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Pentecost festival in Costa Rica
Many Lutheran congregations across Canada conduct the Rite of Confirmation on Pentecost. LCC’s mission in Costa Rica also took the theme of the festival to hold a Pentecost weekend celebration, Saturday June 12 in Cartago, San Jose. For the 45 people attending, LCC missionary Pastor…
Canadian and Thai Lutheran churches agree to working relationship
The Day of Pentecost, Sunday, June 12 provided an appropriate background for Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) and Thailand Concordia Lutheran Church (TCLC) to sign an Agreement of Relationship. The ceremony at Saint James Lutheran Church in Winnipeg followed the Sunday morning services at which TCLC president, Rev….
Vicars learn about Lutheran women’s organization
by Judi Luckhardt “Christ is our cornerstone, On Him alone we build.” Singing these words Judy Grande, president of LWML–Canada opened the annual Vicars Dinners for 2011. Students from Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary, St. Catharines and Concordia Lutheran Seminary, Edmonton each gathered to enjoy an evening of…
Seminaries set to harmonize operations
Prior to Lutheran Church–Canada’s national convention June 3-6 in Hamilton, Ontario, discussion across the church centred around the fate of LCC’s two seminaries—Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) in St. Catharines, Ontario and Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) in Edmonton. A resolution at the 2008 convention asked…
More a family gathering than a convention
by Ken Maher Synod is such a foreign sounding word that Gene Roddenberry once used to describe a race of aliens in one of his television shows. For many, synod sounds like it should be an alien concept. Sometimes even those of us in the…
Busy days for convention delegates
Delegates to Lutheran Church–Canada’s Ninth Convention in Hamilton, Ontario wrapped up business today one-half hour ahead of schedule. Meeting from June 3-6 the representatives from across Canada elected those who will serve the church over the next three years and also resolved some important issues….
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