The Canadian Lutheran Posts

March 6, 2023

Gertrude Pollex Bursary accepting applications for 2023

CANADA – Applications for the Gertrude Pollex Bursary for the 2023 fall year are now being accepted from any Lutheran women who will be attending a post-secondary program or specific educational advancement program and who desire to serve the Lord in church work or are…

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March 3, 2023

Rev. Kruesel retires

CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. – On January 8, 2023, Rev. Tom Kruesel retired from full-time parish ministry after nearly 33 years. Rev. Kruesel grew up in Saskatoon and Winnipeg, son of Rev. Richard and Millie Kruesel. He attended Concordia College where he met his future bride,…

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March 2, 2023

Director of Advancement: What does this mean?

by David Friesen It has been a little over one year since I started in my role as Director of Advancement with Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC), having formerly served as a Gift Coordinator for Lutheran Foundation Canada in Central Region for 10 years.  Although it has…

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March 1, 2023

We Value Sanctity of Life

by Timothy Teuscher “We value life as a gift of God to be cherished, nurtured, and protected from conception to natural death.” That is the fifth value statement as to what walking together as pastors, deacons, and congregations in our synodical family means and involves….

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February 28, 2023

New translation of Löhe’s Aphorisms published

ONTARIO – Rev. Dr. John Stephenson has served Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines) as a productive scholar, writer, and teaching theologian for 33 years, having joined the faculty as a young man in 1989. Just prior to his retirement in December 2022, Dr. Stephenson’s English…

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February 28, 2023

LCC’s Ecumenical Dialogues

CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is currently involved in three inter-denominational dialogues: with the Roman Catholic Church in Canada, with the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), and with the North American Lutheran Church (NALC). Each of these dialogues meets once or twice a year. …

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