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20 “I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us,[a] so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. – John 17:20-23

Wholeness Resources

Wholeness Wheel Bible Study

Christ Calls Us to Wholeness. A Bible Study Based on the Wholeness Wheel.

Spiritual Wellness Resources

A listing of resources available in our resource center.

Wholeness Wheel

Illustrates that wellness is multi-dimensional – made up of spiritual, vocational, intellectual, emotional, physical, social, and financial dimensions of well-being.

COVID 19 Resources

Here are some resources to help your congregation cope with the coronavirus

Leadership In Anxious Times

Deacon Mary Ann Schwabe’s LSS December 1 presentation on Anxiety in Congregational Systems

Portico Benefits

These wellness-related tools are designed to help you and those you care about grow your well-being together. They can be used by anyone in our community, whether or not you have ELCA health benefits.

Wholeness Resources

Wholeness Wheel Bible Study

Christ Calls Us to Wholeness. A Bible Study Based on the Wholeness Wheel.

Wholeness Wheel

Illustrates that wellness is multi-dimensional – made up of spiritual, vocational, intellectual, emotional, physical, social, and financial dimensions of well-being.

COVID 19 Resources

Here are some resources to help your congregation cope with the coronavirus

Spiritual Wellness Resources

A listing of resources available in our resource center

Leadership In Anxious Times

Deacon Mary Ann Schwabe’s LSS December 1 presentation on Anxiety in Congregational Systems

Portico Benefits

LEAD – Living Everyday as Disciples – Offers Renew

In RENEW, regular discipleship practices build a foundation for addressing leadership challenges in real time with the support of colleagues and guides.

RENEW is for pastors, deacons, youth leaders, outdoor ministry professionals, social ministry leaders, and judicatory leaders

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Spiritual Directors

Lower Susquehanna Synod Spiritual Directors

Emotional Wellbeing Counselors

Root Grow Thrive

Allie Kochert, MA, LPC, CSD, owner of Rooted Growth Counseling and Root Grow Thrive, is a spiritual director and psychotherapist. Her therapy and spiritual direction is decidedly embodied and focused on mind-body-spirit connection. She is owner of Root Grow Thrive, dedicated to supporting helpers, healers, and those in ministry leadership. She offers spiritual direction and soul care groups, and is passionate about supporting people in ministry, maintaining their resiliency and preventing burnout so they can grow and thrive in their vocations.

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Contact her by email

View Allie’s PowerPoint Slides from her LSS Stress-Less Resiliency WorkshopContact her by email

Pastor Henry Herbener, a Lower Susquehanna Synod retired pastor, has extensive counseling background and experience and would be happy to meet with rostered ministers who feel they need counseling.

Contact him by email

Contact him by phone (717-368-4897)

Additional Counselors

Debbie Doubrava

LCSW

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Ellen Dionna

Psychotherapist and Spiritual Director

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Samaritan Counseling Center

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Physical Wellbeing

Lenten Online Journey into the Christian Spiritual Life
February 18 – March 25 from 7:00 p.m.-8:15 p.m. via Zoom
Led by Deacon Marsha Roscoe and Pastor Richard Jorgensen

Join us this Lent for a very special online journey using Marjorie Thompson’s Soul Feast: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life. Gathering weekly on Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. beginning February 18, we invite you to explore classic disciplines such as prayer, fasting, spiritual reading, and self-examination, while nurturing your understanding of our rich Christian spirituality. Perfect for individuals or small groups, we will make space to voice the ongoing conversation in our church and culture concerning how we nurture and sustain spiritual vitality in contemporary life. Participants are invited to purchase their own copy of Soul Feast, which includes a study guide. This resource from Marjorie Thompson continues to be a favorite for individual reflection and group study. Support a local bookstore by purchasing your copy from Hearts & Minds at (717) 246-3333.

Act Boldly for Health

Spiritual Wellbeing

Spirituality Types

Most people experience God most intimately through one of four spirituality types. Understanding how you relate to God can help you fall deeper in love with Jesus. Knowing there are a variety of spirituality types helps us embrace and appreciate our diverse sets of human experiences. Thinking about God is one-sided and limits our relationship with God. Jesus’ alternates between structure and engagement to freedom and solitude with God. We can too.

Spirituality Tool

Breathing in Christ Podcasts

More Spiritual Directors

More Spiritual Directors

Christa Hesselink

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Allen Proctor

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Kyndall Rauthaus

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Marsha is an assistant to the bishop for spiritual wellness, mission and communications and is founder of Breathing in Christ. Marsha has spent most of her working life helping others fall in love with Jesus over and over again. An ordained minister of the Evangelical Lutheran in America (ELCA), she has taught and ministered in areas of spiritual formation and missional outreach for nearly two decades.