Category: National News

February 27, 2010

Vancouver-area churches learn valuable Olympic outreach lessons

RICHMOND, B.C. — Members of Trinity Lutheran in Richmond, B.C. learned an important lesson during the 2010 Winter Olympics. Outreach isn’t about filling the pews but about building relationships. “I don’t know if we’ll get new members, and I’ve come to learn that’s not the…

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February 19, 2010

Olympic event at Bethlehem Lutheran draws award-winning singer

VANCOUVER — An award-winning, Vancouver-based, singer-songwriter will perform at Bethlehem Lutheran at 7 p.m. Friday as part of the church’s 2010 Winter Olympic Celebrations. Laurell Hubbick has released three albums and performed hundreds of concerts across Canada and the United States. In 2001, the popular…

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February 18, 2010

Concordia facing tough times, focuses on responsible stewardship

EDMONTON — A post-secondary institution established by Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is taking some decisive measures as it faces a mounting deficit and debt load. Dr. Gerald Krispin, president of Concordia University College of Alberta (CUCA), says in an open letter to LCC that the institution…

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February 18, 2010

Popular Olympic activity is away from sport venues

In addition to watching thrilling winter sport competition, many visitors and participants at Olympic Games compete in pin collecting. Souvenir pins are hot items and one of the most intriguing at the Vancouver Games commemorates the tragic killing of four RCMP constables in March 2005….

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February 12, 2010

Olympic welcome at Richmond B.C. Lutheran congregation

By Keven Drews RICHMOND, B.C. — Images of the Olympic torch relay beamed across a massive screen, boxes of hotdogs buns lined the hall, and computers hummed in an Internet Café Friday shortly after Trinity Lutheran Church opened its doors to the world. Until February…

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February 9, 2010

Lutherans, Muslims, Jews discuss faith’s challenges

ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – It’s challenging to be a “fool” in the eyes of a secular society, believing in an ultimate truth in an age of postmodernism, says Andrew Korchok a member of Brock University’s Lutheran Student Fellowship (LSF).  Korchok, who attends Trinity Lutheran Church,…

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