Category: National News

November 16, 2015

New Advent Devotions from Lutheran Hour Ministries

ONLINE – Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) and its Canadian partner Lutheran Laymen’s League of Canada have released their annual Advent Devotional. Entitled Fear Not, the series runs from November 29 (the first Sunday in Advent) through January 6, 2016 (Epiphany). “How often do you face…

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November 16, 2015

The CREW is back on the road

CANADA – The CREW is headed back on the road throughout late November 2015 for a “Christmas Tour” concert series throughout Lower Mainland, B.C. , with plans for another concert series in Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois in March 2016. They also hint at the possibility…

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November 4, 2015

Praying for the Persecuted Church

by James Morgan As Lutheran Christians in Canada, we have it pretty good. Of course there are issues in our society and even within our synod that unsettle us, but we are nevertheless free to believe in Christ as our Saviour, to worship Him, and…

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November 3, 2015

LCC joins Catholics, Evangelicals, and other Canadian faith leaders in declaration on assisted suicide and euthanasia

CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) has signed a joint declaration on assisted suicide and euthanasia along with the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), member churches of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC), and other Canadian faith leaders. LCC is an observer member of the…

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November 2, 2015

Synodical Convention Date Change

CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Board of Directors has announced that the date of the 2017 Synodical Convention will be changed from June to October 2017. A final date has not yet been chosen but LCC’s Board of Directors has affirmed that they are not…

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October 28, 2015

French Reformation hymn contest

CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada’s Comité francophone liturgique invites authors, translators, poets and musicians to submit a  hymn in French rooted in Martin Luther’s Small Catechism Baptism text for the 500th anniversary of the nailing of the 95 theses. The submissions may be an original text …

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