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Humboldt – still strong
by James Morgan When tragedy affects a small community, everyone feels it. The highway crash on April 6 that killed 16 people and injured 13 others aboard a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team is proof. Of course, Humboldt, Saskatchewan is officially a…
Latest LCC statistics show dip in membership, rebound in number of adults confirmed
Increase in Bible study class attendance also reported CANADA – The 2017 statistics for Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) have been released and indicate that membership continues to decrease to just over 56,000 members. In 2017, LCC counted a baptized membership of 56,620, down 2.8% from…
Choose life!
by Adrian Rhodes We live in a time when everything in Canada seems turned upside down. We have abortion on demand for just about any reason, and euthanasia – euphemistically called medical assistance in dying – for terminal illness, however defined. People participating in these…
In Review: A Quiet Place
Thoughtful and emotionally rich by Ted Giese Shhhh … be very quiet. John Krasinski’s horror thriller A Quiet Place (2018) revolves around a family surviving in a world stalked by danger. Any loud noise, day or night, draws a lethal attack from powerful alien monsters…
Concerning Constitutions of Congregations
WINNIPEG – At its April 26 conference call meeting Lutheran Church–Canada’s Board of Directors (BOD) addressed the procedure for updating congregational constitutions under LCC’s new structure. On behalf of the BOD, President Timothy Teuscher has provided the following information: Over the past few months questions…
Commission seeks input from congregations
WINNIPEG – To prepare for the District conventions this fall, Synod’s Commission on Nominations and Elections (CNE) is asking each LCC congregation to bring forward names of pastors to serve as Regional Pastor, Circuit Counsellor, and a layperson to serve on the new Regional Mission…
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