Category: National News

April 25, 2019

LCC Administrator reports on 2018 financial results and approved 2019 budget

Lutheran Church-Canada Administrator Dwayne Cleave reported to the LCC Board of Directors at their April 5, 2019, meeting that the 2018 fiscal year ended with an operating surplus of $14,055, a positive result when compared to the 2018 budget expectation of a $3,402 surplus. This…

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April 24, 2019

The C.T. Wetzstein Donor Advised Fund grants over $9,000 for Christian education in Canada

Regina, SK – Open Arms, An Early Childhood Education Center in Barrie, Ontario is this year’s recipient of support from the C.T. Wetzstein Donor Advised Fund in Support of Christian Education. The award will substantially fund Open Arms’ pilot program to expand and enrich their…

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April 18, 2019

Tragic Killings In Penticton Impacts LCC Congregation

Rev. Michael Schutz, pastor of Concordia Lutheran Church, issued the following statement today: “The small city of Penticton – in the southern part of BC’s Okanagan valley – was rocked by the news of a gunman who shot and killed four people on the Monday…

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April 18, 2019

From the East Regional Pastor: A look in the Lenten mirror

By: Marvin Bublitz As I write this, we are in the midst of another Lenten season. Growing up, Lent was always my favourite time of the Church Year.  I found it to be the most genuine and spiritual.  Mid-week services in Lent did not suffer…

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April 18, 2019

From the President: Thinking Of Sin But Lightly

By: Timothy Teuscher In the familiar Lenten hymn, “Jesus, Refuge of the Weary” (LSB: 423.2), we sing these words: “Do we pass that cross unheeding, Breathing no repentant vow, Though we see You wounded, bleeding, See Your thorn-encircled brow?” As I was contemplating those words,…

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April 14, 2019

Holy Week Message From President Teuscher

Holy Week greetings to the pastors, deacons, and members of the congregations of our Synod. “Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when God raised Him from the tomb? Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble” (LSB 456). So…

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