The Canadian Lutheran Posts

March 26, 2012

Retreat for church workers and spouses raises curiosity in B.C.

“Ministry as Curiosity” was the theme of a pilot-project retreat held March 5-7 at Edenvale Retreat Center near Aldergrove, B.C. The retreat, organized by the Committee for the Care of Church Workers and their Families (CCCWF), featured Dr. Michael Nel who encouraged participants to cultivate curiosity…

Read More

March 23, 2012

Joint meeting proves fruitful for Lutheran Women

On March 14-15 four of the officers and a counsellor of LWML–Canada (LWML–C) met in Winnipeg with three officers of LWML (U.S.) to share information and ideas. On the second day additional officers and counsellors of LWML were able to participate in the discussion via…

Read More

March 16, 2012

Love Life Conference now online

If you were unable to attend the Love Life Conference in November 2011, you can now catch up in the comfort of your own home. Videos of all major speakers have now been posted online at Vimeo, and you can watch them for free. The…

Read More

March 15, 2012

Rev. Dr. Glenn Schaeffer joins CLWR Board of Directors

Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) member Rev. Dr. Glenn Schaeffer joined the Board of Directors of Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) at their March 3 meeting. As the majority of the board was in Africa for CLWR’s 2012 Global Encounter event, the meeting took place in Maseru,…

Read More

March 14, 2012

Two weeks in Africa: President Bugbee reflects

From February 23 through March 7, 2012, four representatives of Lutheran Church-Canada (LCC) travelled to Africa as part of Canadian Lutheran World Relief’s (CLWR) Global Encounter program. Participants were divided into three groups, with each group visiting CLWR projects in one of three countries: Mozambique, Ethiopia, or…

Read More

March 13, 2012

CREW Ministries reactivates summer team program

CREW Ministries has announced that they are returning to summer team ministry after a year sabbatical. CREW Ministries’ chairperson, Michael Schutz, said that a plan is underway to recruit and train summer teams to assist churches with Vacation Bible School and camp programs for summer…

Read More