Category: Regional News
Telling eternal truths at museum parade
DRUMHELLER, Alta. – At the Royal Tyrrell Museum’s 25th anniversary, Grace Lutheran Church presented a colourful parade float reminding everyone that the evidence is indisputable: we have a God who intervened in history. Proudly displaying Noah’s Ark, the cross and the rainbow, the float appealed…
High-schoolers visit US sem for summer school
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – This year two ABC District students joined other young Lutheran men at Christ Academy, June 20-July 3, on the campus of Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sean Morden and Luke Partridge, both of St. Paul’s in Chilliwack, attended the two-week…
Saying goodbye and hello: Celebrating 15 years of blessings
EDMONTON – Faith Lutheran School’s Farewell Reunion, May 16 marked both the school’s “15 years of blessings” and its move to St. Albert, where it will be renamed King of Kings Lutheran School. Highlights of the day included Polish baseball, a favorite student game from…
VBS turns obstacles into assets
GRAND FORKS, B.C. – Christ Lutheran’s vacation Bible school, July 19-23, proved successful despite two seeming obstacles: the congregation consists of all elderly people and no children attend regular services. Hiring three teenage girls as assistants, the church had a great number of volunteers helping,…
Edmonton church hosts community event
EDMONTON – Christ the King’s annual Spring Fling June 19 included a community yard sale and an open house for King’s Kidz Christian preschool. Bargain hunters browsed through the tables, enjoyed barbecued burgers and hotdogs, and listened to music throughout the day under the big…
September blessings for Winnipeg congregation
WINNIPEG – For members of Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Sunday, September 12 brought many blessings. The Sunday morning service began with the baptism of Julianna Rivera Alves, one of about 20 adults, inquirers and members who attended a Good News Class conducted by vacancy pastor…