The Canadian Lutheran Posts

December 13, 2016

Restructuring Update – December 2016

CANADA – Stage Four of the Restructuring work of the CCMS, in response to the requests of the three Districts in convention and the LCC Board of Directors, is now complete. The CCMS would like to thank the 676 lay people, pastors and deacons who…

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December 8, 2016

Lucas Cranach the Elder

by Mark Lack Martin Luther may have been condemned as a heretic by the Roman Church, but as he lay holed up in Wartburg Castle, he felt more like a hermit. In 1521, Luther had been declared an outlaw by the Holy Roman Emperor for…

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December 6, 2016

RSVP Revisited

CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is re-launching the RSVP initiative, a church worker recruitment program that successfully identified a number of prospective pastors and deacons throughout the 1990s and 2000s, with hopes that LCC congregations will observe a Recruitment Sunday on January 22, 2017. Resources…

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December 5, 2016

Upcoming Free Quest Course on C.S. Lewis’ Narnia

ONLINE – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) in Edmonton is planning its next Quest Course: “Narnia for Adults: Introduction to the Chronicles of Narnia,” set to begin at the end of January 2017. The series explores the Narnia books from a grown-up perspective, covering the series…

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November 30, 2016

Praying for missions with the 2016 Missions Newsletter

ONLINE – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) has now released the 2016 edition of its annual Missions Newsletter, with hopes that Canadians will keep missions at the forefront of their prayers this Advent season. “LCC’s theme for the triennium is taken from Psalm 65:2 and is ‘Come…

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November 29, 2016

Former LCC Board Chairman called home

WINDSOR, Ontario – Frank Campbell Johnson was called home to be with his Lord on November 27, 2016. Johnson served as Lutheran Church–Canada’s Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1999-2002, having first been elected to the board in 1996. He also served the church…

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