The Canadian Lutheran Posts

November 14, 2012

Gifts from the Heart

WINNIPEG – Canadian Lutheran World Relief’s (CLWR) 2012 Gifts from the Heart program is already well underway. The September-October issue of The Canadian Lutheran included a catalogue insert highlighting ways Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) members can bless people in need through the annual CLWR fundraiser. “Purchasing…

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November 13, 2012

LCC on the road: Growth in Ukraine

by Robert Bugbee Beloved sisters and brothers in Canada, After flights from Winnipeg to Toronto, Toronto to Frankfurt, Frankfurt to Vienna, and finally Frankfurt to Odessa, I arrived in Ukraine November 7. Bishop Viktor Graefenstein of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU)…

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November 9, 2012

“But the Lord God helps me” – ILC sermon now online

ONLINE – In September 2012, Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) hosted the Triennial Convention of the International Lutheran Council in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The opening worship service was held at Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines, Ontario) with President Robert Bugbee preaching. His sermon—drawn from Isaiah 50:4-10…

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November 8, 2012

Pastor’s Desk Diary 2013

ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary is again pleased to offer to the church the annual pastor’s desk diary. It contains readings from the three-year and one-year lectionaries, including variants for the major Lutheran churches in Canada: Lutheran Church–Canada, Evangelical Lutheran Church in…

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November 6, 2012

Alister McGrath urges Lutherans to share doctrine with the world around us

ATLANTA, Georgia – On the 495th anniversary of the Reformation, Rev. Dr. Alister McGrath, Professor of Theology, Ministry and Education at King’s College (London, England), called on confessional Lutherans around the world to continue to “unpack, interpret and translate” the words of Dr. Martin Luther for the…

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November 5, 2012

ILC executive meets with global leaders of confessional Lutheranism

by Albert B. Collver III ATLANTA, Georgia – On the 495th anniversary of the Reformation, members of the International Lutheran Council’s (ILC) Executive Committee joined more than 120 global Lutheran leaders at the International Conference on Confessional Leadership to discuss the Lutheran Church in the…

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