Category: Central Region News
Bethel Thunder Bay closes
THUNDER BAY, Ont. – After 124 years of the Lord’s blessings in Word and Sacrament, Bethel Lutheran Church in Thunder Bay held its final Divine Service and closing of the congregation on July 4, 2021. “It was a day filled with tears and bathed in…
Confirmation service at New Beginnings Lutheran Church
REGINA – Confirming the faith aloud is always emotional, a responsibility, and a great privilege. Being able to speak with our own mouth what our godparents said in our place at our Baptism is a double blessing. This is what happened to Annika Warren…
Lutheran Leavener: Prairie Pastor Plays Metal Music
WARMAN, Saskatchewan – Many pastors are talented singers and musicians in their own rights, but it’s not everyday that one drops an EP—especially one featuring metal music. Rev. Peter Knelson is pastor of St. John’s Lutheran in Warman, Saskatchewan, but he also releases Christian…
Long-term church administrator retires
SOUTHLAND CIRCUIT, Sask. – Recently, Roberta Freitag retired as church secretary of St. John and St. Peter Lutheran Parish, after serving for 37 years. During that time she has served alongside six pastors: Rev. Greg Heidorn, Rev. Keith Reisdorf, Rev. Neil Otke, Rev. Bill…
Rev. Daniel Barr marks ten years in the ministry
ATIKOKAN, Ont. – Rev. Dan Barr was born in Ogallala, Nebraska, on December 29, 1962, the youngest of three boys. His family immigrated to Holden, Alberta in 1967, and settled in Barrhead the following year, where he graduated from high school in 1980. He pursued…
“But I am baptized!”
MOOSEHORN, Man. – On August 15, 2020, James William Schedler was baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, with a small group in attendance at the Schedler family farm outside of Moosehorn, Manitoba. Rev. Mark Just…