The Canadian Lutheran Posts

An Olympic – Haiti matching challenge

February 10, 2010

An Olympic – Haiti matching challenge

by Ian Adnams Much of the northern hemisphere will begin looking to Vancouver, Canada for the next three weeks as the city hosts the Olympic Winter Games. Canadians are especially excited and proud to host this international event. I find few things more stirring than…

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February 9, 2010

Lutherans, Muslims, Jews discuss faith’s challenges

ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – It’s challenging to be a “fool” in the eyes of a secular society, believing in an ultimate truth in an age of postmodernism, says Andrew Korchok a member of Brock University’s Lutheran Student Fellowship (LSF).  Korchok, who attends Trinity Lutheran Church,…

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February 9, 2010

Lutheran congregation sets sights on more than Olympic gold

RICHMOND, B.C. – As athletes, coaches, support teams and thousands of winter sports fans converge on Vancouver for the opening of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games Friday, Trinity Lutheran Church in Richmond B.C. is making final preparations to welcome and host hundreds of guests at…

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Haitians help Haitians thanks to Canadian aid

February 8, 2010

Haitians help Haitians thanks to Canadian aid

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Doctors treated more than 3,200 people at impromptu aid stations recently thanks to donations from the Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS). In the weeks after a 7.0-magniude earthquake struck the tiny Caribbean nation, the HLMS wired about US $15,000 to l’Eglise Lutherienne…

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February 5, 2010

Haiti relief donations to CLWR almost at $400,000 mark; deadline ahead

from CLWR News WINNIPEG– As the Canadian Lutheran World Relief Appeal for Haiti enters its third week, donations continue to flood into its Winnipeg head office. As of 9:30 a.m. Thursday, February 4, the total amount of donations receipted topped $370,000. Stacks of unopened letters will…

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February 4, 2010

Preparing 21st-century pastors

Looking at a new seminary curriculum  By Edward Kettner  EDMONTON – After three years of questioning and evaluating itself, Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) inaugurated a new curriculum this fall. What was wrong with the old one? In terms of theological content, absolutely nothing! The eternal…

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