The Canadian Lutheran Posts

June 6, 2019

CREW Ministries to wind down

CANADA – At its most recent meeting in May, the CREW Ministries’ Board made the difficult decision to begin to wind down the almost 25-year-old organization. “The Board members are all agreed that it’s time to close this chapter of ministry in Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)…

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June 5, 2019

Grow in your faith through online video studies from LCC seminaries

ONLINE – Want to grow in your faith through a deeper study of Scripture and theology? You can, by catching up with free video courses from Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries. Earlier this year, Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS – St. Catharines, Ontario) offered a six-part…

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June 4, 2019

The Family Altar

by David Haberstock Do you have an altar in your house? At my first ever Circuit Counsellors’ meeting I discovered that Lutheran Church–Canada’s synodical bylaws require Circuit Counsellors to inquire about the “maintenance of the family altar.” Say what? Maybe you’re thinking, “I thought only…

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May 29, 2019

LCC says farewell to long-term employee

WINNIPEG – Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) synodical office is saying farewell to long-term employee Lillian Kozussek, who retires this week after two decades of service with the church. Kozussek first began working for LCC in 1999, in the Worker Benefits department. In 2012, when the Central district…

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May 28, 2019

Canadian Lutherans join annual March for Life

CANADA – Thousands of Canadians gathered on Parliament Hill on May 9, 2019 for the national March for Life, with a number of Lutherans among them. Prolife Canadians converge on Ottawa every year to express their concern over issues like abortion, physician assisted suicide, and…

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May 26, 2019

First calls for 2019’s graduating pastors, vicarage assignments

CANADA – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS – Edmonton) and Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS – St. Catharines, Ontario) held their annual convocation services Friday, May 24 and Saturday, May 25 respectively, during which time five graduating seminary candidates received their first calls. Matthew Fenn (CLTS)…

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