Category: West Region News

May 2, 2017

Do You Love to Fish?

by Glenn E. Schaeffer My friend, Roger Miller, died a few years ago after a lengthy fight with cancer, but he died “convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth,…

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April 10, 2017

Lutheran Foundation Canada’s work benefits LCC congregations

ALBERTA and BRITISH COLUMBIA – In September 2016, Allen Schellenberg, as Lutheran Foundation Canada’s executive director, and the gift coordinator within the ABC District, attended the local meeting of pastors (a winkel) in the Vancouver and Fraser Valley Circuits with 14 congregations represented. His goal…

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March 2, 2017

From Megadeth to Megalife

EDMONTON – Grammy-award-winning musician David Ellefson of Megadeth will give a lecture entitled “From Megadeth to Megalife” at Concordia University of Edmonton on March 17, 2017 at 4:00 p.m.. In addition to being a long-standing member of the band Megadeth, Ellefson has also studied at…

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February 23, 2017

Grace for resolution breakers

by Glenn E. Schaeffer How’s it going with your New Year’s resolutions? Are you still on that diet? Are you faithfully going to the gym? Are you spending more time with family and less time at work? Are you getting your spending habits under control?…

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February 8, 2017

Outreach to Conflict: Upcoming reconciliation training sessions

CALGARY – It was a good goal, one to which every member of the outreach committee had agreed. The theology was not in debate: “Go and make disciples.” And the theory was sound: create an environment that unchurched people would find comfortable to allow for…

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February 2, 2017

Sabbath Conference 2017

MULHURST, Alberta – Non-pastoral church workers and volunteers are invited to take part in the 2017 Sabbath Conference. The Sabbath Conference in a professional church workers conference open to Lutheran Church–Canada church workers and volunteers across the nation, taking place February 28-March 3, 2017 at…

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