Category: Regional News
“Rejoice in Hope”: Central District LWMLC holds webinar
ONLINE – The Central District of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League-Canada held a webinar on June 27, 2020, with 52 attendees. The theme was based on Romans 12:12— “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” As church services, meetings, and group…
Upkeep at Camp Lutherland
FORT QU’APPELLE, Sask. – While rentals and summer camp activities at Camp Lutherland have been cancelled for 2020, things have remained busy, as this unexpected quiet period has permitted an opportunity to complete some upkeep. “We’ve got a few projects either on the go…
Married during the pandemic
LONDON, Ont. – Rev. Richard Juritsch of Grace Lutheran (St. Catharines, Ontario) and Tracey Klages of Good Shepherd Lutheran (London, Ontario) were joined in holy marriage at Good Shepherd on Sunday, May 17, 2020. All restrictions instituted by the province of Ontario due to the…
COVID-19 and outreach in Windsor
by Javed Khan WINDSOR, Ont. – Windsor Essex County Lutheran Outreach (WECLO) has continued its important intercultural ministry, albeit in different forms, during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Javed Khan, lay missionary for WECLO, reports a number of changes the ministry has undertaken to maintain…
Mats, masks, and more to help those in need
GODERICH, Ont. – The pandemic has prevented in-person, out of town deliveries of sleeping mats and knitwear from the Berea Lutheran Hats and Mats Project, but the group continues to knit and work on the Feminine Hygiene Project, as well as a new project:…
Good Shepherd Valleyview building fire
by Michelle Heumann VALLEYVIEW, Alta. – Late in the evening of July 26, 2020, the building belonging to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, a historical storefront located on Main Street, caught on fire. Rev. Shiekh Lief Mauricio, who has been the pastor there since 2019, reports…