Category: West Region News
B.C. students support Nicaraguan schools
Students and staff at Hope Lutheran Christian School in Port Coquitlam, B.C. and staff at Zion Lutheran School in Cloverdale, B.C. gave from their hearts as they gathered an offering of gifts for fellow students and staff of the Lutheran schools in Iglesia Luterana Sínodo de Nicaragua. The…
Lutheran university college responds to Slave Lake fire
by Keven Drews EDMONTON — Lutherans spent Monday morning collecting food, clothing, blankets and toiletries for residents of a northern Alberta town who have fled a devastating wild fire. According to media reports, the blaze – fanned by winds as high as 100 kilometres an…
From pulpit to cockpit
Beginning June 1, a Lutheran Church–Canada pastor will make the transition from parish pastor to pilot for an organization focused on bringing the Gospel to First Nations people in northern Canada. Rev. Bill Ney, currently senior pastor at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Stony Plain, Alberta has accepted God’s call…
From sorrow to jubilation: Easter at Grace Lutheran
DRUMHELLER, Alta. – Holy Week at Grace Lutheran Church included a dramatic Good Friday service that involved the “burning” of sins. An Easter sunrise service at the site of Drumheller’s annual Passion Play concluded the week joyously. On Good Friday the congregation gathered for a sombre…
The Lutheran Hour meets Alberta’s oilsands
Ft. McMurray, Alberta – Ever since the population of this northern Alberta area exploded with oil production, the Lutheran Laymen’s League of Canada’s local membership has dreamt of broadcasting The Lutheran Hour’s Gospel message into the community. The dream becomes reality Sunday, March 6 when…
A wealth of Lutheran history from Western Canada
EDMONTON — The Lutheran Historical Institute holds hundreds of thousands of archives – everything from Martin Luther’s 16th century writings to the personal correspondences of farmers and their families in the Edmonton area. Luther’s works 1567: This eight-volume collection was donated by the Reiner family…
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