Category: West Region News
Grace Lutheran in Osoyoos closes school
OSOYOOS, B.C. – On August 28, Grace Lutheran Church brought its twenty-six year ministry with Good Shepherd Christian School to an end, as Rev. Darren Siegle, at the request of the chairman, closed the school in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy…
Goerz appointed ABC District News Editor
ALBERTA/BRITISH COLUMBIA – The Alberta-British Columbia District has appointed a new editor for the ABC District News section of The Canadian Lutheran. Laura Goerz has accepted the position, beginning with the November-December issue of the magazine. Goerz is a regular contributor to Tapestry, the national…
Big Changes for the BC Mission Boat Society
BRITISH COLUMBIA – The BC Mission Boat Society (BCMBS) has announced that their Executive Director, Marcus Huff, has accepted a call to serve a parish in Michigan, and that they are using this transitional time to evaluate the mission agency’s current operation structure. “Marcus isn’t…
The Glorious and Not so Glorious Office
by Nolan Astley Way back in 1960, Rev. Dr. A. H. Schwermann, then President of Concordia College in Edmonton, wrote a chapter in a book called The Pastor at Work. His focus was on the doctrine of the call, but early in his chapter Schwermann,…
Interim Pastoral Leader to conclude service in Alberta and British Columbia
WINNIPEG – Rev. Nolan D. Astley, the Interim Pastoral Leader for Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) congregations in Alberta and British Columbia during the past year, will officially conclude his work in this role on September 1, 2016. The Interim Pastoral Leader arrangement was implemented after the…
Court approves ABC District and DIL Plans
EDMONTON – On July 15, the Alberta-British Columbia District Group had a court hearing during which they applied for an Order sanctioning the District Plan and District Investments Ltd. (DIL) Plan. On August 2, the court rendered its decision, sanctioning both plans for implementation following…
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