Category: Regional News
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…