Category: East Region News

March 8, 2010

Ukrainian introduces sushi and God’s Word

KITCHENER — God’s crazy about food. Just ask Ukrainian seminarian Oleg Schewtschenko. The soon-to-be-ordained minister used sushi and other Japanese delicacies February 28 to show 35 youths how God uses food to reach his people. The afternoon of fun, food and fellowship took place at…

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February 9, 2010

Lutherans, Muslims, Jews discuss faith’s challenges

ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – It’s challenging to be a “fool” in the eyes of a secular society, believing in an ultimate truth in an age of postmodernism, says Andrew Korchok a member of Brock University’s Lutheran Student Fellowship (LSF).  Korchok, who attends Trinity Lutheran Church,…

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January 5, 2010

Ontario congregation begins 175th year

Historic St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Kitchener kicked off its 175th Anniversary year, Sunday, January 3.  Here is a report from CTV News

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December 19, 2009

St. Paul’s gears up for sesquicentennial

December 18, 2009 By: Kaite Edmonds ObserverXtra The congregation and staff at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Elmira are working months in advance to prepare for their 150th anniversary celebrations coming up next October, and to start the celebrations off right they are publishing…

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November 13, 2009

Lutherans honour Canada’s fallen

PORT ROWAN – A federal cabinet minister joined Lutheran Church–Canada pastors for a pre-Remembrance Day service inside a local community centre Sunday, November 8. Diane Finley, federal minister of human resources and skills development and LCC Padre Jason Kouri, 12e Régiment blindé du Canada, were…

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October 22, 2009

Sunday school conference webcast set for Saturday

KITCHENER – Want to learn more about devotional time, how to teach Sunday school students better or how to reclaim the family and its Christian environment? On Saturday, October 24, LCC’s East District is sharing its Sunday School Teachers’ and Family Workshop online from Kitchener,…

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