Category: Regional News
Congregation sets new communication priorities
PENTICTON, B.C. – Churches are changing the way they communicate in the digital age, and total reliance on printed newsletters, bulletins, and mass mailings is declining. Compiling information for print newsletters is a work-intensive process. Gathering stories, putting them together into a document, and printing…
Church serves frustrated commuters
KELOWNA, B.C. A grey sky, falling rain and a major bridge construction project in south Kelowna created a perfect combination for slow traffic and for a church to serve its community. From 7:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. on a late June Friday, folks from First…
“It’s us and it’s now” speaker tells men’s gathering
REGINA – Challenging men to take up the leadership roles to which God has called them in church, family and the world was the motivation behind a special event Sunday, September 27. More than 80 men gathered at Mount Olive Lutheran Church for worship, fellowship…
Alberta congregation adopts Nicaragua project
LETHBRIDGE, Alberta – When the congregation of Iglesia Evangelica Luterana Nueva Jerusalen in Villa Salvadorita, Nicaragua recognized the need for additional space to carry on its community outreach work, help came all the way from Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lethbridge. Immanuel Lutheran Church has raised…
Teens, sex and families
Dealing with teens and sex is not easy. However, the fifth annual Love Life Conference on November 6, 2010 at Concordia University College of Alberta in Edmonton will try. Designed to address issues related to teenage sexuality, the conference will focus on the theme “Getting…
Cobourg reverend sets world record with house pull
COBOURG, Ontario – Reverend Kevin Fast has set another world record. Rev. Fast, a pastor of Lutheran Church–Canada, who currently holds the world record for pulling a 416,229-pound aircraft in 2009, set a new Guinness World Record for pulling a house more than 11.95 metres in…
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