The Canadian Lutheran Posts

March 30, 2020

Mission Café at Faith Lutheran Church in Saskatoon

SASKATCHEWAN – The annual Mission Café at Faith Lutheran Church (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) took place on Sunday, March 2, 2020. This annual tradition is organized by the ladies of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League – Canada (LWMLC) Society each spring to bring people together to think about…

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March 27, 2020

LCC Members now able to support their home congregations via online donations

  CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada has enhanced its website to include the option of giving directly to your home congregation, in an effort to assist congregations suffering financial hardships due to COVID-19. This update was announced in a letter to congregations sent out on March 27,…

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March 26, 2020

Praying The Lord’s Prayer in a Pandemic: An extended prayer in response to COVID-19

Praying The Lord’s Prayer in a Pandemic: An extended prayer in response to COVID-19 by Mathew Block   Our Father who art in heaven, O God, You call us all to be Your children. Be a Father to us now in our distress.   Hallowed…

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March 24, 2020

HLMS: Providing Haitians with theological education

HAITI – In late January 2020, the Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS) held its second round of theological training for members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti (ELCH). Thirty lay leaders attended the conference, which covered the Augsburg Confession and was taught by Rev….

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March 23, 2020

Seminary classes move online-only during pandemic

CANADA – The classes of Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries have moved online-only in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) in St. Catharines, Ontario announced on March 13 that face to face classes would be cancelled as of March 16, 2020, following…

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March 19, 2020

Concerning COVID-19: Statement from LCC’s President

Concerning the Coronavirus (COVID-19) A Statement from the President of Lutheran Church–Canada Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “Who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14). Those words of Holy Scripture came to mind as…

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