Category: Regional News
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…
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…
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…
Epiphany Thunder Bay moves to new building
THUNDER BAY, Ont. – Epiphany Lutheran Church was established and built in the 1960s. The average attendance has never been much above 80 people per Sunday, and like most churches built in that era, it was a non-energy-efficient building. Designed by a Missouri Synod architect…
Seminarian’s reflections from the road through LCC’s Ottawa Circuit
CANADA – Before entering into his second year as a seminary student of Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary in St. Catharines, Ontario, Albert Ho had the opportunity to travel through Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s Ottawa Circuit, visiting with various pastors, missionaries, and laity along the way. Along…
Young adults’ retreat
WINKLER, Man. – On Pentecost weekend, June 3-5, 2022, the young adults group at Trinity Lutheran Church in Winkler held a retreat on the theme “It’s Biblical?!”, exploring and discussing right and wrong ways to understand and use the Scriptures, especially focusing on dealing with…