Category: Regional News

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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November 8, 2022

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…

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September 28, 2022

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…

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