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March 26, 2020

Praying The Lord’s Prayer in a Pandemic: An extended prayer in response to COVID-19

Praying The Lord’s Prayer in a Pandemic: An extended prayer in response to COVID-19 by Mathew Block   Our Father who art in heaven, O God, You call us all to be Your children. Be a Father to us now in our distress.   Hallowed…

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March 24, 2020

HLMS: Providing Haitians with theological education

HAITI – In late January 2020, the Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS) held its second round of theological training for members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti (ELCH). Thirty lay leaders attended the conference, which covered the Augsburg Confession and was taught by Rev….

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March 23, 2020

Seminary classes move online-only during pandemic

CANADA – The classes of Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries have moved online-only in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) in St. Catharines, Ontario announced on March 13 that face to face classes would be cancelled as of March 16, 2020, following…

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March 19, 2020

Concerning COVID-19: Statement from LCC’s President

Concerning the Coronavirus (COVID-19) A Statement from the President of Lutheran Church–Canada Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “Who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14). Those words of Holy Scripture came to mind as…

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March 18, 2020

COVID-19: LCC recommends suspension of church services, releases materials for home devotions

CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is recommending that congregations temporarily suspend regular and ordinary worship services and other group events in response to the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. The action comes in light of the request of federal and provincial governments urging the closure…

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March 17, 2020

Celebrating French Ministry: Not our will but Thy will be done

  QUEBEC CITY – The Lutheran church of Sainte-Trinité in Quebec City, Quebec, is a congregation that could have given up – and, understandably so! – many times over the past decade, and yet continues to grow in spite of adversities. This small community has…

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