Category: News

September 17, 2010

Hive of activity for children

WETASKIWIN, Alta. – Creating a beehive of excitement, Zion Lutheran Church’s vacation Bible school had 104 children zipping, zapping and zooming for Jesus. Ingredients included music, games and—most important—instruction on Jesus’ life and works. With teamwork and Christian love, Rev. Lorne Manweiler and the group…

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September 17, 2010

Telling eternal truths at museum parade

DRUMHELLER, Alta. – At the Royal Tyrrell Museum’s 25th anniversary, Grace Lutheran Church presented a colourful parade float reminding everyone that the evidence is indisputable: we have a God who intervened in history. Proudly displaying Noah’s Ark, the cross and the rainbow, the float appealed…

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September 17, 2010

High-schoolers visit US sem for summer school

CHILLIWACK, B.C. – This year two ABC District students joined other young Lutheran men at Christ Academy, June 20-July 3, on the campus of Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sean Morden and Luke Partridge, both of St. Paul’s in Chilliwack, attended the two-week…

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September 17, 2010

Saying goodbye and hello: Celebrating 15 years of blessings

EDMONTON – Faith Lutheran School’s Farewell Reunion, May 16 marked both the school’s “15 years of blessings” and its move to St. Albert, where it will be renamed King of Kings Lutheran School. Highlights of the day included Polish baseball, a favorite student game from…

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September 17, 2010

VBS turns obstacles into assets

GRAND FORKS, B.C. – Christ Lutheran’s vacation Bible school, July 19-23, proved successful despite two seeming obstacles: the congregation consists of all elderly people and no children attend regular services. Hiring three teenage girls as assistants, the church had a great number of volunteers helping,…

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September 17, 2010

Edmonton church hosts community event

EDMONTON – Christ the King’s annual Spring Fling June 19 included a community yard sale and an open house for King’s Kidz Christian preschool. Bargain hunters browsed through the tables, enjoyed barbecued burgers and hotdogs, and listened to music throughout the day under the big…

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