March For Life Pennsylvania

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2026 March for Life Pennsylvania

Join Mount Calvary Lutheran Church and pro-life Lutheran brothers and sisters from across Pennsylvania for the 2026 Pennsylvania March for Life in Harrisburg on Monday, September 21, 2026. Before the PA March for Life, Lutherans will gather at the Hilton Harrisburg, One N. 2nd Street, for fellowship, encouragement, and a full breakfast provided free of charge by Mount Calvary Lutheran Church of Lititz, PA. The morning begins with a Meet and Greet and Full Breakfast from 9:00–10:00 AM. At 10:00 AM, keynote speakers Dr. Aric Penske, Executive Director of Lutherans for Life, and Jill B. Hartman, Executive Director of A Woman’s Concern Pregnancy & Parenting Resource Center, will address those gathered. At 10:30 AM, the Lutheran group will walk together to the Capitol steps for the rally, followed by the PA March for Life at 12:00 PM. Come stand with fellow Christians in a faithful public witness for the God-given dignity and value of every human life. Thank you to the speakers for joining and the Saints from Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Lititz, PA and Good News Lutheran Brethren Church in McAlisterville, PA for providing the full breakfast that will be free of charge to all those who join Mount Calvary and other Lutherans for Life in standing up for those who can not stand for themselves at the March for Life PA.
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March for Life Pennsylvania 2025

In September 2025, Lutherans for Life from Lancaster Pennsylvania joined with thousands of other PA residents for the 2025 March for Life in Harrisburg, PA. The event took place on September 22nd. Gathered were your Pro-Life Lutheran brothers and sisters prior to the PA March for Life at The Hilton Harrisburg at 1 N. 2nd Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101. The event was be held from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM and began with a meet and greet and full breakfast. At 10:00 there was be a Welcome Message and Keynote Speaker. The speakers for this year’s event will be Scott Licht, from Lutherans for Life and Mary Ann Albertini who is the Advancement Director of A Women’s Concern Pregnancy & Parenting Resource Center in Lancaster PA. At 10:30 the group did walk to the March for Life Pennsylvania where the actual March did begin at 12:00 PM. Thank you to the speakers for joining and the Saints from Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Lititz, PA and Good News Lutheran Brethren Church in McAlisterville, PA for providing the full breakfast that was free of charge to all those who join Mount Calvary and other Lutherans for Life in standing up for those who can not stand for themselves at the March for Life PA.
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A Message From Pastor Seifferlein prior to 2025 March:

We did it!

Last year 92 Prolife Lutherans gathered for our first-ever time together for the PA March for Life. We DOUBLED the number of Lutherans in attendance and UNITED together under one banner.

And we did it with blue hands.

As we walked, the heavy rain disintegrated our signs. We extended hands to say goodbye to new friends only to apologize about the sparkly blue colors on them.

“Don’t worry, my hands are blue too!”

Those blue hands were a sign of solidarity, and in good Lutheran fashion, a picture of the washing of baptism. We extend our reach to others, having ourselves been reached by Christ, desiring all to reach the age to be baptized also.

Let’s do it again!

Maybe without the blue hands?

What is your part?

Will you forward these details to a few interested persons today?

Will you put the date in your church’s calendar?

Will you await our mailing and a personal phone call in the next weeks?

Come with your family, church family—young, youth, adult, and old and march with us on September 22. We’ll be calling you!

In Christ,

Pastor Christopher Seifferlein

March for Life 2025

Lutherans for Life from Lancaster Pennsylvania gathered with tens of thousands of other Americans for the 2025 March for Life in Washington DC. On January 24 Lutherans marched with LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison and other Christians. Our presence helped provide a public witness to the sanctity of life and God's design for marriage and family. First, there was the Divine Service at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Alexandria, VA, followed by brunch in the church fellowship hall. Then, everyone did make their way into the nation's capital for the March for Life.
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March for Life Pennsylvania 2024

Pro-life Lutherans gathered prior to the 2024 March for Life Pennsylvania at The Hilton in Harrisburg, One N. 2nd St. in Harrisburg to be encouraged and take a stand for mothers, fathers, and their children born and unborn. A full breakfast, free of charge, (graciously provided by a grant from the English District of the LCMS) was served from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. Speakers Scott Licht of Lutherans for Life, and Maria Gallager from the PA Pro-Life Federation addressed the crowd of nearly 100. The group gathered and then attended the March for Life Pennsylvania.
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A Letter from Pastor Seifferlein prior to the 2024 March

Dear Lutherans,

As I conversed with attendees at the first Pennsylvania March for Life 3 years ago, people stopped to talk. “I haven’t heard of pro-life Lutherans, tell me more. Thank you for being here!” Last year after I saw Pr. Mark Chavez at the PA March representing the North American Lutheran Church (NALC) and Pr. Michael Edwards from the Church of the Lutheran Brethren (CLB), both bringing groups from their congregations, I realized that I was not the only PA Lutheran at the March! It got me thinking

What if we could double, even triple the pro-Life Lutheran presence at the PA March for Life?

What if the Lutherans could meet before the March for conversation and encouragement?

This year we invite your congregation to the Hilton in Harrisburg, One N. 2nd St. on September 23. A full breakfast free of charge will be served from 9-10 AM. At 10 AM Scott Licht of Lutherans for Life will present on “Life in the Darkness,” and Maria Gallager of the PA Pro-life Federation will give us a legislative update as the Senate and the House reconvene that day for their new session. We will walk the few blocks to the capital building for the 11 AM Rally and 12 Noon mile march.

Will you gather with your fellow Lutherans, young, high-school, college, adult, and aged, in Harrisburg on Monday, September 23?

Will you hang the information poster at your church and begin a conversation about pro-life Lutherans?

Will you pray for the Lutherans that gather and ask for the Lord’s blessing on the work to make PA a state that promotes the life of all—both the unborn and the care of their mothers and fathers?

Join us as we work together as Lutherans to uphold the teachings of the Bible about the value and dignity of each and every human life created by God.

In Christ,
Pr. Chris Seifferlein
Mount Calvary Lutheran (LCMS), Lititz, PA

For more information about the event email pamarchforlife@lancasterlutheran.com or the contact page.

For more information about the March for Life in PA, visit their website Pennsylvania March for Life – March for Life Bulletin announcement—(Help publicize this event.)

Visit MarchForLife.org/Pennsylvania for event details about the March for Life Pennsylvania. Join us for this inaugural event for Lutherans, the first of its kind in PA!

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