The Canadian Lutheran Posts
Kudos for Lutheran publisher
ST. LOUIS, Mo – Concordia Publishing House (CPH) has received certification as a Center of Excellence by Benchmark Portal and the Purdue University Center for Customer-Driven Quality. The award recognizes the CPH Customer Call Center as ranking in the top ten percent of 20,000 nationwide…
Summer in Ukraine
The Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine has asked LCC to form a young adults outreach team for 2009. The team usually spends July and the first two weeks of August conducting VBS programs and youth/young adult retreats. Interested persons can contact Wanda Bychuk…
Observing Lent
Lutheran Hour Ministries has two Lenten devotional booklets at www.lentendevotions.net . Given for Us features traditional devotions written for believers. For seekers, A New Perspective helps the reader pause, re-focus, and reflect on Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness and His journey to the cross….
Economic downturn fills pews
In this article from the Globe and Mail, the writer suggests that church attendance increases during times of economic stress.
Preach it, pastor!
The fourth annual St. John Chrysostom Lutheran Preacher’s Retreat will be held June 22-24, 2009 at St. Michael’s Retreat in Lumsden, Sask. The theme is The Living God and His Living Word. This year’s speaker is Rev. David H. Petersen, pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church…
Who locked the gates?
Here is an interesting perspective from the Alban Institute on how congregations relate to visitors and non-members.