Category: General
LCC seminary Regents hold joint meeting
EDMONTON – Regents from both Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) seminaries, Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS), St. Catharines and Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS), Edmonton, met for their annual joint meeting January 30, 2018 in Edmonton as outlined in their 2011 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). During the joint…
LCC joins faith groups calling for change in government jobs application
WINNIPEG- The president of Lutheran Church–Canada, Rev. Timothy Teuscher, joined 80 other Canadian religious leaders and faith-group representatives calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Government of Canada to “amend the Canada Summer Jobs guidelines and application process so that it does not compel…
2017 Mission Newsletter released
ONLINE – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) has released the 2017 edition of its annual Mission Newsletter. “The 2017 Mission Newsletter presents just a few snapshots of what the Lord Jesus has accomplished in the lives of people through the missions and social ministry of Lutheran Church–Canada…
History is Bunk
by Norman J. Threinen “History is bunk.” So said Henry Ford in an interview recorded by the Chicago Tribune in 1916. Grade school students, who have been subjected to history as a bewildering collection of largely irrelevant dates which they were forced to memorize, may…
Video: President Bugbee preaches at LCMS President’s Installation
ST. LOUIS, Missouri – President Robert Bugbee of Lutheran Church–Canada preached the Service of Installation for President Matthew C. Harrison of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) September 14 in St. Louis. “It’s an unexpected honour to be asked to serve our Missouri Synod friends in…
Report from LCC district office on southern Alberta flooding
(Ongoing updates at http://www.lccabc.ca/blog/2013/06/21/alberta-flooding/) by Rev. Don Schiemann No doubt we have all seen video footage and news reports of the extreme flooding which has taken place in Calgary and the surrounding areas. As of Friday morning, 25 communities in the City of Calgary have…