Category: Regional News

January 10, 2023

The joy of Bible class

WINDSOR, Ont. – Rev. Robert Bugbee and members of First Lutheran Church rejoice over the strong response to adult Bible classes in the fall of 2022, offered weekly between the two Sunday services in the church auditorium. “During the lockdown we went months without being…

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January 4, 2023

Camp Lutherland is 90 years young!

QU’APPELLE, Sask. – Camp Lutherland, northwest of Fort Qu’Appelle, is an oasis of beauty in the Qu’Appelle Valley along Pasqua Lake, in the heart of Treaty 4 Territory. It is acres of green grass, rolling hills and a calm lakeshore that was purchased 90 years…

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January 4, 2023

St. Paul’s Cobourg purchases church building

COBOURG, Ont. – St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church celebrated Reformation Sunday on October 30, 2022, with an extra special celebration of thanksgiving for being able to purchase the church building from the East District’s church extension fund in July. A group picture was followed by…

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December 21, 2022

Quebec City Lutheran Youth Retreat

QUEBEC CITY, Que. – On July 23-24, 2022, there were nine francophone youth who attended a retreat at L’Église luthérienne de la Sainte-Trinité (Holy Trinity Lutheran Church)! Held one weekend after the National Youth Gathering (NYG) in Winnipeg, the Quebec City retreat received postcard greetings…

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December 14, 2022

Maxine Holm passes on to glory

REGINA – Maxine Evelyn Holm, who served Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) former Central District for decades in numerous capacities, has gone home to be with the Lord. She passed away December 5, 2022. Maxine (née Baase) was born in Kelowna, B.C. on August 11, 1941, and…

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December 13, 2022

Constructing Vacation Bible School

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Alta. – Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church held a Vacation Bible School this summer from July 18-21. Despite there being only a very short time in which to prepare, God provided all that was needed, including 58 children and 33 volunteers (including 19…

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