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The Humanities and the Christian Faith
Rev. Dr. Bill Anderson, Director of the Canadian Centre for Scholarship and the Christian Faith (CCSCF), invites members of Lutheran Church–Canada to attend the centre’s first annual conference May 3-4, 2012 at Concordia University College of Alberta (Edmonton). The conference’s theme is “The Humanities and the Christian…
Retreat for church workers and spouses raises curiosity in B.C.
“Ministry as Curiosity” was the theme of a pilot-project retreat held March 5-7 at Edenvale Retreat Center near Aldergrove, B.C. The retreat, organized by the Committee for the Care of Church Workers and their Families (CCCWF), featured Dr. Michael Nel who encouraged participants to cultivate curiosity…
Joint meeting proves fruitful for Lutheran Women
On March 14-15 four of the officers and a counsellor of LWML–Canada (LWML–C) met in Winnipeg with three officers of LWML (U.S.) to share information and ideas. On the second day additional officers and counsellors of LWML were able to participate in the discussion via…
Love Life Conference now online
If you were unable to attend the Love Life Conference in November 2011, you can now catch up in the comfort of your own home. Videos of all major speakers have now been posted online at Vimeo, and you can watch them for free. The…
Rev. Dr. Glenn Schaeffer joins CLWR Board of Directors
Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) member Rev. Dr. Glenn Schaeffer joined the Board of Directors of Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) at their March 3 meeting. As the majority of the board was in Africa for CLWR’s 2012 Global Encounter event, the meeting took place in Maseru,…
Two weeks in Africa: President Bugbee reflects
From February 23 through March 7, 2012, four representatives of Lutheran Church-Canada (LCC) travelled to Africa as part of Canadian Lutheran World Relief’s (CLWR) Global Encounter program. Participants were divided into three groups, with each group visiting CLWR projects in one of three countries: Mozambique, Ethiopia, or…