The Canadian Lutheran Posts
Watching and waiting for Manitoba flood waters
by Keven Drews PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE — At least one local Lutheran family is counting its blessings after government officials breached a dike early Saturday to avert a larger crisis. Eva Korfman, a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church, said water from the breached dike at…
Lutheran university college responds to Slave Lake fire
by Keven Drews EDMONTON — Lutherans spent Monday morning collecting food, clothing, blankets and toiletries for residents of a northern Alberta town who have fled a devastating wild fire. According to media reports, the blaze – fanned by winds as high as 100 kilometres an…
Lutheran: more than a survey answer
If Statistics Canada asks you to fill in the 2011 National Household Survey, at some point you will answer a question about your religion. For some it’s easy because they practice their religion regularly by attending church, synagogue, mosque or other places of worship. For…
From pulpit to cockpit
Beginning June 1, a Lutheran Church–Canada pastor will make the transition from parish pastor to pilot for an organization focused on bringing the Gospel to First Nations people in northern Canada. Rev. Bill Ney, currently senior pastor at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Stony Plain, Alberta has accepted God’s call…
Regina congregation launches French-language worship service
by Mathew Block REGINA – Like many outreach projects, this one began by asking a simple question: what gifts and abilities does our congregation have that we aren’t currently using? Now, more than a year after first asking that question, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church …
Lutheran evacuees say Manitoba flood crisis now in God’s hands
by Keven Drews PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE — Members of a Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) congregation are on “pins and needles,” hours before the provincial government breaches a local dike and floods their properties, maybe even their homes. Manitoba’s Assiniboine River is experiencing the worst flooding in…
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