The Canadian Lutheran Posts
Scout-Guide Week 2015
CANADA – We are currently in the middle of Scout-Guide Week in Canada, which runs February 15-22, 2015. Rev. Michael Diegel, who serves as the Lutheran Council in Canada’s representative to Scouts Canada and Girls Guide of Canada, has prepared a bulletin insert that Lutheran…
President Schiemann on ABC District situation
by Donald Schiemann My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, At some time or another everyone faces a major crisis in his or her life. It could be entirely of one’s own making; it could be entirely the result of another’s actions; it could be…
New Lenten devotions from LHM
ONLINE – Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) has released its 2015 devotional booklet for Lent, which begins this week on Ash Wednesday. This year’s series is entitled The Light Shines in the Darkness, and focuses on the Gospel of John. “In John 9:5b Jesus declared, ‘……
“Lord, to whom shall we go?”
by Mathew Block It’s something I grew up singing regularly as part of the liturgy, right before the Gospel reading: “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life” (John 6:68). The verse is a potent reminder of the power of…
Seminary cooperation continues
ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – Cooperation between Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries continues to bear fruit, as evidenced by recent meetings in St. Catharines, Ontario. On January 26, the Boards of Regents of Concordia Lutheran Seminary and Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary held their annual joint meeting, followed…
CUCA moves to pension and benefit autonomy; LCC Plans remain stable
EDMONTON/WINNIPEG – Concordia University College of Alberta (CUCA) has informed Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) that it needs to assume pension plan sponsor and administrator responsibilities for its members as soon as formal approval is received from the Provincial Regulator. This move forms part of a long…