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LCC seminaries hold opening services
CANADA – Under the theme Behold, I am making all things new (Revelation 21:5), Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s two seminaries opened the 2025–26 academic year with special services. Concordia Lutheran Seminary (Edmonton) Concordia Lutheran Seminary held its service on September 2 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. CLS is…
Canadians assist seminary education in Haiti
HAITI – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) members are assisting Haitian Lutherans with seminary education—and through them, with other Christians around the world. LCC’s current involvement with seminary education in Haiti began through contacts with Rev. Walta Clercius, who became a LCC Missionary at Large for French…
French hymnals for students and churches in Haiti
HAITI – In mid-July, copies of Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) French hymnal—Liturgie et cantique luthériens—were distributed to students enrolled in an upcoming liturgy course from LCC’s Francophone Lutheran Liturgical Institute (Institut liturgique luthérien francophone – ILLF) being offered in cooperation with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of…
Pastoral Training in Haiti through HLMS
by Wally Bogusat and Harold Ristau The Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS) has recently struggled with the following question: “How much time, energy and money should be devoted to physical needs of Haitians versus the spiritual needs?” In the past, HLMS has tended to focus…
HLMS ships last container for Haiti
St. Catharines, Ontario — After 14 years we have stopped shipping containers of goods to Haiti. The reasons are increasing ridiculously high import duties by the Haitian government, fewer available funds, and volunteers are getting ever older. By far the main reason is the duties…
Theological training for Haiti’s Lutherans
HAITI – The Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS), a listed service organization of Lutheran Church–Canada, has been supporting work among the Lutheran Churches of Haiti for many years. Much attention has been given to humanitarian aid, chiefly by sending shipping containers full of clothing, building…
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