Advocacy at UDLC

UDLC’s Advocacy Team supports our congregation’s ability to live our faith in a meaningful way through action. In response to God’s love in Jesus Christ, we advocate for wise and just public policies in Pennsylvania that promote the common good.

Social Issues Relevant to the Lutheran Church:

  • Civil and racial justice

  • Environmental justice and stewardship

  • Child protection and welfare

  • Economic justice

  • Education

  • Healthcare

  • Housing

  • Hunger

  • Immigration

  • Predatory lending

Ways We Seek to Fulfill our Mission:

  • Identify: Determine resources within the congregation and community that can be utilized for advocacy.

  • Educate: Invite speakers/organizations to present to congregational groups on relevant issues.

  • Activate: Write to, call or visit elected officials; attend rallies or vigils; share information with the congregation and the community related to actions and events in support of our mission.

“UDLC’s Advocacy Team members believe in equality for all. We sponsor events to further issues that affect our community and invite local legislators. We believe that we are following in Jesus’ footsteps by advocating in this way and standing up for social justice.” 

- Chris Tranchida, Advocacy Team Leader

Our Mission in Action Featured in the Media:

Interfaith Community Forum on Preventing Gun Violence - March 2024

  • CBS-3 TV: Ambler’s Memorial to the Lost Drives Awareness of Gun Violence in Montgomery County

  • The Reporter Online: Memorial to the Lost Remembers Gun Violence Victims

  • Around Ambler: UDLC to Host Interfaith Community Forum on Preventing Gun Violence

  • North Penn Now: Upper Dublin Lutheran Church to Hold Gun Violence Prevention Forum

“As Lutherans, our understanding of Scripture and our theology provide a moral obligation to get involved with the public debate as a concrete expression of loving and saving our neighbor. The ELCA Constitution calls us to advocate dignity and justice for all people, working for peace and reconciliation among nations, and standing with the poor and powerless and committing itself to their need.”

— Lutheran Advocacy Ministries of Pennsylvania (LAMPA)

Join Us

We invite UDLC members to participate and learn with us as we engage in actions to further our mission. If you would like to join the Advocacy Team or receive notifications of actions in areas of interest to you, please contact Chris Tranchida.