The Canadian Lutheran Posts

January 10, 2025

Pastors’ wives hold retreat

QU’APPELLE VALLEY, Sask. – From Sept 13-15, ten pastors’ wives gathered at Camp Lutherland, in the beautiful Qu’Appelle Valley about an hour northeast of Regina, for their second in-person retreat. There’s nothing like getting away from regular routines and gathering face-to-face in a retreat setting…

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January 8, 2025

LCC chaplain receives doctorate

CANADA – Maj. Rev. Dr. Vic Morris, a Lutheran Church–Canada chaplain serving with the Canadian Armed Forces, has successfully defended his doctoral thesis and is graduating with a doctorate from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Maj. Morris serves as Senior Chaplain at the 2…

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January 7, 2025

Two decades of faithful ministry in Thailand

THAILAND – Thailand Concordia Lutheran Church (TCLC) recently celebrated its 20th anniversary with a special conference spread over three locations: from October 8-9 in Bangkok, from October 10-11 in Phang-Gha, and from October 12-13 in Chiangmai. The celebrations brought together members from various sister churches…

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January 7, 2025

Rev. Dr. Harold Ruf, former District President, called to glory

ALBERTA – Rev. Dr. Harold Edmund Ruf, former President of the Alberta-British Columbia (ABC) District, was called to glory early in the morning of December 12, 2024. He was 90 years old. Dr. Ruf was first elected to serve as ABC District President in 1988,…

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January 6, 2025

Blessing a home

by David Haberstock “The times they are a-changin’.” Over the last 20 years, most every pastor has had people come with complaints of strange phenomena occurring in their home, especially at night. It seems since the advent of Rationalism and the scientific method, we all…

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January 3, 2025

LCC receives letter of thanks from SELCU Bishop

UKRAINE – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) President Timothy Teuscher received a letter from Bishop Alexander Yurchenko of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches of Ukraine (SELCU) expressing gratitude to LCC for its ongoing partnership. Yurchenko writes: “I would like to thank you for many years of…

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