Installation services were held Sunday in Zion Stone Church at Snyders, at which time the Rev. James W. Seifert was installed as pastor of the West Penn Lutheran Parish.

A native of Berks County, Rev. Seifert was installed by the Rev. Daniel Eckert, pastor of Christ Church, Hazleton, who is also the dean of the Hazleton-Lehighton Lutheran District.

The new pastor is a graduate of Albright College and the Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia.

He and his wife, the former Bernadetta Eczko, are the parents of two children, Michelle Lynn and Donald James.