The Canadian Lutheran Posts
LCC launches 2012 missions newsletter
WINNIPEG – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) has released a newsletter highlighting the mission activity of some of its Auxiliaries and Listed Service Organizations. “LCC is privileged to have numerous partners to support it in its mission work both here at home and around the world,” the…
Video: International Lutheran Laymen’s League convention sermon
SASKATOON, Sask. – At the end of July, nearly 600 people from across North America converged on Saskatoon for the 94th International Convention of the International Lutheran Laymen’s League. President Robert Bugbee was invited to preach at the convention’s opening worship service. He chose for…
World Lutheran leaders to meet in Canada
NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario – For the first time in its nearly twenty-year history, the International Lutheran Council (ILC) will meet in Canada for its triennial conference. From September 16-21, church leaders from 33 confessional Lutheran church bodies around the world will gather in Niagara Falls,…
Ukraine seminary students enter final year of studies
by Oleg Schewteschenko UKRAINE – After “a very short summer,” as one student described it, students have slowly made their way back to Concordia Seminary in Odessa, Ukraine. For all the students, summer was a busy time. Some worked to help their parents and earn…
Baptismal blessings in Honduras
HONDURAS – Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) missionary work in Honduras continues to bear fruit. Missionary Douglas Aguilar reports that, this August, a group of girls was received into LCC’s congregation in the city of Olanchito through holy baptism. “Praise be to our God!” writes Rev. Aguilar….