Category: Regional News

December 12, 2022

C.T. Wetzstein Donor Advised Fund calls for proposals to support 2023 Christian education in Canada

Regina, SK – The C.T. Wetzstein Donor Advised Fund in support of Christian Education is calling for proposals for 2023—its seventh year of financially supported confessional Lutheran education projects through Lutheran schools and other ministries in Canada. Application may be made using the supplied application form and…

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November 24, 2022

Independent investigation concludes

Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) today announced the resignation of Todd Guggenmos from the pastoral ministry of LCC and from the congregations he served as pastor, following the completion of an independent investigation into allegations of online misconduct made against him. That investigation has concluded: That Guggenmos…

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November 23, 2022

First Lutheran Church welcomes refugees from Iraq

You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. — Leviticus 19:34 WINDSOR, Ont. – Tomas, Mehasin, and…

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November 23, 2022

50th anniversary in Goderich

GODERICH, Ont. – Berea-by-the-Water Lutheran Church recently celebrated 50 years as a congregation. The afternoon church service on Sunday, July 10, was attended by current and former members, as well as members from their sister church, Zion Lutheran in Dashwood. Other guests included East Regional…

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November 22, 2022

Ukraine fundraiser in the Okanagan

OLIVER, B.C. – On August 27, an event called “1000 Rides Out” took place in Oliver to update the community on an earlier charity fundraiser that was held near the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, when many refugees were leaving for safer locations. This…

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November 15, 2022

LCC member illustrates new book from Kloria

CANADA – Kloria Publishing has recently published three new board books, and one of them is by Harrison Avery Prozenko, a member of Lutheran Church–Canada. Kloria is an American Lutheran publisher known for its production of beautiful children’s books illustrating beloved hymns. Prozenko’s book, Create…

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