Category: Regional News
Malabar Mission Society celebrates 33rd Anniversary
REGINA, SK – The Malabar Mission Society (MMS) held its Board Meeting and Annual General Meeting on April 22, 2023 at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Regina, SK. Plans had been made in early 2020 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the MMS with a…
LCC congregations impacted by Alberta wildfires
ALBERTA - With 91 active wildfires as of May 16, 2023, and 19,576 evacuees, the province has been under a state of emergency since May 6. There has not been much rain yet this spring, and high winds have fanned the fires and smoke has spread across most of Canada, leading to…
Installation at Bethel Kitchener
KITCHENER, Ont. – From the summer climate of southern Brazil, Rev. Davi Schmidt and his wife Natacha arrived in Canada on Monday, January 30, to the refreshing temperature of -25° C. Welcome to Canada! On the very next Sunday, February 5, the congregation of Bethel…
Trinity Winkler celebrates anniversaries
WINKLER, Man. – On October 29, 2022, the members of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Winkler held a special potluck dinner to celebrate two milestone anniversaries: 125 years since its first gathering as a congregation (the anniversary should have been marked in 2021 but wasn’t…
Thanks from Red Lake
RED LAKE, Ont. – In recent years, Christ Lutheran Church in Red Lake has slipped past the point of being self-sustainable. The problem is, there are no other Lutheran Church–Canada congregations nearby, so we’ve applied for help from the Synod—and you came to meet our…
East region pastors and deacons gather for Spring Conference
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – Pastors and deacons of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s East Region gathered April 24-26, 2023 for an in-person conference at Mount Carmel Retreat Centre in Niagara Falls. The Conference began with Divine Service in the Main Chapel, with Rev. Paul Williams serving as the…