Category: West Region News

July 19, 2021

Sharing in the joy of the Resurrection at a distance

VANCOUVER, B.C. – With a ban on in-person worship gatherings in place since mid-November 2020, Killarney Community Lutheran Church wanted to provide something special for its members to mark the resurrection of our Lord. In addition to an online worship service, members of both Killarney…

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May 18, 2021

IMPACT… But shorter!

WEST REGION – The IMPACT Youth Gathering committee has released a video announcing that since an in-person youth gathering won’t be possible this summer, they will be hosting a live-streamed youth event on Friday, September 10, at 6:30 p.m. PDT. The event, IMPACT…but shorter, will…

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March 22, 2021

Martin Luther’s Candy Farm

CHILLIWACK, B.C. – It has been difficult to find creative ideas for children’s ministry during the pandemic, so on October 30, 2020, St. Paul’s Lutheran hosted an outdoor event called “Martin Luther’s Candy Farm,” where children got to have fun collecting treats and hearing about…

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February 22, 2021

Dust You Are

by Robert Mohns Years ago, I read a remarkable manuscript in which the author imagined stories tied to a particular piece of land. I read that story, set not far from the North Saskatchewan River in the Edmonton area, on a late spring day, sitting…

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January 5, 2021

Outdoor services at historic church in Torrington

  TORRINGTON, Alta. – On a quiet peaceful acreage, just a few miles southeast of Torrington, stands an old country church surrounded by a grove of tall evergreens. Zion Lutheran was formed in 1906 and moved to several spots until it found its dwelling place…

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September 18, 2020

50 Years of Blessings and Miracles in the Ministry

“An Unlikely Candidate” — 50 Years of Ministry by Ken Rodeman June 28, 2020, was a day full of celebration and rejoicing at Zion Lutheran Church in Golden Spike as I celebrated fifty years in ministry. Rev. Keith Hoveland led the worship service and Regional…

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