Category: East Region News

August 25, 2020

Married during the pandemic

LONDON, Ont. – Rev. Richard Juritsch of Grace Lutheran (St. Catharines, Ontario) and Tracey Klages of Good Shepherd Lutheran (London, Ontario) were joined in holy marriage at Good Shepherd on Sunday, May 17, 2020. All restrictions instituted by the province of Ontario due to the…

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August 18, 2020

COVID-19 and outreach in Windsor

  by Javed Khan WINDSOR, Ont. – Windsor Essex County Lutheran Outreach (WECLO) has continued its important intercultural ministry, albeit in different forms, during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Javed Khan, lay missionary for WECLO, reports a number of changes the ministry has undertaken to maintain…

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August 11, 2020

Mats, masks, and more to help those in need

  GODERICH, Ont. – The pandemic has prevented in-person, out of town deliveries of sleeping mats and knitwear from the Berea Lutheran Hats and Mats Project, but the group continues to knit and work on the Feminine Hygiene Project, as well as a new project:…

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June 19, 2020

LCC congregations vs. the “New Normal”

CANADA – The term “New Normal” has been tossed around a lot lately in light of the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. So what does this “New Normal” look like? Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) congregations have been responding to the circumstances at hand, and a few…

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June 9, 2020

LLLC and Crew Ministries announce new partnership

by Joel Haberstock KITCHENER, Ont. – On March 9, 2020, Lutheran Laymen’s League of Canada (LLLC) and CREW Ministries announced a new partnership that will allow CREW to provide the CDs recorded by their teams to LLLC to use in their ministries across Canada. This…

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March 13, 2020

Taking a Spin at Proclaiming Christ

by Dan Abraham NORFOLK, ONTARIO – For six years now, the Lutheran Laymen’s League (LLL) of the (Lake) Erie Zone and Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) have partnered together to give seminarians a “spin at proclaiming Christ” at the Norfolk County Fair. The fair is…

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