Category: National News
Restructuring Update: Circuit Convocation summaries released
CANADA – In December 2016, the Commission for Constitutional Matters and Structure (CCMS) released new recommendations for the restructuring of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC), noting that these recommendations are still in “soft clay” and that further input from LCC members is encouraged. The recommendations were formulated…
Christmas Worship Services 2016
CANADA – For those traveling during the Christmas season, it can be difficult to find out the times and locations of worship services. Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is hoping to make it a little less complicated by posting the seasonal worship time for its churches across…
LCC Joins Call for Improved Palliative Care in Canada
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) has joined an Interfaith Statement on Palliative Care, calling on all levels of government to dedicate themselves to improving palliative and end-of-life care in Canada. Reports suggest only about 30% of Canadians who die each year have access to adequate…
Restructuring Update – December 2016
CANADA – Stage Four of the Restructuring work of the CCMS, in response to the requests of the three Districts in convention and the LCC Board of Directors, is now complete. The CCMS would like to thank the 676 lay people, pastors and deacons who…
RSVP Revisited
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is re-launching the RSVP initiative, a church worker recruitment program that successfully identified a number of prospective pastors and deacons throughout the 1990s and 2000s, with hopes that LCC congregations will observe a Recruitment Sunday on January 22, 2017. Resources…
2016 Advent devotions available in English and French
ONLINE – Christians hoping to spend more time in prayer and devotion this Advent season will benefit from newly released devotionals from Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) and Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots (LAMP). The theme for this year’s devotional from LHM is “Christmas Memories”…