Category: National News
Youth music ministry rethinks its role and future
An Okanagan-based youth ministry that has sent music and witness teams to Lutheran churches and summer camps across Canada for 18 years is being forced by financial concerns to rethink its vision. CREW Ministries is planning an alumni retreat in Kelowna B.C. on November 19…
“Who are you thanking?” asks YouTube video.
The popular video sharing site YouTube is providing Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) with a platform to help focus a national holiday. A simple 60-second video suggests that since all good gifts come from God, perhaps it’s time to thank Him in person at a local Lutheran…
Lutherans help equip First Nations kids for school
Lutheran Church–Canada congregations helped outfit First Nations children in a half dozen remote British Columbia coastal communities with school supplies and colourful backpacks. The joint project of the BC Mission Boat Society based in Parksville, B.C. (Our Savior Lutheran Church) and Lutheran Hour Ministries of…
LCC mission executive sends video report from Haiti
Lutheran Church–Canada’s mission executive, Rev. Dr. Leonardo Nietzel, is currently in Haiti with a review team sponsored by Canadian Lutheran World Relief. He sends this video update from the streets of Port-au-Prince, courtesy of fellow team member Trina Gallop, communications director for the Evangelical Lutheran Church…
Magazine adds online version
In its continuing strategy of online engagement, Lutheran Church–Canada has launched a web version of its award-winning magazine The Canadian Lutheran. The site, www.canadianlutheran.ca is now the main news source for the church body, replacing www.lccinfodigest.ca. LCC’s Director of Communications Ian Adnams noted that the…
Benefit plans board continues meeting challenges
WINNIPEG -“We felt pain over every decision,” said Dwayne Cleave of a September 22-24 Worker Benefit Plans Board of Managers (BOM) meeting. Mr. Cleave, executive director of the plans, and the five-member board spent three days in Toronto working with consultants, advisors and pension specialists…
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