All posts tagged covid-19 pandemic
Questions Concerning The Church & Mental Suffering, New Resource in Church Worker Wellness
ONLINE – Church worker wellness is one of the many issues that has been magnified amid the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as it pertains to matters of mental and spiritual health. The President’s Ministry Council (PMC) released a letter in May of this year encouraging Circuit…
LCC Missions: Ukraine Update
by Rev. Oleksiy Navrotskyy Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life?…
Essentially Serving – French Ministries in Confinement
by David Somers QUEBEC – Physical distancing protocols and confinement as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have created avenues for LCC’s francophone congregations that we may not have imagined or attempted before. The fears surrounding the threat of COVID-19 have opened the door for…
Our Saviour Lutheran Church holds Drive-In Worship Service
FORT QU’APPELLE, Sask. – The March 18, 2020 Lenten service was the final time the congregation of Our Saviour Lutheran Church (OLSC) gathered for worship before following recommendations from Lutheran Church–Canada to suspend services and church activities until further notice due to COVID-19. Like many…
Spiritual Warfare
by David Haberstock A while ago, I was reading the Introduction to Luther’s Large Catechism and found much wisdom and encouragement there. The recent lockdowns have been a time of great anxiety and frustration. Stuck in our houses, cut off from family, friends, congregation,…
Mats, masks, and more to help those in need
GODERICH, Ont. – The pandemic has prevented in-person, out of town deliveries of sleeping mats and knitwear from the Berea Lutheran Hats and Mats Project, but the group continues to knit and work on the Feminine Hygiene Project, as well as a new project:…