The Canadian Lutheran Posts

September 1, 2016

LCC Missionary to Ukraine installed in Nikolaev

UKRAINE – Approximately 60 people gathered for the installation of Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) missionary to Ukraine, Rev. Oleksiy Navrotskyy, as pastor in Nikolaev on August 21. “I am excited to minister to this congregation, and to serve the surrounding community with the Gospel,” Rev. Navrotskyy…

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August 30, 2016

A Place for Comfort

by Robert Bugbee If you read the New Testament faithfully, you will see that the early Christian congregations were not perfect places. Beautiful things happened in them, to be sure. Painful disappointments were there, too, however. Some people lied to the apostles about their giving…

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August 25, 2016

Driven from Distraction

by Michael Schutz “He Looks into a River. What He Sees Next Will Amaze You!!!” If the Greek myth of Narcissus were written today, chances are that would be the headline. You know the phenomenon, right? A big, inviting headline that’s just daring you to…

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August 24, 2016

CLTS grad receives placement

ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary has announced that student Kurt Schultz has received his first placement. Kurt Schultz was certified for the holy ministry at the seminary’s Call Service on May 28, 2016. At the time, his placement was pending. “We are…

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August 22, 2016

The Glorious and Not so Glorious Office

by Nolan Astley Way back in 1960, Rev. Dr. A. H. Schwermann, then President of Concordia College in Edmonton, wrote a chapter in a book called The Pastor at Work. His focus was on the doctrine of the call, but early in his chapter Schwermann,…

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August 19, 2016

Concrete recommendations released for the restructuring of Lutheran Church–Canada

CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Commission on Constitutional Matters and Structure (CCMS) has announced the completion of the third stage in the restructuring process of LCC—the development of concrete recommendations for the restructuring of Synod. The results are detailed at length in a newly released…

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