Category: Regional News
LCC congregations impacted by Alberta wildfires
ALBERTA - With 91 active wildfires as of May 16, 2023, and 19,576 evacuees, the province has been under a state of emergency since May 6. There has not been much rain yet this spring, and high winds have fanned the fires and smoke has spread across most of Canada, leading to…
Installation at Bethel Kitchener
KITCHENER, Ont. – From the summer climate of southern Brazil, Rev. Davi Schmidt and his wife Natacha arrived in Canada on Monday, January 30, to the refreshing temperature of -25° C. Welcome to Canada! On the very next Sunday, February 5, the congregation of Bethel…
Trinity Winkler celebrates anniversaries
WINKLER, Man. – On October 29, 2022, the members of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Winkler held a special potluck dinner to celebrate two milestone anniversaries: 125 years since its first gathering as a congregation (the anniversary should have been marked in 2021 but wasn’t…
Thanks from Red Lake
RED LAKE, Ont. – In recent years, Christ Lutheran Church in Red Lake has slipped past the point of being self-sustainable. The problem is, there are no other Lutheran Church–Canada congregations nearby, so we’ve applied for help from the Synod—and you came to meet our…
East region pastors and deacons gather for Spring Conference
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – Pastors and deacons of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s East Region gathered April 24-26, 2023 for an in-person conference at Mount Carmel Retreat Centre in Niagara Falls. The Conference began with Divine Service in the Main Chapel, with Rev. Paul Williams serving as the…
St. John’s Mission Quilters disband after almost 50 years of service
VERNON, B.C. – A March 8, 1995 article in the Vernon Morning Star notes that, at the time, the St. John’s Mission Quilters had already been making quilts for 20 years—so they must have had their beginnings in the 1970s. By 1995, they were already…
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