Category: National News
Pastors, deacons and vicars placed across Canada
In four services over the past month, congregations and schools across Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) received word of God’s gift to them of new church workers—pastors, vicars and deacons. Concordia Seminary, Ft Wayne held its placement services May 2-3 sending three pastoral candidates to serve in…
Seminaries and Synod reach agreement on cost-efficiencies
WINNIPEG – The second round of discussions to create a Memorandum of Understanding between Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries and LCC’s Board of Directors concluded successfully Thursday, May 19. In an effort to create a cost-efficient and sustainable seminary education program the two seminaries have taken…
Watching and waiting for Manitoba flood waters
by Keven Drews PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE — At least one local Lutheran family is counting its blessings after government officials breached a dike early Saturday to avert a larger crisis. Eva Korfman, a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church, said water from the breached dike at…
From pulpit to cockpit
Beginning June 1, a Lutheran Church–Canada pastor will make the transition from parish pastor to pilot for an organization focused on bringing the Gospel to First Nations people in northern Canada. Rev. Bill Ney, currently senior pastor at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Stony Plain, Alberta has accepted God’s call…
Lutheran evacuees say Manitoba flood crisis now in God’s hands
by Keven Drews PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE — Members of a Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) congregation are on “pins and needles,” hours before the provincial government breaches a local dike and floods their properties, maybe even their homes. Manitoba’s Assiniboine River is experiencing the worst flooding in…
Lutheran president urges prayer for flood victims and workers
Dear members and friends of Lutheran Church-Canada: Our co-workers here at Synod’s office in Winnipeg have prayed repeatedly for people affected by the flood threat now engulfing many parts of the province of Manitoba and elsewhere. The authorities seek to minimize damage to towns and…
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