Category: National News

December 23, 2010

Hot coffee warms Winnipeg commuters

About 35 morning commuters and neighbours took advantage of the hot coffee and cookies offered by LCC’s office staff in Winnipeg the week before Christmas. Most people were heading to catch the bus, others were from neighbourhood businesses. Going into the week, no one knew…

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December 23, 2010

Christmas Eve Service webcast

For the second consecutive year, St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church in Stony Plain, Alberta will share its Christmas Eve service on line. The webcast begins at 6 p.m. MT (8 p.m. ET).

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December 15, 2010

Year-end gifts that make a difference

by Allen Schellenberg As year-end approaches many of us reflect on our blessings, and consider special ways we might thank God for His many gifts. In fact, this is the first year my children and I have decided not to purchase gifts for each other, and instead…

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December 13, 2010

Un joyeux Noël à Edmonton

EDMONTON — Cette ville anglophone pourrait bien être mieux connue par ses célébrations de Noël en langue française si le président du Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) succède en son plan. Dr Manfred Zeuch, le président du séminaire et professeur de théologie systématique annonce qu’il offrira…

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December 12, 2010

Synod Christmas tree sends a message

In a video report, President Robert Bugbee talks about how staff at LCC’s Synod office in Winnipeg support congregations while decorating the Christmas tree.

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December 8, 2010

New hymns for Christmas and Epiphany

Lutheran congregations in Canada have two additional hymns for Christmas and beyond. Lutheran Church–Canada’s Committee on Worship and Music released another Christmas hymn plus an Epiphany hymn translated from Liturgies et cantiques luthériens, LCC’s French hymnal. According to Pastor David Saar, who helped produce the…

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