Category: Education News

January 22, 2011

What’s a Lutheran?

It isn’t unusual in a world where religious knowledge is declining for people to ask  “What’s a Lutheran?”  or even “Is that something to do with Martin Luther King?” Even long-time members of the Lutheran church can wonder what it means to be Lutheran. The…

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January 20, 2011

Seminaries respond to task force report

by James Morgan To shine further light on the current discussions across synod regarding the report from the Board of Directors’ Task force on Cost-efficient and Sustainable Seminary Education, Lutheran Church–Canada’s Board of Directors (BOD) has posted the responses  it received from LCC’s two seminaries.  …

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January 13, 2011

Seminary task force receives new assignments

WINNIPEG – In a three-hour conference call Thursday, January 6, Lutheran Church–Canada’s Board of Directors discussed the process of receiving responses to the various task force reports it has received and set out some new assignments. The board paid particular attention to the report from…

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January 10, 2011

Recording project successful despite late launch

by James Morgan It was a perfect start for Perfect Holiday. Tara Lyn Hart’s new Christmas CD, released just in time for Christmas 2010, not only has begun raising money for Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) in St. Catharines, Ontario, but it has also returned…

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December 27, 2010

Lecture series focuses on spirituality

EDMONTON — Six Lutheran and non-Lutheran scholars – even a Catholic father – will participate in a new lecture series on spirituality at Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) in early 2011. Conceived by CLS president Dr. Manfred Zeuch, the speakers will tackle everything from spirituality and…

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December 20, 2010

Christmas praise in three languages

What began as a first-ever French Christmas service for Concordia Lutheran Seminary in Edmonton became a multi-cultural event. The service, held Sunday, December 19 included French Christmas hymns, a Sudanese Lutheran choir from Grace Lutheran Church in Edmonton who sang in Nuer and a Christmas solo…

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