The Canadian Lutheran Posts
Busy first quarter of 2022 for the NYG team
NATIONAL – As the National Youth Gathering this summer draws closer, the NYG team gets busier; they started off 2022 with three virtual events for leaders and youth, and were also able to have an in-person committee meeting in Winnipeg. On January 15, the NYG…
“Not-Just-Communications” LCC/LLL-C Internship 2022
CANADA – Exciting News! Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) and Lutheran Laymen’s League of Canada (LLL-C) are teaming up again to offer a paid, part-time internship opportunity for the second summer in a row. Last year the internship was primarily focused on the area of communications….
The Cruciform Cosmos
by Mathew Block In his book, Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton writes that the shape of the cross makes a good symbol for our faith’s explanative power. Starting from a single point, the arms of the cross reach out in four directions. And no matter how far…
Ukraine Update: Serving God by serving His people
UKRAINE – The following update is provided by Rev. Valery Verba of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU), a partner church of Lutheran Church–Canada: The story I want to share is not over yet, but I pray this chapter will end soon….
Convention 2022: Workbook released, presidential nominees announced
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) has released the workbook for its upcoming synodical convention to be held June 10-13, 2022 in Edmonton, Alberta. Included in the workbook is information on nominations as well as other important convention information, including overtures and reports from synodical departments,…
New Reinhardt hymn for our Ukraine brothers and sisters
ONTARIO – Be Near Your People, Lord, We Pray is a new hymn written by Rev. Kurt E. Reinhardt, pastor in Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s East Region, serving Trinity Lutheran Church in Kurtzville, Ontario. Pastor Reinhardt shares that this hymn was written for our dear brothers…