The Canadian Lutheran Posts

January 20, 2014

CLWR receives $2 million from Canadian Government for Syrian refugees

JORDAN – Two grants totaling about $2 million from the Canadian government will allow Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) to help thousands of people living in northern Jordan. A $1.1 million grant is helping 10,000 Syrian refugees and Jordan citizens living in substandard housing this…

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January 14, 2014

Gene Veith keynote speaker for CCSCF’s third annual conference

EDMONTON – The Canadian Centre for Scholarship and the Christian Faith is preparing for its third annual conference. This year’s theme is “The Fine Arts and the Christian Faith.” The conference will be held March 21-22 at Concordia University College of Alberta (CUCA) in Edmonton….

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January 13, 2014

Free online class on Bach’s Music and Theology

EDMONTON – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) is gearing up for its Winter 2014 Quest Course: “A Man for our Times: Bach’s Music and Theology for a New Millennium.” The course, which is free to attend and will be live-streamed online, will be taught by Rev….

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January 10, 2014

Nicaraguan church holds biannual convention

NICARAGUA – The Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua (ILSN) opened its Fourth Convention on January 9, 2014 at the Mission Centre chapel in Chinandega.  President Marvin Donaire, who is halfway through his four-year term, chaired the sessions. The theme for the convention is “Let Us…

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January 9, 2014

Life Sunday 2014

CANADA – While much of the Canadian landscape is frozen, snow-covered, and seemingly lifeless at this time of year, in our churches we remember how sacred human life is from conception to final breath. Sanctity of Life Sunday—also known as Life Sunday—will be held January…

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January 8, 2014

CLTS calls for Award Nominations

ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – Each May at Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary’s annual Call Service, the seminary confers two major awards on worthy pastors and lay members of Lutheran Church–Canada. The recipient of the “Friend of the Seminary” award is nominated by the faculty or Board…

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