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Lutheran women support life issues
MOOSE JAW, Sask. – During the June 11-13 LWMLC Manitoba-Saskatchewan District convention, delegates voted to grant Lutherans for Life–Canada $2500, which the organization will use to fund a crisis pregnancy helpline. The helpline piggybacks onto the services of Word of Hope (based in St. Louis,…
Training of lay persons continues
SASKATOON – At St. Paul’s Lutheran, 17 students attended Central District Theological Lay School for ten days, May 28-June 6 studying ethics, doctrine, practice, and conflict reconciliation. Instructors included Rev. Dr. Manfred Zeuch, president of Concordia Lutheran Seminary, Edmonton; Deacon Daryl Becker, ABC District executive…
What does God know about sex anyway?
MIDDLE LAKE, Sask. – Faith Lutheran’s youth group hosted a unique lock-in March 12 and 13, attended by 21 young people, including four from Warman, Saskatchewan including their pastor, Rev. Randy Heide. This event was not just about pizza, movies and video games. The focus:…
Mission projects amid Moose Jaw’s healing waters
MOOSE JAW, Sask. – “The Healing Waters of Christ” was the theme in this hot-springs city as 135 delegates, board members and guests of the Manitoba and Saskatchewan District Lutheran Women’s Missionary League–Canada (LWMLC) gathered in convention at the Heritage Inn June 11-13. Keynote speaker LCC…
German country-western tunes at Stampede Breakfast
CALGARY – Every year for 10 days in July, Calgary celebrates its cowboy roots with the Calgary Stampede. Many businesses, associations and churches join the fun by hosting a Stampede Breakfast. St. Matthew in Bridgeland—a dual German/English-language congregation—chose Sunday, July 11, for its breakfast and…
Pastor takes reins at Golden Spike
GOLDEN SPIKE, Alta. – On June 27 Zion Lutheran Church welcomed Rev. James Fritsche as its pastor, installed by circuit counsellor Rev. Darren Siegle. Rev. Dr. Ralph Mayan (LCC president emeritus) preached for the occasion; Rev. Roland Kubke (St. John’s, Beach Corner) served as liturgist,…