, Holy Spirit Lancaster Pastor
1 Lebanon, Hill (Cleona) Lebanon Pastor
1 Lebanon, Holy Trinity Lebanon Pastor
2 Lebanon, St. James Lebanon Pastor
2 Brickerville, United North Lancaster Pastor
2 Denver, Muddy Creek North Lancaster Pastor
1 Lititz, Salem (Kissel Hill) North Lancaster Pastor
2 New Holland, Trinity North Lancaster Pastor
1 Penryn, St. Paul North Lancaster Pastor
1 Rossville, St. Michael North York Pastor
1 Mannsville, Elliottsburg Perry Pastor
1 Freysville, Emmanuel South York Part-time Pastor
2 Red Lion, Grace South York Pastor
2 Gratz, Simeon United Upper Dauphin Pastor
1 Klingerstown, St. Michael and Zion (Erdman) Upper Dauphin Pastor
2 Carlisle, First West Cumberland Pastor
2 Camp Hill, Grace West Shore Pastor
2 Camp Hill, Trinity West Shore Senior Pastor
1 York, Grace and York, Trinity York Part-time Pastor
1 York, St. Mark York Pastor
2 York, Zion York Assoc. Pastor


If your congregation is considering increasing your staff to include a leader who is not a pastor but is theologically trained, you might think about calling a rostered lay leader. Associates in Ministry, Diaconal Ministers, and Deaconesses are not ordained as pastors are, but they are commissioned or consecrated by the church and called to ministries of Word and Service. Among these service ministries are Christian education, music, social outreach, visitation, chaplaincy, youth ministry, counseling, parish worker, and health ministries. To learn more about rostered lay leaders in our synod, contact Pastor Virginia Cover, Lower Susquehanna Synod, at 1.800.692.7282 x 102 or at vcover@lss-elca.org.


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