Category: Feature Stories
A letter from LCC’s partner church in Nicaragua
NICARAGUA – We received the following letter from Rev. Hector Morales, pastor of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s partner church, the Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua (Iglesia Luterana–Sínodo de Nicaragua – ILSN): Although we have a very orderly liturgy, which we follow with devotion in the Nicaraguan…
New Reinhardt poem “For my Queen”
KURTZVILLE, Ont. – Rev. Kurt E. Reinhardt, hymnwriter and pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Kurtzville, Ontario has written a new poem For my Queen as our nation mourns our late Queen Elizabeth II, who was called home to glory on September 8, 2022. The beginnings of…
New Ukraine update from SELCU pastor, aid fund update from LCC
UKRAINE – The following letter was written by Rev. Sergey Bevz, pastor of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s partner church the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU): Dear friends in Christ, Although Ukraine has had to endure many hardships these past few months, we also…
A letter from LCC’s President upon the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
A letter from Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s President Timothy Teuscher upon the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: “But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope….
Standing Firm in the Faith: Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms
by John A. Maxfield The theme of our meeting together as Lutheran Church–Canada is “Stand Firm in the Faith,” and I have been asked to address our convention on the topic of Martin Luther’s famous stand at the Diet of Worms in April of 1521….
Stand Firm in Christ’s Armour
by Thomas M. Winger “Be watchful, stand [firm] in the faith, be manly, be strong” | 1 Corinthians 16:13 With four punchy imperatives Paul draws to a close his first epistle to the Corinthians. Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther took this exhortation to heart…