The Canadian Lutheran Posts
Planning workshop sets course for LCC benefit plans
WINNIPEG – For the first time in its twenty-year history, Lutheran Church–Canada’s Worker Benefit Plans (WBP) conducted a strategic planning workshop to define its role and mission in an ever-changing employee health and benefits environment. Joining the plan’s Board of Managers and staff members, January…
Olympic torch run outreach
WESTBANK, B.C. At 4:30 p.m. Monday, January 25, the Olympic Torch arrived in the city and Redeemer Lutheran Church was ready! Members of the congregation set up a tent and offered free coffee and hot chocolate to the hundreds of people who came to cheer-on…
Haiti earthquake relief donation matching
The Government of Canada: The federal government will match dollar-for-dollar contributions made by individual Canadians to registered charities supporting humanitarian, recovery and reconstruction efforts in Haiti. Initially, the government capped the pledge at $50 million. It has lifted the cap. Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR)…
Haiti: Slowly, a return to daily life
by Tomm Christensen, ACTalliance News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — Slowly food and water have started moving in Haiti. Aid workers have been struggling day and night to distribute goods and relief materials, as Haitians use their imagination and initiative to create new lives for themselves. Commercial…
Devotions, sermons now available for Winter Olympics
VANCOUVER – Lutherans volunteering, participating in or supporting in prayer the mission activities at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics can now draw upon two new inspirational resources. The Alberta-British Columbia District of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) has published daily devotions and Lenten sermons – all with…
Mission Trip to Haiti: A trip of firsts
(Editor’s note: In the following letter, Howard Bogusat, a member of the Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS) and a resident of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., writes about his recent experiences in the earthquake-ravaged nation of Haiti. Howard and his brother Wally travelled to Haiti for the dedication…