The Canadian Lutheran Posts

February 2, 2017

Sabbath Conference 2017

MULHURST, Alberta – Non-pastoral church workers and volunteers are invited to take part in the 2017 Sabbath Conference. The Sabbath Conference in a professional church workers conference open to Lutheran Church–Canada church workers and volunteers across the nation, taking place February 28-March 3, 2017 at…

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February 2, 2017

BC Mission Boat Society announces full-time Executive Director

PARKSVILLE, B.C. – The BC Mission Boat Society (BCMBS) has announced that they have engaged Rhonda Kelman as the agency’s full-time Executive Director. Kelman had previously been appointed Interim Director in 2016. “Rhonda’s work over the last four months as our Interim Director has shown…

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February 2, 2017

Cambodian Lutherans plan to re-launch church body

CAMBODIA – Cambodian Lutherans have applied with the government to register a new church body under the name Cambodia Lutheran Church (CLC).  Final registration documents were submitted to the Kompot authorities for approval on January 23, 2017. Cambodian Lutherans had previously been registered under the…

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February 1, 2017

Nicaraguan women benefit from LWMLC mentorship

NICARAGUA – In 2014 under the guidance of Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Rev. Dr. Leonardo Neitzel, the Sister to Sister program was conceived. The vision of the Sister to Sister program is that members of Lutheran Women’s Missionary League–Canada (LWMLC) mentor and encourage the women of…

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January 31, 2017

Silence raises questions of faith

by Ted Giese Martin Scorsese’s Silence is an adaptation of Shūsaku Endō’s 1966 novel of the same name. It is the story of two Portuguese Jesuit priests, Father Rodrigues and Father Garrpe, infiltrating Japan nineteen years after the authorities had banned Christianity and enacted a…

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January 30, 2017

2017 Convention Deadlines

CANADA – As we near the due date for recommendations for nominations for elections to Lutheran Church–Canada’s boards and offices at the upcoming 2017 synodical convention, it’s helpful to look ahead to other important related deadline dates. January 31, 2017 – Recommendations for Nomination March…

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