Category: Education News
Focus on education at December meetings
WINNIPEG – Two recent meetings centred around Lutheran Church–Canada’s higher education institutions and programs. President Robert Bugbee convened a meeting of the higher education Advisory Council Wednesday, December 9. The council includes the presidents of LCC’s seminaries and university college: Rev. Dr. Thomas Winger (CLTS,…
Lutherans contribute to Brazilian society: seminary president
EDMONTON – Lutherans have contributed to Brazil’s socio-political-economic culture during the past 100-plus years, says a South American seminary president. Rev. Gerson Linden, director of Seminário Concórdia, São Leopoldo, Brazil, recently told students, faculty and friends of Concordia Lutheran Seminary, Edmonton, (CLS), that Lutherans have…
Enrolment at CUCA “steady as we go”
EDMONTON – Enrolment in church-work programs at Concordia University College of Alberta (CUCA) remained “steady” this fall, says a senior administrator. “I’m not seeing any huge shifts in terms of the numbers in the program,” said Paul Schoepp, director of church-work programs at CUCA. “It’s…
Prepare for Christmas with music
ST. CATHARINES –Prepare for the Christmas season by attending a special event at Hernder Estate Wines December 11. Sponsored by Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary, Songs For His Season will feature musicians Tara Lynn Hart, a Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) winner, and John Rapp, a…
Prayer and meditation
What does it mean to be in constant communion with God and also have times of focused prayer? Rev. Warren Steckelberg, former pastor at St. Peter’s Historic Lutheran Church and chaplain at Concordia Lutheran Seminary, Edmonton and at Concordia University College of Alberta, presents four…
Seminary shares lecture series
The annual Timothy Lectures at Concordia Lutheran Seminary, Edmonton will be webcast Thursday, September 24. The presentations begin at 8 a.m. MT (10 ET) and conclude at 3 p.m. The lecturer this year is Rev. Bill Ney, pastor at St. Matthew’s Stony Plain, Alta. To…