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Save the date for seminary opening services
CANADA – The opening services for the new academic year at Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries have now been set. Concordia Lutheran Seminary (Edmonton) will hold its opening service on September 5 at 4:30 p.m., during which time Rev. Dr. Joel Heck will be installed as…
LCC Congregations Offer Support Amidst B.C. Wildfires
KELOWNA, B.C. – As communities in the Kelowna area continue to struggle with the effects of local wildfires, Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) congregations in West Kelowna and Kelowna are offering comfort and support to local residents. About 27,000 people in B.C. are still under evacuation orders,…
Consider the Lilies and the Birds
by Timothy Teuscher Our first parents, Adam and Eve, being created by God in His image, in righteousness and holiness, undoubtedly saw nature far differently than we do—at least for the short time before they succumbed to the temptation of the serpent, disobeyed God, and…
New volume of LTR now available
CANADA – The 2023 volume of Lutheran Theological Review (LTR) has now been released. This volume is dedicated to Rev. Dr. John Stephenson, who in December of last year entered retirement after serving as a professor at Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines, Ontario) for…
Praying for a Miracle
By Mathew Block When I was three years old, I nearly died when a physician misdiagnosed a case of appendicitis. Later, when a second doctor examined me and found me deathly ill, I was rushed several hours away to the city for emergency treatment. The…
First-ever IMPACT Youth Gathering
GRAND FORKS, B.C. – Well, it finally happened. After a five-year wait that included two National Youth Gatherings, one pandemic, and countless online events, the first-ever IMPACT Youth Gathering was held June 30 to July 3 in beautiful Grand Forks at Pines Bible Camp. A…