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Understanding the Convention Process: Reports, Overtures, and How Decisions Come Before Lutheran Church–Canada
National—As Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) prepares for its upcoming national convention (June 12-15), delegates receive a Convention Workbook containing the materials that form the basis for the church’s deliberations. While many discussions naturally focus on the topics themselves, the process by which matters come before convention is equally…
Convention business agenda set as committees meet
WINNIPEG – Three committees tasked with drafting resolutions for Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) tenth convention met April 11-12 in Winnipeg. Chaired by LCC’s three district presidents, Rev. Tom Prachar (Central), Rev. Don Schiemann (ABC), and Rev. Paul Zabel (East), the members (drawn from the convention delegates)…
Convention workbook now online
WINNIPEG – The workbook for Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) upcoming convention is now available online. The workbook contains reports from various LCC-affiliated agencies, including synod’s officers, boards and commissions, the three districts, synod’s educational institutions, and LCC Auxiliaries and Listed Service Organizations. It also includes overtures…
Convention overtures reflect grassroots concerns
by James Morgan Christian ethics and morals, seminary education, and the preservation and development of Lutheran identity are the hot topics found in overtures to Lutheran Church–Canada’s triennial convention scheduled for June 3 to 6 in Hamilton, Ontario. Congregations, circuits, boards, and commissions submitted overtures, published…
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