Category: Education News
UPDATED: First calls for seminary grads, placements for vicars and deacon
CANADA -Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) two seminaries have celebrated their annual call services, announcing the first calls of pastoral graduates. Concordia Lutheran Seminary in Edmonton held its Sacred Convocation ceremony on May 26, 2016, during which time it presented two graduates with their Master of Divinity…
CLTS issues call for Old Testament professor
ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary in St. Catharines, Ontario has extended a solemn call to Rev. Paul M.C. Elliott to serve as Professor of Theology with a specialisation in Old Testament. Rev. Elliott was interviewed on April 2, 2016 by the seminary…
LCC Seminaries prepare for annual call service
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries are preparing for their annual call service, during which graduating pastors receive their first calls and vicars receive their placements. Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS – Edmonton) will hold its Sacred Convocation celebrating the completion of its 32nd academic year…
CLTS extends call for Professor of Old Testament
CATHARINES, Ontario – Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS – St. Catharines, Ontario) has issued a call to Rev. Geoffrey Boyle to serve as Professor of Theology with a specialization in Old Testament. The call comes following interviews on April 2, 2016, conducted by CLTS’ President…
Envision Yourself: A High School Retreat
EDMONTON – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (Edmonton) is hosting a weekend retreat for high school aged students to come and spend a few days envisioning what it would be like to train to be a pastor in Lutheran Church–Canada. The retreat begins Friday, May 13 in…
Conference on Atheism & the Christian Faith to feature world famous philosopher
EDMONTON – This year’s conference of the Canadian Centre for Scholarship and the Christian Faith (CCSCF) will address the subject of “Atheism and the Christian Faith.” The event takes place May 6-7, 2016 at Concordia University of Edmonton. The Keynote Speaker for this year’s event…