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November 12, 2014

Resolution 14.3.03a receives approval from LCC congregations

CANADA – The congregations of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) have voted to allow official notices to be published in either the print or online editions of The Canadian Lutheran. Previously, LCC’s constitution required all such notices to be published in the print version of the magazine….

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November 12, 2014

Videos, mp3s posted online from Militant Secularism conference

ONLINE – If you missed the Militant Secularism conference at Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS – St. Catharines, Ontario) a few weeks ago, you can catch up online by watching videos or downloading mp3s of the major presentations. The symposium preceded regular meetings between the…

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November 7, 2014

Remembering Canada’s military chaplains

TORONTO – To mark the 100th anniversary of World War I, the Anglican Cathedral of St. James (Toronto) is hosting an exhibit on the history of Canada’s military chaplaincy, and Lutheran Church–Canada is among the sponsors. Entitled “Called to Serve: An Exhibit Honouring Canada’s Military…

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November 5, 2014

Regional Mission Supervisor and Deaconess for Central America installed

by Leonardo Neitzel NICARAGUA – On October 26, 2014 Rev. Edmund and Deaconess Cherie Auger were installed as Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) regional Mission and Diaconal supervisors for Central America at a special service at the Mission Centre in Chinandega, Nicaragua. The installation was officiated over…

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October 31, 2014

Nicaraguan children celebrate Reformation Day

NICARAGUA – October 25th was a day of great joy for the church in Nicaragua as around 200 children and 20 adults gathered at LCC’s mission centre in Chinandega to celebrate the 497th Anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation. The theme of the event was taken…

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October 30, 2014

The Church’s Calling to Care for the Vulnerable

by Mathew Block Scripture is clear that the Church has a particular calling to care for the vulnerable. The Apostle James reminds us that “religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and…

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