Category: West Region News
First-ever IMPACT Youth Gathering
GRAND FORKS, B.C. – Well, it finally happened. After a five-year wait that included two National Youth Gatherings, one pandemic, and countless online events, the first-ever IMPACT Youth Gathering was held June 30 to July 3 in beautiful Grand Forks at Pines Bible Camp. A…
New members in Trail
TRAIL, B.C. – On Judica Sunday (the fifth Sunday in Lent), the congregation of Peace Lutheran Church in Trail was happy to receive into membership Mike and Riitta Piva, and Micah and Liisa Beatty and their two children, Ezra and Peter. The congregation hopes to…
Walking in the Light: Young Adult Retreat
MISSION, B.C. – On the weekend of May 5-7, 2023, Trinity Lutheran Church (Richmond) hosted a Young Adult Retreat at Camp Luther, with invitations to young adults in the Lower Mainland and beyond. Twenty-four people attended the retreat and gathered under the theme of “Walking…
LCC congregations impacted by Alberta wildfires
ALBERTA - With 91 active wildfires as of May 16, 2023, and 19,576 evacuees, the province has been under a state of emergency since May 6. There has not been much rain yet this spring, and high winds have fanned the fires and smoke has spread across most of Canada, leading to…
St. John’s Mission Quilters disband after almost 50 years of service
VERNON, B.C. – A March 8, 1995 article in the Vernon Morning Star notes that, at the time, the St. John’s Mission Quilters had already been making quilts for 20 years—so they must have had their beginnings in the 1970s. By 1995, they were already…
New three-point parish in Alberta
WETASKIWIN CIRCUIT, Alta. – As of January 29, 2023, Rev. Mark Schultz is serving as pastor of a new three-point parish: Zion Rimbey, Immanuel Usona, and Zion Wetaskiwin. He was installed by Rev. Al Lewis on behalf of West Regional Pastor Robert Mohns.
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