Category: National News
LCC Restructuring: Nine Insights on the Survey for Discussion
Editor’s Note: The following is a series of insights into the results from the national survey on restructuring. Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Commission on Constitutional Matters and Structure (CCMS) offers the results to inform discussion on the restructuring process going forward. To read the results of…
Restructuring Update: Survey Results Released
by William Ney Dear Members of LCC: In keeping with our plan of implementation for the restructuring of Lutheran Church-Canada (LCC) as requested of by the three Districts of LCC, the Commission on Constitutional Matters and Structure (CCMS) is moving ahead quickly to share the…
LAMP calls for prayer for First Nation community rocked by youth suicide epidemic
CROSS LAKE, MANITOBA – Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots (LAMP) is encouraging Lutherans to pray for Cross Lake (Pimicikamak Cree Nation) as they struggle with a recent outbreak of youth suicides. From mid-December 2016 to mid-March 2016, six suicides (most of them youth) have…
Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
EDITOR’S NOTE: In 2008, the Government of Canada along with parties to the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement created the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada to respond to abuse and other negative impacts of the Indian residential school era. It completed its work in…
Extension on survey for those participating online
ONLINE – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) has announced it is allowing an extension for those wishing to fill out the National Restructuring Survey online. “You may remember that the Commission on Constitutional Matters and Structure (CCMS) set this coming Monday, February 29, as the deadline for…
LCC staff joins CLWR and ELCIC to resettle Syrian family in Winnipeg
Staff members from Lutheran Church–Canada joined with staff from Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) late Tuesday night at the Winnipeg International Airport to welcome a Syrian refugee family to Canada. The family’s arrival yesterday was a happy surprise…
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