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Virtual VBS at Foothills Lutheran Church
by Miriam Winstanley CALGARY, Alta. – Normally Foothills Lutheran runs two weeks of VBS, with many children coming who have attended the Preschool ministry of the congregation. In early January, the church staff put together an outline for this year’s program (this is the sixth year that the staff have written a program in-house) and began recruiting volunteers. Registration opened in early March,…
Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS) distributes food hampers, soap, essentials to Haitians amid pandemic
by Andrew Jackson HAITI – The Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS) has been making great strides in adopting a new focus: Educating our Haiti brothers, laymen, to fill the role as spiritual leaders within their communities, in light of the lack of pastoral presence in…
LCC releases additional documents pertaining to 2020 Special Convention
CANADA – As per the Special Convention Notice sent out to Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) congregations on July 9, 2020, additional information with regards to delegates; the overture from the Board of Directors; as well as Bulletin #1 for October’s Special Convention have been released. The…
God’s Gift of Literature
by Mary J. Moerbe When my father read to me as a child, he gave me a great gift. As an educator, he knew he was shaping how my mind would receive and process language and imagery, and, as my dad, it was a bonding,…
Canadian broadcast of The Lutheran Hour this Sunday to include Canada Day message from Rev. Scott Gamble
CANADA – This Sunday June 28, 2020, on the Canadian broadcast of The Lutheran Hour, Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) pastor, Rev. Scott Gamble, will be sharing a special message entitled “O Canada, Canada: A Love/Hate Relationship”. With Canada Day just around the corner, Gamble’s message…
Parables
by Stephen Chambers Everyone loves a mystery, they say. That might be why Jesus’ parables are so popular. They use ordinary language to point toward spiritual realities which transcend our everyday experience, and the gaps between those two worlds are both fascinating and mysterious….
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