The Canadian Lutheran Posts

April 22, 2013

Nominees for LCMS President

ST. LOUIS, Missouri – Earlier this month, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) announced nominees for the office of President. The following three candidates have given consent to serve if elected President of the LCMS: current serving President, Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison (1,111 nominating votes); Rev….

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April 19, 2013

Ministry as Curiosity conference

GUELPH, Ontario – Lutheran Church–Canada’s Committee for the Care of Church Workers and their Families is sponsoring a “Ministry as Curiosity” conference June 18-20 at Guelph Bible Conference Centre. “Traditions, values, and even institutions that were the mainstays of life are shifting,” writes Rev. David…

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April 19, 2013

New preaching station in Nova Scotia

HALIFAX – St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Halifax has announced they are starting a new preaching station in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. The first service is scheduled for May 1 at 7:00 p.m., and will be held at St. Mark’s Chapel, the Protestant…

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April 16, 2013

Youth! Grownups! Join me in Winnipeg this summer!

by Robert Bugbee It was 25 years ago this May: our church family came from all over the country to the Winnipeg Convention Centre. Nearly every congregation sent a representative. Nearly every pastor came. It was the organizing convention of Lutheran Church–Canada. After we had…

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April 16, 2013

LCC’s President: Pray for Boston

BOSTON – Lutheran Church-Canada’s (LCC) President Robert Bugbee has pledged prayers for those affected by the April 15 bombings in Boston. “Dear friends in Canada,” he writes, “I’m in Sydney, Australia on my way to the convention of our partner church, and just received word…

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April 15, 2013

LCC boards hard at work

WINNIPEG – Last week saw a number of Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) boards and committees meeting at the national office in Winnipeg. The Planning Committee of 2013’s National Youth Gathering was the first group to meet during the week. Members began their work Monday, Skyping in…

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