The Canadian Lutheran Posts

Christmas Eve webcast a first for Lutheran Church–Canada

January 4, 2010

Christmas Eve webcast a first for Lutheran Church–Canada

STONY PLAIN, ALBERTA – More than 75 viewers watched a live, webcast of the Christmas Eve service from St. Matthew Lutheran Church. An additional 67 viewers watched a recorded version of the service online. The webcast was part of a new move by the Lutheran…

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Lutheran pastor represents Christianity at memorial event

December 28, 2009

Lutheran pastor represents Christianity at memorial event

KAO LAK, Thailand – At the annual December 26 remembrance ceremony for the 2004 tsunami in Phang-nga province in southern Thailand, Pastor Suchart Srikikarn, president of Takuapa Sahatay Lutheran Church represented the Christian faith. He was invited by the provincial governor to attend “Five years…

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December 24, 2009

The world needs the Good News the Lord has entrusted to us

A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF SYNOD TO THE PASTORS AND PEOPLE OF LUTHERAN CHURCH-CANADA Treasured friends in Christ Jesus: In His kindness God is giving us one more opportunity to hear the news flash from Bethlehem, that the Rescuer of the human race…

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New hymnal a Christmas gift for francophone Lutherans

December 22, 2009

New hymnal a Christmas gift for francophone Lutherans

MONTREAL – French-speaking Lutherans around the world are singing previously unavailable francophone hymns this Christmas thanks to a new publication. In November, Lutheran Church–Canada published Liturgies et cantiques luthériens (LCL) – a hymnal that brings Francophone Christmas hymns, like Il est né, le divin Enfant,…

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December 22, 2009

Avatar: the birth of a new visual age in filmmaking

By Andrew Craig It is always hard to take a movie at face value when you are virtually bombarded with hype for a film. The studio has sunk so much money into Avatar that the advertising has been practically crammed down our throats. Comparisons to…

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December 19, 2009

St. Paul’s gears up for sesquicentennial

December 18, 2009 By: Kaite Edmonds ObserverXtra The congregation and staff at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Elmira are working months in advance to prepare for their 150th anniversary celebrations coming up next October, and to start the celebrations off right they are publishing…

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