The Canadian Lutheran Posts

March 12, 2021

No major damage after volcano eruption in Nicaragua

NICARAGUA – An eruption at Nicaragua’s San Cristobal Volcano on March 9, 2021 showered the nearby area, including the city of Chinandega, in ash but otherwise caused no major damage. Following the eruption, Nicaragua’s National System for the Prevention, Mitigation, and Attention of Disasters encouraged…

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March 10, 2021

Opportunity in an Online Age

by Jonathan Kraemer In the spring of 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic. As countries locked down, churches scrambled to provide the Word of God for their parishioners in order to sustain their faith in the face of the crisis….

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March 8, 2021

LWMLC plans online convention

ONLINE – Lutheran Women’s Missionary League-Canada (LWMLC) will hold its upcoming national convention online from July 8-11, 2021. The theme of the convention is “Christ Lives in Me” (Galatians 2:20). The LWMLC’s National Council decided in September that, as a result of uncertainty related to…

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March 5, 2021

Synod offers website development services for LCC congregations

NATIONAL – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is now offering website development and hosting services for LCC congregations. This service is free and includes a customized domain under LCC’s Network of Sites. Congregations who have already purchased a domain for their congregational website can also choose to…

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March 3, 2021

God Meant It For Good

by Murray Keith One of our cats, Finnegan, has a health issue that requires him to make frequent trips to the vet. This is an awful experience for him. When he sees the carrier come out, he knows it’s time for another harrowing trip to…

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March 2, 2021

From Nicaragua to Canada—My journey to become a pastor of Jesus’ flock

  by Oscar Castillo LONDON, Ont. – I am Rev. Oscar Castillo. Since August 2010, I have been the Assistant Pastor at Faith Lutheran Church in London and its daughter congregation, Grace Lutheran Church, in Strathroy. I was born in Chinandega, Nicaragua. I have been…

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