The Canadian Lutheran Posts

February 18, 2010

Popular Olympic activity is away from sport venues

In addition to watching thrilling winter sport competition, many visitors and participants at Olympic Games compete in pin collecting. Souvenir pins are hot items and one of the most intriguing at the Vancouver Games commemorates the tragic killing of four RCMP constables in March 2005….

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February 17, 2010

Thai children support Haiti earthquake relief

Haiti relief from those with little to those left with nothing THAILAND – The congregation in Takuapa in southern Thailand knows the effects of a natural disaster. Many lost family members in the tsunami which struck on December 26, 2004 and survivors received assistance from Lutheran…

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February 17, 2010

What should we do with Lent? Forty daily suggestions.

Lent is a time of soul-searching and repentance. The forty-day observance recalls the forty days Christ spent in the desert “being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended Him” (Mark 1:13). In earlier times, Christians, especially monks, nuns and others…

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Father of slain Mountie shares grief and hope with parents of Olympic Luge athlete

February 15, 2010

Father of slain Mountie shares grief and hope with parents of Olympic Luge athlete

Nodar hoped to win gold for his country in the Luge event. Instead, he won a prize which was more than gold.

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Follow Olympic community events

February 14, 2010

Follow Olympic community events

There are a lot of things happening in the Vancouver/Richmond area bringing together communities to celebrate the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Read about some of the activities at http://aliveat2010.lccabc.ca/

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February 12, 2010

Olympic welcome at Richmond B.C. Lutheran congregation

By Keven Drews RICHMOND, B.C. — Images of the Olympic torch relay beamed across a massive screen, boxes of hotdogs buns lined the hall, and computers hummed in an Internet Café Friday shortly after Trinity Lutheran Church opened its doors to the world. Until February…

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