Category: Regional News

April 19, 2012

Central District approves office relocation

  by Thomas Prachar At its February meeting, the Central District Board of Directors voted to move the district office from its present location in Regina to vacant space at the Lutheran Church–Canada office in Winnipeg. The board’s previous December meeting had authorized staff to…

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April 4, 2012

Teaching English in Nicaragua

by Liz Mellecke Last May I found a page on Lutheran Church–Canada’s website about a short term ESL mission opportunity in Nicaragua. As I was interested, I contacted the office with a little overview of who I am. I had been to Nicaragua twice before. First,…

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April 3, 2012

Bible reading continues strong in Winnipeg

WINNIPEG – On the evening of Palm Sunday, 105 people from Winnipeg-area Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) congregations met at Peace Lutheran Church to mark completion of six months in their two-year effort to read through the entire Scripture. Last fall, 150 participants committed to this spiritual…

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January 5, 2012

Downtown church connects with community

“Why are you doing this for us?” Members of Historic St. Paul’s (Kitchener, Ont.) who volunteer at its new outreach often hear and joyfully answer that question as they offer free food and winter clothing to people affected by poverty.  Recently the downtown congregation has…

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October 20, 2011

Outreach conference energizes Lutherans

Hearing about the changed relationship between the church and society and how it affects our witness was only one of many new insights brought before more than 185 people attending an outreach conference in Vancouver, B.C, October 14-15. Organized by Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) and Lutheran…

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October 13, 2011

Daily Bible reading erupts in Winnipeg

Staff members at Lutheran Church–Canada’s office in Winnipeg meet each workday for a devotion and Bible study with President Robert Bugbee when he’s in town. During those times together he often mentioned how his wife, Gail, has read Scripture every day for years using the…

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