Category: Education News
LCMS Radio highlights Canadian seminaries, NYG
ONLINE – KFUO Radio, a radio station of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, has featured two Canadian guests over the past month on its popular Coffee Hour and Thy Strong Word programs. On August 29, Rev. Glenn Worcester and Lisa Olding were invited to speak with…
Seminaries Sunday 2019
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada no longer designates a specific day “Seminaries Sunday”, but encourages her congregations to remember the two seminaries with prayers and offerings. You may wish to observe it in conjunction with an Education Sunday in the autumn, remembering the opening of our…
LCC seminaries prepare for new school year
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries are gearing up for the new school year, and are inviting you to attend their opening services. Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS – Edmonton) will hold its Opening Service for the 2019-2020 school year in the seminary chapel at 7:00…
K-W Lutheran School Society becomes K-W Foundation for Lutheran Education
KITCHENER, Ontario – The K-W Lutheran School Society has now become the K-W Foundation for Lutheran Education. Following the closure of Christ Lutheran School in Kitchener, the society’s Letters Patent became out of date. Members later applied for revised Supplementary Letters Patent. That application has…
CLS Professor Stephen Chambers to return to parish ministry
EDMONTON – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) has announced that Rev. Dr. Stephen Chambers, Professor of Exegetical Theology, will be stepping down at the end of the Fall Semester in order to return to parish ministry. Dr. Chambers has accepted a call to serve Grace Lutheran…
When You Fast: New book from CLTS professor
ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – Rev. Dr. Harold Ristau, Associate Professor of Theology at Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS), has authored a new book, When You Fast: The Sacramental Character of Fasting. The new book is published by Wipf and Stock Publishers, and features a foreword…