The Canadian Lutheran Posts
Christmas Services 2019
CANADA – Travelling during the Christmas holidays this year, and looking for a place to worship? Visit lutheranchurch.ca/find to locate a Lutheran Church–Canada congregation near you. Many congregations have special service times listed for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services. If the congregation you’re looking…
Fifth anniversary of rebooted University of Calgary campus ministry
CALGARY – Foothills Lutheran Church was originally named Varsity Hill Lutheran, and the first pastor, Rev. Paul Schmidt, was called in 1965 to be the part-time University of Calgary chaplain. The Lutheran students’ club had a designated room in the parsonage, with regular meetings there…
Christmas Presence
by Mathew Block The Christmas story as it appears in St. John’s Gospel is not the version with which we are most familiar. There are no mentions here of Mary and Joseph, no angels singing to shepherds in the fields, no baby being wrapped in…
Lutheran Church–Canada financial update (Nov-Dec 2019)
Download the latest financial update from Lutheran Church–Canada as a bulletin insert here. CANADA – The mission of Lutheran Church-Canada (LCC) is to organize, equip, and motivate its members to confess, proclaim, and give witness to the saving work of Jesus Christ, to the glory of…
LCC launches new Moving Assistance Fund
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada is launching a new Synod-Wide Moving Assistance Fund (MAF) to assist congregations in paying moving expenses when they call a rostered church worker or request a church worker such as a DPS Intern or Vicar. The Moving Assistance Fund not only…
If the Lord Wills: A Report on Synodical Planning
by Arnold Drung In today’s world, whether it be in business or private settings, there is a significant emphasis on planning: business plans, personal plans, budgets, and so forth. There is an oft-quoted axiom that says, “Failure to plan is a plan to fail.” It…