Category: National News

July 8, 2009

LCC benefits plan board hears good news

CALGARY – A more confident stock market is helping rebuild the funding short-fall in LCC’s pension plan according to a report from the plan’s consultants. Members of the Board of Managers heard the news at a meeting in Calgary, June 17-18. Despite this, the plan…

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July 2, 2009

Synod summer office hours

The synod office will close Fridays at 1 p.m. from July 3 to September 4.

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July 2, 2009

CLWR on the move

The international headquarters of Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) will move to Portage Place Mall in downtown Winnipeg. July 1, 2009. The new address is 302-393 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 3H6. CLWR is leasing surplus space from the ELCIC. Renovations to the space are…

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July 2, 2009

Looking for Lutherans

At last count, there were some 400,000 Lutherans for which neither LCC nor ELCIC could account. LCC’s congregations in the Maritimes are hoping you can help bring that number down in Atlantic Canada. They want to contact Lutherans living in Atlantic Canada to connect them…

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July 2, 2009

We can get that cheaper for you!

If you are planning to send a mass mailing through Canada Post as ‘unaddresed ad mail’ in the next six months, please let Ian Adnams (communications@lutheranchurch.ca ) know. LCC’s volume is at a level where a lower rate can come into play and Canada Post…

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July 2, 2009

Ensuring history is preserved

A task force created by the 2008 LCC Convention has begun its work. Comprising Crystal Willie (Edmonton); Lorne Wirth (Regina) and Rev. Dr. Roger Winger (Kitchener) the Task Force on Cultural Properties and Archives will investigate the operation of LCC’s four archival collections and prepare…

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