Category: National News
LCC Members now able to support their home congregations via online donations
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada has enhanced its website to include the option of giving directly to your home congregation, in an effort to assist congregations suffering financial hardships due to COVID-19. This update was announced in a letter to congregations sent out on March 27,…
Concerning COVID-19: Statement from LCC’s President
Concerning the Coronavirus (COVID-19) A Statement from the President of Lutheran Church–Canada Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “Who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14). Those words of Holy Scripture came to mind as…
COVID-19: LCC recommends suspension of church services, releases materials for home devotions
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is recommending that congregations temporarily suspend regular and ordinary worship services and other group events in response to the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. The action comes in light of the request of federal and provincial governments urging the closure…
Public Worship and the Coronavirus (COVID-19): A statement from LCC’s president
Public Worship and the Coronavirus (COVID-19): A Statement from the President of Lutheran Church–Canada The coronavirus (COVID-19) that is sweeping around the world has, at the time I write these words, resulted in the deaths of more than 3,000 people and infected more than 90,000…
Misguided Mercy: Understanding Canada’s End of Life Legislation
by Leah Koetting Block In 2014, I wrote a feature for The Canadian Lutheran highlighting the imminent legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia in Canada. In the years since then, not only have these acts indeed become legal, they are becoming increasingly common as time…
“Sanctity of Life Sunday” coming up on January 19, 2020
January 19, 2020 is Sanctity of Life Sunday (also known as Life Sunday) Every year, on the second Sunday following Epiphany, Lutheran Church–Canada congregations prayerfully remember the many life issues that are so prevalent today, like abortion and euthanasia. Here are some suggested prayers that you may…