The Canadian Lutheran Posts

December 2, 2020

LCC Responds to Current Issues

  ONLINE – A letter was sent out to Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) congregations on December 2, 2020 from Synod President Timothy Teuscher highlighting a new theological document released by LCC’s Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) addressing contemporary issues. The letter is as follows:…

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November 21, 2020

Hurricane Iota impacts Nicaragua  

NICARAGUA – I am pleased to inform you that the hand of God was protecting our beloved Nicaragua. The hurricane hit the Caribbean Coast fairly hard, and part of the regions of Jinotega, Matagalpa, and Rivas were impacted by minor flooding. Some hills collapsed and caused landslides, which caused the death…

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November 20, 2020

LCC welcomes new administrative assistant, Angela Honey

  WINNIPEG – The synod office of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) welcomes a new administrative assistant to the team, Angela Honey. Angela, originally from Alberta, has resided in Atlantic Canada for the past thirteen years and is pleased to be returning to the prairies. Angela and…

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November 19, 2020

LCC joins letter opposing Bill C-7

  CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada President Timothy Teuscher is a signatory to an open letter by Canadian religious leaders opposing Bill C-7. Bill C-7 seeks to expand access to euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada. “We the undersigned remain inalterably opposed to euthanasia and assisted…

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November 17, 2020

LCC seminaries release print-at-home 2021 liturgical calendar

ONLINE – For more than a decade Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) in St. Catharines, Ontario, has offered Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) congregations a liturgical wall calendar. In recent years, the seminary has worked alongside Concordia Lutheran Seminary in Edmonton, Alberta, to put together this calendar…

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November 10, 2020

“Immanuel” – God with us veterans of the past and present

  by Harold Ristau You have probably heard the story about the series of temporary truces between British and French allies and German troops along the Western Front of World War I, around Christmas of 1914. The thought-provoking French film, Joyeux Noël, is a worthwhile…

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