The Canadian Lutheran Posts

June 21, 2023

Sharing Jesus on the Streets of Canada’s Murder Capital

by Daniel w. Barr Street Reach Ministries (SRM) is a ministry that operates in the murder capital of Canada: Thunder Bay, Ontario. More specifically, the organization is headquartered at 516 Victoria Avenue East (its original location closed in October 2020). After wholesales changes in geography,…

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June 20, 2023

Rev. Roggow installed in Kitchener

KITCHENER, Ont. – “Can we nominate someone?” In the process of calling a new Associate Pastor after the retirement of Rev. Roland Syens in 2020, youth from Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Kitchener approached Dcn. Lenora Simpson with a suggested name: Rev. Paul Roggow, a…

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June 19, 2023

Appreciation day for police and first responders

REGINA – An opportunity to learn, talk, hear stories, and share a meal together: this was again the aim of Mount Olive Lutheran’s annual appreciation meal for the city’s police and first responders, fire and emergency medical services (EMS), hosted on Wednesday, April 12, from…

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June 16, 2023

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: Messy Heroes in Need of Mercy

by Ted Giese A botched kidnapping attempt by the golden-skinned alien Adam Warlock gravely injures the target, Rocket. With Rocket’s condition critical, Peter Quill (“Star-Lord”) and the rest of the Guardians venture into danger to save their friend in a showdown that sees them face…

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June 15, 2023

CTCR Statement on Civil Obedience and Disobedience

Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) Statement At the March 2023 meeting of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s Board of Directors, the request was made of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) to review the 1966 CTCR document of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS)…

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June 15, 2023

Age & Fragility

by David Haberstock We all love to complain about aches and pains as we age, at least until the aches and pains are strong enough that we say with the author of Ecclesiastes that the days are such that “I have no pleasure in them”…

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