Paige brings more than seven years of experience providing high-level administrative support in nonprofit and faith-based settings. She has a demonstrated gift for supporting clergy and lay leaders with care, clarity, and discretion, and we look forward to the expertise and steady presence she will bring to the daily life of our synod.
Read MorePastor Erin Jones has accepted the call to serve as our next Director for Evangelical Mission. Pastor Jones is already a beloved part of our synod’s life, and she brings with her a deep love for this region, a pastor’s heart, and a passion for helping congregations discover where the Spirit is leading next.
Read MoreBishop Stoller co-signed a letter along with many of her colleague bishops at their meeting in Minneapolis in early October. For more information about the ELCA’s teachings on social issues, please refer to our collection of Social Statements or Bishop Stoller’s Wayfarer article from the June 2025 issue.
Read MoreRev. Yehiel Curry was installed as Presiding Bishop of the ELCA this past Saturday, October 4, 2025.
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The Rev. Melissa L. Stoller was elected on June 13 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). She is the first woman to hold the position of Bishop in the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod.
Read MoreLauren Wolcott, Communications Director, will be on Sabbatical July 1, 2025, to September 30, 2025.
Read MoreBishop Kurt Kusserow will receive an honorary doctorate from his alma mater (Thiel '85) and deliver the commencement keynote address on May 10, 2025.
Read MorePortico Benefit Services released a notice of pending changes to the ELCA Health Plan under the title, “Benefits reExamined,” which Bishop Kusserow has responded to.
Read MoreBishop Kusserow and Barb Nugent write to remind us of the deep value that Lutheran congregations have contributed to the social structures of our country, leading the way in caring for our neighbors.
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