The Canadian Lutheran Posts

November 20, 2020

LCC welcomes new administrative assistant, Angela Honey

  WINNIPEG – The synod office of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) welcomes a new administrative assistant to the team, Angela Honey. Angela, originally from Alberta, has resided in Atlantic Canada for the past thirteen years and is pleased to be returning to the prairies. Angela and…

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November 19, 2020

LCC joins letter opposing Bill C-7

  CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada President Timothy Teuscher is a signatory to an open letter by Canadian religious leaders opposing Bill C-7. Bill C-7 seeks to expand access to euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada. “We the undersigned remain inalterably opposed to euthanasia and assisted…

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November 17, 2020

LCC seminaries release print-at-home 2021 liturgical calendar

ONLINE – For more than a decade Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) in St. Catharines, Ontario, has offered Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) congregations a liturgical wall calendar. In recent years, the seminary has worked alongside Concordia Lutheran Seminary in Edmonton, Alberta, to put together this calendar…

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November 10, 2020

“Immanuel” – God with us veterans of the past and present

  by Harold Ristau You have probably heard the story about the series of temporary truces between British and French allies and German troops along the Western Front of World War I, around Christmas of 1914. The thought-provoking French film, Joyeux Noël, is a worthwhile…

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November 5, 2020

Questions Concerning The Church & Mental Suffering, New Resource in Church Worker Wellness

ONLINE – Church worker wellness is one of the many issues that has been magnified amid the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as it pertains to matters of mental and spiritual health. The President’s Ministry Council (PMC) released a letter in May of this year encouraging Circuit…

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November 3, 2020

Gentleness & Respect: Scriptural Strategies for Respectful Discussion

by Terry Defoe, Garth Huber, and Brian Wonnick Controversial topics in life are many and the list is long: global warming, science and faith, abortion, medically assisted suicide, politics, and more. The number of controversial subjects seems to be growing while, at the same time,…

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