The Canadian Lutheran Posts

June 2, 2009

Congregational budgeting

Congregational budgeting Congregations are always looking at their budgets and depending on who is doing the looking, opinions can have a great variation. The article at http://www.alban.org/conversation.aspx?id=7892 helps identify and understand the people dynamics of congregational budgeting.

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June 2, 2009

2009 Church worker placements

Candidate Placements Will Cole (St. Catharines) St. John Lutheran Church Pittston, Penn. Nathan Fuehrer (Ft. Wayne) Immanuel Lutheran Church (Associate Pastor) Lethbridge, Alta. Peter Gatluak (St. Catharines) Sudanese Mission Hamilton, Ont. Matthew Habermas (Ft. Wayne) Immanuel Lutheran Church Georgetown, Ont. Scott Lyons (Edmonton) Hope Lutheran…

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June 2, 2009

Seminary task force on track

LCC’s Task Force on Cost-efficient, Sustainable Seminary Education completed site visits at both Lutheran Church–Canada seminaries and at Concordia University College on schedule. At each seminary, the task force met with the president, faculty and staff to learn the history of each institution and hear…

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June 2, 2009

Future leaders

Each generation brings to work and volunteering specific strengths and weaknesses. Here is an article written from a secular perspective that provides insight into the Millennial Generation born between 1980 and 1995, today’s young adults and teens http://www.iabc.com/cwb/archive/2009/0509/Petty.htm

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June 2, 2009

Fishers of Fish

On June 1, Lutheran Hour Ministries’ Men’s NetWork will kick off its First Annual Men’s NetWork North American Fishing Tournament. The contest is open to all guys in the United States and Canada who wet lines in fresh water. There are ten categories of fish…

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June 2, 2009

Shedding biblical light on Dark Knight

Concordia Publishing House has a new, downloadable Bible study based on the award-winning film, The Dark Knight®, the 2008 Batman film. This six-session Bible study, God’s Light in Gotham’s Darkness, connects the film’s themes to the Lutheran Confessions and Scripture. According to a recent Canadian…

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