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Their Stolen Children Have Been Found: A hymn by Rev. Kurt E. Reinhardt
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s Rev. Kurt E. Reinhardt, hymn writer and pastor of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kurtzville, Ontario, recently shared his reflections on the discovery of 215 Indigenous children buried beside the former Residential School in Kamloops, BC. “The song came…
LAMP ministry continues during the pandemic
by Michelle Heumann CANADA – LAMP – Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots shared a video made by Bethel Lutheran Church (Sherwood Park, Alta.) about some of the creative ways its missionary teams are finding to still reach out to the northern communities they would…
My Will Be Done
by Mathew Block If you are anything like me, you are beginning to grow weary of the restrictions on normal life which the pandemic has brought. For many months, we have been directed to avoid social gatherings and to stay home—to refrain from visiting friends…
A Statement on the Legacy of the Residential School System
by Timothy Teuscher A few weeks ago, the devastating and heartbreaking news spread across Canada and throughout the world of the discovery of the remains of 215 children in unmarked graves at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. What was revealed in…
Australian Lutheran bishop to retire
AUSTRALIA – Bishop John Henderson of the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA)—a partner church of Lutheran Church–Canada—has announced that he will not be seeking reelection at the church’s Convention of General Synod later this year. Bishop Henderson was first elected to head the LCA in…
First calls for 2021’s graduating pastors, vicarage assignments
ONLINE – Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries live-streamed their Call Services again this year on May 28 and 29 respectively. Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS – Edmonton) held its Sacred Convocation online on May 28, 2021, during which time three colloquy candidates from last summer were presented….
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