• ALSM at Home Blair County

    Care at Home

    913 Spruce Street
    Hollidaysburg, PA 16648

  • Early Head Start

    Children & Family

    231 South Juliana Street
    Bedford, PA 15522

  • Head Start

    Children & Family

    231 South Juliana Street
    Bedford, PA 15522

  • Lutheran Commons at Pleasant Gap

    Residential Living

    400 Rhoads Drive
    Pleasant Gap, PA 16823

  • Lutheran Commons at Berlin Pike

    Residential Living

    443 Berlin Pike Road
    Somerset, PA 15501

  • The Oaks at Pleasant Gap

    Residential Living

    200 Rachael Drive
    Pleasant Gap, PA 16823

  • The Lutheran Home at Hollidaysburg

    Residential Living

    916 Hickory Street
    Hollidaysburg, PA 16648

  • Somerset Senior Daily Living Center

    Residential Living

    454 Berlin Plank Road
    Somerset, PA 15501

  • Kid Stop – Johnstown County

    Children & Family

    675 Goucher Street
    Johnstown, PA 15905

  • Kid Stop – Everett County

    Children & Family

    165 East First Avenue
    Everett, PA 15537

  • Kid Stop – Bedford County

    Children & Family

    3639 Business Rt. 220
    Bedford, PA 15522

  • Growing Years Early Learning Center Johnstown

    Children & Family

    807 Goucher Street
    Johnstown, PA 15905

  • Growing Years Early Learning Center Bedford

    Children & Family

    106 W Penn Street
    Bedford, PA 15522

  • Children’s Services – Family Center of Bedford County

    Children & Family

    231 S. Juliana Street
    Bedford, PA 15522

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Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries serves more than 3,000 people in these eight West Central Pennsylvania counties: Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Fulton, Huntingdon and Somerset.

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    ALSM offers a wide range of child and family services and programs in safe and nurturing environments that encourage children to reach their full potential.

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  • Residential Living

    Residential Living

    ALSM’s senior living communities offer independent living apartment, cottages, personal care and health care centers .

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March 11, 2024

Plan to Attend – Growing Years Early Learning Center & Kid Stop in Johnstown’s Job Fair!

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June 13, 2023

Register Today for ALSM’s Golf Outing

Plans are now underway for the 26th Annual Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries (ALSM) and First Commonwealth Bank James V. Meadows Memorial Golf Outing on Monday, July 31, 2023.  This premier golf event provides a...

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As we travel through the Lenten season, we offer this weekly reflection as food for the journey.

John 12:20-33
“(U)nless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain, but if it dies it bears much fruit.” (John 12:24)

I live in the country. The roads I travel daily run alongside acres of farm fields. This time of year, they are a dull brown. The fields where corn grew last season may have the spikey remnants of stalks poking out. Occasionally, some fields are a darker shade of brown, where manure has been spread in preparation for the coming season. Soon, plows will begin to turn over the earth and the fields will be rich, dark, clods. But for now, these fields are flat, dull, and lifeless.

Or, maybe not.

In some of these fields, seeds were sown at the end of last season. For all these winter months you would not know a planted field from one as yet without seeds buried. But soon, there will be a light green hue appearing on some of the fields. Coaxed by the warmth of increasing sun, those seeds planted months ago will sprout, and the sprouts will push their way through the softening earth, and create a pale green patch amid the resting fields. I am excited by the thought of spring approaching, comforted by the promise of new life.

I think about all this as we near the end of our forty day journey of Lent. Many of us have given up something to keep us mindful of the waiting. Or we have taken up a new discipline to help draw us closer to God or others. Or we have simply tried to remain faithful or maintained a spiritual practice that is woven into the fabric of our life. What new fruit is working its way in your life from these seeds that have been planted?

But I also think more broadly, considering the cycles of seasons of life. What fruit has your life born over time? And in what ways have you perhaps preserved fruit from one season and continue to know its value in your life, or the life of others? Or do you sense something stirring in you from a seed planted before? Or maybe, it is someone else who has planted a seed of hope in your life. Because you appeared as a field in need of the fruit of hope.

