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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…
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…
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)…
Canadian Lutherans receive CCP Awards
CANADA – The 2019 Canadian Church Press (CCP) Awards were announced May 1, with The Canadian Lutheran taking home three major awards: first place for a News Story (Magazine), third place for Features (Magazine), and first place for a Media Review. “I’m delighted to see…
In Review: Avengers: Endgame
A MARVEL of Modern Filmmaking by Ted Geise Picking up where Avengers: Infinity War left off, Avengers: Endgame begins with the aftermath following Thanos’ eradication of half of all life in the universe. The great vanishing has emotional impact and, while Thanos believed people would…
Founder of Lutheran missions in Mozambique passes on to glory; the church he helped create is growing by leaps and bounds
CANADA – Rev. Joseph Khembo Alfazema, the father of confessional Lutheran missions in Mozambique and a pastor of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC), passed on to glory on May 11, 2019 in Edmonton, Alberta. A funeral service for Rev. Alfazema was held on Saturday, May 18, 2019…
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