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First-ever virtual youth gathering a success
EDMONTON – On September 10, 2021, the IMPACT Youth Gathering committee held a mini virtual youth gathering as a way to fulfill their mission statement—Community, growth, and equipping centered on Christ—in a time when gathering in person for a weekend has not been possible….
Second virtual youth ministry round table
ONLINE – On Saturday, October 16, 2021, LCC youth leaders from BC to Quebec gathered on Zoom to discuss “Navigating ‘Normal’ Now”, hosted by the National Youth Gathering committee. The discussion was led by Cassie Moore, a Director of Christian Education who serves at…
Help! The communion wafers are stale.
by Marvin Bublitz It’s an interesting phenomenon. With the pandemic shutdowns and reduced numbers in our worship services, the wafers and perhaps the wine may have gone a bit stale. Maybe, if water was left in the baptismal font, algae is growing. Perhaps there is…
A block party brings the community together
SPRUCE VIEW, Alta. – King of Kings Lutheran Church hosted their second annual block party on August 28, 2021. It was a fabulous outreach for the community, especially in light of the recent pandemic. The congregation could not have been happier with the attendance…
Love Your Enemies: The Persecuted Church Today
by Mathew Block The year is approximately 34 A.D. A young man named Stephen stands before a crowd in Jerusalem. He confesses that Jesus is the Messiah promised by the prophets of old and that, though He was killed, He now stands alive at the…
Bethel Thunder Bay closes
THUNDER BAY, Ont. – After 124 years of the Lord’s blessings in Word and Sacrament, Bethel Lutheran Church in Thunder Bay held its final Divine Service and closing of the congregation on July 4, 2021. “It was a day filled with tears and bathed in…