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St. Peter’s Oyen closes
OYEN, Alta. – On Wednesday evening, June 8, 2022, the eight members of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Oyen gathered for a closing service. The congregation was originally located at Sibbald, where it was organized in 1943 with ten charter members in attendance. Rev. Detlefsen…
Standing Firm in the Faith: Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms
by John A. Maxfield The theme of our meeting together as Lutheran Church–Canada is “Stand Firm in the Faith,” and I have been asked to address our convention on the topic of Martin Luther’s famous stand at the Diet of Worms in April of 1521….
Pentecost at de l’Ascension in Montreal
Editor’s note: This article has been updated (September 14, 2022) to clarify the contributions of the Ascension Lutheran (LCMS) congregation in Montreal in organizing Pentecost celebrations. MONTREAL, QC. – The celebration of Pentecost at Église évangélique luthérienne de l’Ascension (LCC) and Ascension Lutheran Church (LCMS)…
Top Gun still flying high
by Ted Giese Capt. Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell, portrayed by Tom Cruise, is sent to the United States Navy’s Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program (SFTI, otherwise known as “Top Gun”) to train a team of the Navy’s best pilots for a clandestine mission. With only weeks…
Looking Deeper
by Marvin Bublitz Look deeper. Isn’t that what we want? We don’t want people to simply judge us by what they see. We were all taught not to judge a book by its cover. Instead, we want people to look deeper. Well, sometimes. We don’t…
Stand Firm in Christ’s Armour
by Thomas M. Winger “Be watchful, stand [firm] in the faith, be manly, be strong” | 1 Corinthians 16:13 With four punchy imperatives Paul draws to a close his first epistle to the Corinthians. Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther took this exhortation to heart…
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