The role of the Office of Mission Interpretation / Communications is to tell the story of the ministry we share as the people, congregations and leaders of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod and to empower congregations and leaders to communicate the Gospel via multimedia, Internet, print and other media.

Bob Fisher serves as assistant to the bishop for mission interpretation. A member of the synod staff for 10 years, Bob has long experience in print and visual journalism, media relations, web design and communications strategy. Prior to joining the synod in 1997, he was periodicals editor at Lehigh University, where he was a liaison with national media including The New York Times, ABC News, The Los Angeles Times, and others. His work has been honored by the Religion Communicators' Council, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, and the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers' Association.

In addition to providing communications counsel and support to Bishop Burkat and the synod's staff and committees, Mission Interpretation manages the synod's website, MinistryLINK.org, the regular SEPANews e-mail update, media relations, communications support for synod events including the Assembly and FLY gathering, and production of videos and other new media initiatives.

If you have a story that may be of interest to the local and regional media, or if you receive a call from a reporter and wish advice, contact Bob at 610.278.7339 or .

If you have information that you want to distribute to the synod via MinistryLINK.org or SEPANews, send the information in writing, at least 3 weeks in advance of desired publicity, to . If you have a flyer or registration form you'd like us to consider posting on the website, please send it to this address in Adobe Acrobat PDF or Microsoft Word format only.

To be considered for SEPANews or the website each item must include a summary paragraph written in the format used in SEPANews.