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SEPA Announcements
NEW! Augustus Lutheran Spring Turkey Dinner and Craft & Vendor Fair
April 25, 2026
Dinner: 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Craft and Vendor Fair: 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Live Music: 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm
717 W. Main St., Trappe, PA
Tickets for the dinner are only $22.00 presale with payment / $25.00 at the door and it is a take-out only event. A limited number of self-service seating will be provided and the famed Gavin Elison will be playing live music from 2:30-6:00 PM. The Craft & Vendor Fair has free admission and runs from 2-6 PM. With Mother’s Day just a few weeks away from this event, it could be the opportunity to pick up that perfect and unique gift while supporting a charity, local artists, and vendors. Proceeds benefit Dr. Stephen & Jodi Lynn Swanson, Missionaries in Tanzania. Supplemental funds provided by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.
Tickets are going fast. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door. For dinner reservations, call 610-489-9625 OR purchase online at www.AugustusTrappe.org
Interested Vendors Contact: AugustusCraftShow@gmail.com
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NEW! Muhlenberg Summer Institute
June 28 - July 11
This summer, Muhlenberg College will offer a two-week, on-campus pre-college program for rising sophomore, junior, and senior high-school students — the 2026 Muhlenberg Summer Institute. The Muhlenberg Summer Institute will provide hands-on, project-based opportunities in a variety of subjects including new media and journalism, entrepreneurship and economics, theatre, political science, and psychology. The program also includes a half-day Career Accelerator session aimed at translating the summer experience into future opportunities.
Full program details and registration
For more information, contact: summerinstitute@muhlenberg.edu
Muhlenberg College is one of 26 ELCA Lutheran Colleges and Universities and our Synod's partner.
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NEW! Direct Thrivent Choice Dollars®
The Thrivent Choice® program is a powerful way to support organizations like the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod. Through this
program, Thrivent clients with membership can direct how Thrivent distributes a portion of its
charitable grant funding. To see if you have Choice Dollars® available, log in to your Thrivent account, click “Direct Choice Dollars,” and select our Synod. Your support helps us grow, reach more people and advance our mission.
Thanks in advance for your generosity toward our mission to equip the saints for ministry.
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This week! Renowned Composer and Pianist Thomas Keesecker to present to local concerts
Tom served as a church musician for over 40 years in Lutheran and Roman Catholic parishes in Virginia, Montana, and Maryland. His sacred music is published by several leading church music publishers. He studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and the Catholic University School of Music in Washington, D.C. He mixes classical technique, jazz improvisation, Celtic and folk music influences in his arrangements. His music may be listened to on Amazon Music, Spotify, and YouTube.
Don't miss your opportunity to hear this talented musician.
Sunday, March 22
3:00 pm
Reformation Lutheran
102 W Rose Tree Rd, Media
Thomas Keesecker will share music from his best-selling piano collections in a 75-
minute concert. Keesecker, a composer as well as performer, is known around the
country for his sensitive, delightful, and meditative piano arrangements of hymns.
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This week! Julia Finegan to perform at Trinity, Perkasie
Sunday, March 22
3:00 pm
Fifth and Chestnut Streets, Perkasie
Julia Finegan, a folk-inspired singer and songwriter, will perform at Trinity Lutheran Church, Fifth and Chestnut Streets, Perkasie, on Sunday, March 22, at 3 pm. Julia writes songs with the aim of telling stories, asking honest questions, and allowing words to make nice noises when they all stand together in a line or a circle! This program is part of Trinity's ongoing Concert Series. There is no admission charge but a freewill offering will be received. Handicapped accessible. For more information: www.trinityperkasie.org, 215-257-6801
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Save The Date!
Ascension Worship Service to host ULS Dean Rev. Dr. Teresa Smallwood as preacher
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Reformation Lutheran Church
102 W Rose Tree Rd, Media
6:30 pm Light Dinner
7:30 pm Worship Service
Rev. Dr. Teresa Smallwood is the Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs and The James Franklin Kelly and Hope Eyster Kelly Associate Professor of Public Theology at United Lutheran Seminary.
Dr. Smallwood’s career includes over 20 years as a practicing attorney in several capacities: as staff attorney with Legal Services of the Southern Piedmont in Charlotte, NC and the Children’s Law Center; as Assistant District Attorney; and as proprietor of a private law practice.
Following this, Dr. Smallwood went on to study theology and earned Master’s and PhD degrees from Howard University School of Divinity and Chicago Theological Seminary.
She has taught at several colleges and seminaries including Lancaster Theological Seminary in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the Religious Freedom Center in Washington, D.C., Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois, and Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Most recently, Dr. Smallwood served as the Associate Director of the Public Theology and Racial Justice Collaborative at Vanderbilt Divinity School from 2017 to 2021. From 2021 to 2024 she served as Associate Professor of Public Theology at United Lutheran Seminary in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. On July 1, 2024, Dr. Smallwood became the Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs at United Lutheran Seminary.
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