All of these seeds planted in our life, in whatever season, dormant for varying amounts of time, hold promise of life. I invite you to consider the seeds and the signs of their fruit in your life, even as we anticipate our celebration of the greatest springing of new life from death in our Easter celebrations.

Prayer: Lord, let our lives be good soil. Show us the signs of life in the wintry, barren spaces. Comfort us with the promise of ongoing resurrection in Jesus. Amen

Sue Ellen Spotts
Director of Evangelical Mission for the Allegheny Synod and Upper Susquehanna Synod
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As we travel through the Lenten season, we offer this weekly reflection as food for the journey.John 12:20-33
“(U)nless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain, but if it dies it bears much fruit.” (John 12:24)I live in the country. The roads I travel daily run alongside acres of farm fields. This time of year, they are a dull  brown. The fields where corn grew last season may have the spikey remnants of stalks poking out. Occasionally, some fields are a darker shade of brown, where manure has been spread in preparation for the coming season. Soon, plows will begin to turn over the earth and the fields will be rich, dark, clods. But for now, these fields  are flat, dull, and lifeless.Or, maybe not.In some of these fields, seeds were sown at the end of last season. For all these winter months you would not know a planted field from one as yet without seeds buried. But soon, there will be a light green hue appearing on some of the fields. Coaxed by the warmth of increasing sun, those seeds planted months ago will sprout, and the sprouts will push their way through the softening earth, and create a pale green patch amid the resting fields. I am excited by the thought of spring approaching, comforted by the promise of new life.I think about all this as we near the end of our forty day journey of Lent. Many of us have given up something to keep us mindful of the waiting. Or we have taken up a new discipline to help draw us closer to God or others. Or we have simply tried to remain faithful or maintained a spiritual practice that is woven into the fabric of our life. What new fruit is working its way in your life from these seeds that have been planted?But I also think more broadly, considering the cycles of seasons of life. What fruit has your life born over time? And in what ways have you perhaps preserved fruit from one season and continue to know its value in your life, or the life of others? Or do you sense something stirring in you from a seed planted before? Or maybe, it is someone else who has planted a seed of hope in your life. Because you appeared as a field in need of the fruit of hope.All of these seeds planted in our life, in whatever season, dormant for varying amounts of time, hold promise of life. I invite you to consider the seeds and the signs of their fruit in your life, even as we anticipate our celebration of the greatest springing of new life from death in our Easter celebrations.Prayer: Lord, let our lives be good soil. Show us the signs of life in the wintry, barren spaces. Comfort us with the promise of ongoing resurrection in Jesus. AmenSue Ellen Spotts
Director of Evangelical Mission for the Allegheny Synod and Upper Susquehanna Synod

Do you love spending time with children?
This opportunity may be perfect for you and leave you filled with joy and the satisfaction of knowing you made a difference in a child’s life.

ALSM’s Growing Years Early Learning Center classrooms and Kid Stop Before and After school program have openings for childcare instructors and aides.

Attend our Job Fair on Tuesday, March 26 and learn more about ALSM’s fun, supportive, and team-oriented culture.

Refreshments, giveaways and the opportunity for a rewarding new job!

Contact us at 814.248.3800 or apply online today at alsm.org!
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Do you love spending time with children?
This opportunity may be perfect for you and leave you filled with joy and the satisfaction of knowing you made a difference in a child’s life.ALSM’s Growing Years Early Learning Center classrooms and Kid Stop Before and After school program have openings for childcare instructors and aides.Attend our Job Fair on Tuesday, March 26 and learn more about ALSM’s fun, supportive, and team-oriented culture.Refreshments, giveaways and the opportunity for a rewarding new job!Contact us at 814.248.3800 or apply online today at alsm.org!

The Oaks at Pleasant Gap is egg-cited to host their annual Easter Egg Hunt! 🐰 ... See MoreSee Less

The Oaks at Pleasant Gap is egg-cited to host their annual Easter Egg Hunt! 🐰
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