What does God know about sex anyway?
MIDDLE LAKE, Sask. – Faith Lutheran’s youth group hosted a unique lock-in March 12 and 13, attended by 21 young people, including four from Warman, Saskatchewan including their pastor, Rev. Randy...
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Training of lay persons continues
Students attended from local congregations and as far away as Minnedosa, Man. Classes were set up in modules with some attending all the modules and others attending only a few. SASKATOON – At St....
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Lutheran women support life issues
MOOSE JAW, Sask. – During the June 11-13 LWMLC Manitoba-Saskatchewan District convention, delegates voted to grant Lutherans for Life–Canada $2500, which the organization will use to fund a crisis...
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Eighty years young
THUNDER BAY, Ont. – Rev. John Schmidt of Calvary Lutheran Church marked his 80th birthday June 30. His congregation, which has been blessed to have him as their shepherd in Christ for 46 years,...
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Taking a journey to the cross
Hosts Jason and Charda Kirsch in the Garden of Gethsemane. MIDDLE LAKE, Sask. – On April 3 members of Faith Lutheran participated in Journey to the Cross, an experiential walk that helped participants...
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Ponderings from the president
The night of Halloween 2001, the mayor of Inglis, Florida (a town of 1200 people, north of Tampa) decided to take action. The town had been experiencing a tougher-than-normal year with an increase in...
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Regina police welcome LCC chaplain
REGINA – Rev. D. J. Kim joined the Regina Police Services as a chaplain Sunday, May 30, in a service at Mount Olive Lutheran Church.Rev. D.J. Kim with chief of police Troy Hage Pastor Ted Giese...
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Anniversary weekend welcomes special guests
LCC president Rev. Robert Bugbee (l) and Redeemer’s Rev. Richard Mensch greet visitors after the anniversary service. PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – A weekend of celebrations marked the 50th anniversary of...
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LCC Lutherans assist ongoing Katrina recovery effort
In front of St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans (l-r): Bill Wardekker, Julie Schollenberg, Aaron King, Joel Schollenberg, Melanie Miller, Rev. Bryan King and Rev. Ward Yunker. WINNIPEG – August 2010...
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Prayers requested for prairie flood victims
Flooded street in Maple Creek. MAPLE CREEK, Sask. – The people of this town won’t forget June 18 anytime soon. As national news coverage showed, flooding devastated the area, including Medicine Hat,...
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A very special confirmation and welcome
(l-r): Angelina Patterson, Rev. Ted Giese, Nathan Hubick, Rev. Terry Defoe Confirmation REGINA – Nathan Hubick and Angelina Patterson became members of Mount Olive Lutheran Church through the Rite of...
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Dual parish receives pastor
Installation participants: (back, l-r): Revs. Thomas Prachar, Jacob Quast, Ward Yunker, Dan Moeller; (front, l-r): Revs. John Blum, Edmund Mielke, Mark Just, Al Borchardt and Alex Klages. NEEPAWA, Man....
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REGINA – After looking at a feasibility study, the Central District Board of Directors opted not to move the district office to Winnipeg, where space exists in the Synod office building. With 61 of the...
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“It’s us and it’s now” speaker tells men’s gathering
More than 80 men gathered at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Regina to hear God's challenge for leadership REGINA – Challenging men to take up the leadership roles to which God has called them in...
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Church welcomes Halloween guests
by C.D. Pelzer A trail of jack o'lanterns leads to the front door of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church On an evening when children and parents prowl Regina’s neighbourhoods seeking treats, a north-end church...
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Wheels for worship benefit Oromo congregation
by Keven Drews WINNIPEG — Getting to the church on time will soon be a lot easier for dozens of new Canadians from Africa. Members of Lutheran–Church Canada’s (LCC) Red River Circuit recently purchased...
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Saskatchewan flood hits Lutheran camp
By Keven Drews When the lake level threatened buildings, volunteers moved appliances to higher ground. They’ve got some cleaning to do at Saskatchewan’s Camp Lutherland. Camp officials and volunteers...
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Pastor coaches, mentors and witnesses on the basketball court
Rev. Mark L. Smith gives some advice to the team. PLUMAS, Man. – The senior boys’ basketball team at William Morton Collegiate (WMCI) in Gladstone enjoyed a boost when Zion pastor Rev. Mark Smith...
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Lutheran evacuees say Manitoba flood crisis now in God’s hands
by Keven Drews Emergency officials erected sandbagged-braced, one-metre-tall, one-metre-wide, water-filled, sausage-like tubes around homes to protect them from damage. PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE — Members of...
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Regina congregation launches French-language worship service
Lutheran Church–Canada's French-language hymnal provides worship resources for congregations. by Mathew Block REGINA – Like many outreach projects, this one began by asking a simple question: what...
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