All posts tagged rev. dr. david somers
Mission congregation hosts installation of LCC’s newest Missionary-at-Large for the francophone community
by David Somers QUEBEC CITY, Que. – On October 3, 2021, the congregation of Sainte-Trinité in Quebec City, hosted the installation of Rev. Marco-Antonio Jacobsen as assistant Missionary-at-Large for Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC)’s French Ministries. Sainte-Trinité was formed through the cooperation of half a dozen or so…
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…
Immigration behind Francophone Lutheran growth in East District
QUEBEC – That immigration is a significant source of membership is hardly news for Lutheran churches in Canada. It is part and parcel of our history and in the early days accounted for nearly all our churches’ growth. Waves of Lutheran immigration are a thing…
Forthcoming Central American hymnal spurs worship workshop
NICARAGUA – From July 26-28, seventy deaconesses, pastors, missionaries, musicians, and seminary students representing congregations in Nicaragua and Honduras participated in a workshop designed to deepen, strengthen, and enrich individual and corporate worship in the Church. In addition to studying liturgical practice, participants learned…
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