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Social media spreads Easter message
When Lutheran Church–Canada launched Operation Holy Week, March 23, the goal was to share the true meaning of Easter with as many people as possible through the website www.whatiseaster.ca. By Easter Monday, the site received more than 1700 visitors and the video by President Bugbee,…
Lutherans ship container of hope to Nicaragua
WINNIPEG — Nearly 12,000 blankets, baby bundles, care kits and toys are on their way to Nicaragua thanks to Lutheran volunteers across Canada. Patrick Stewart, a donations coordinator with Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR), an inter-Lutheran development agency, said his organization packed a 12-metre container…
Directors adopt budget and discuss task force reports
WINNIPEG – With a wide-ranging agenda, Lutheran Church–Canada’s Board of Directors met March 25-26. The 12-member board adopted a $1.7 million budget for 2010-11. The Synod finished the previous fiscal year with a $1,452 deficit variance compared to the budget. This figure was significantly less…
Easter greeting from President Robert Bugbee
Beloved friends in the Body of Christ! St. Paul has an Easter word for you and me, recorded in Romans 14:8-9, “If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we…
Faith responds to mass murder in the Moscow subway
by James Dimitroff Reports of two explosions on March 29 in the Moscow subway during morning rush hour, shock and wound us as we recoil again from news of innocent lives suddenly destroyed. The first explosion, at 7:55 a.m., hit Lubyanka underground metro station; the second,…
Canadian-produced French hymnal a hit in Togo
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZMB-oBOc_Y]Students at the Lutheran seminary in Togo, Africa recorded two videos of the class singing hymns from Liturgies et cantiques luthériens. The hymnal was developed by Lutheran Church–Canada pastors Rev. David Somers and Rev. David Saar in cooperation with Concordia Publishing House. Enjoy the music! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s25NtvLAm_g&feature=channel]
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