Category: International News

September 19, 2022

New Reinhardt poem “For my Queen”

KURTZVILLE, Ont. – Rev. Kurt E. Reinhardt, hymnwriter and pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Kurtzville, Ontario has written a new poem For my Queen as our nation mourns our late Queen Elizabeth II, who was called home to glory on September 8, 2022. The beginnings of…

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September 13, 2022

New Ukraine update from SELCU pastor, aid fund update from LCC

UKRAINE – The following letter was written by Rev. Sergey Bevz, pastor of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s partner church the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU): Dear friends in Christ, Although Ukraine has had to endure many hardships these past few months, we also…

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September 8, 2022

A letter from LCC’s President upon the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

A letter from Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s President Timothy Teuscher upon the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: “But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope….

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June 16, 2022

LCC declares fellowship with the Lutheran Church in Norway and Iceland

EDMONTON – On June 12, 2022, the synodical convention of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) declared fellowship with the Lutheran Church in Norway and Iceland (LCNI) in a unanimous vote. Rev. Joel Kuhl, chairman of LCC’s Commission on Theology and Church Relations, noted how refreshing it was…

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May 18, 2022

Ukraine Update: A letter from Pastor Yuriy Popel

UKRAINE – We received the following letter from Rev. Yuriy Popel, pastor of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s partner church the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU): My dear brothers and sisters of Lutheran Church–Canada, Peace be with you all in our Lord Jesus Christ….

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April 26, 2022

Ukraine update from SELCU pastor, aid fund update from LCC

  UKRAINE – The following update is provided by Rev. Sergey Bevz, pastor of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s partner church the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU) and was written on April 12, 2022: For the last six weeks the doors of Living Water Lutheran…

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