LCC BOD meets in Winnipeg

Pictured: President Timothy Teuscher; Rev. Tom Kruesel; Arnold Drung (Chairman); Lois Griffin; Rev. Ted Giese; Rev. Mark Hennig; Vice-President Michael Schutz; Grace Henderson (Secretary). Online: Dcn. Amanda Hastings, Doug Petersen (Vice-Chair); Kirsten Guggenmos.
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s Board of Directors (BOD) met in Winnipeg March 28-29, 2025, along with LCC staff members and leadership.
During this meeting, the BOD received reports from the president, Rev. Dr. Timothy Teuscher; the regional pastors, Rev. Marvin Bublitz (East), Rev. David Haberstock (Central), and Rev. Robert Mohns (West); Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Dwayne Cleave; and the Director of Advancement, David Friesen.
The Directors of Missions, Rev. Mark Smith (International) and Rev. Jacob Quast (Domestic) provided reports on LCC missions in Canada and around the world. The Director of Communications, Alex Steinke, provided her report with progress updates on the work of the Communications Department along with future planning.
The committees and commissions of the Board provided updates on the work they completed in partnership with LCC staff. Additional reports were also received.
At their meeting on March 29, 2025, the BOD reviewed and approved LCC’s spending budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year, as recommended by the Finance Committee. The approved budget is included in the Financial Update Section of the March/April issue of The Canadian Lutheran.
Importantly, the group gathered together for worship with devotion led by President Teuscher in the Chapel at Synod office, who reminded them of the words of the Large Catechism:
“Everything, therefore, in the Christian Church is ordered to the end that we shall daily obtain there nothing but the forgiveness of sin through the Word and signs [i.e. the Sacraments], to comfort and encourage our consciences as long as we live here” (Article III, 55).
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