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Black History Month 2024
Additional Resources will be added as they become available As we welcome Black History Month throughout the coming month of February, we have another opportunity to learn and reflect on important events and some of the important contributions made by our black siblings throughout the world and here in Canada,...Read More -
National Indigenous People’s Day 2021
Dear Friends in Christ, National Indigenous People's Day Resources - 2021Download As we approach the 2021 National Indigenous People’s Day, we offer gratitude to the Creator for the gift of Mother Earth, and to the First Peoples of this land for the wisdom they offer us as we walk together...Read More -
George Floyd Anniversary and Verdict
It’s been a year.It has been a year, and what has changed?A year since a man begged for his life from an officer of the law. A year since a woman was shot in her bed. A year since national sports leagues boycotted games. A year since we saw #saytheirnames trending on...Read More -
SOLIDARITY WITH ASIAN-CANADIANS AGAINST ANTI-ASIAN PACIFIC ISLAND INCIDENTS
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbour as yourself.” (Matthew 37-39) Dear Siblings in Christ, We, the Eastern Synod, acknowledge and denounce...Read More -
Black History Month – We Challenge You!
Racial Justice Advisory Committee: Black History Month 2021 Challenge Let us become agents of change. February is a busy month in 2021: Lunar New Year, Valentine’s Day, Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and we are right into the Season of Lent. In the midst of all those meaningfully designated moments and...Read More -
On the Murder of George Floyd
If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it. (1 Corinthians 12:26) With the death of George Floyd, we witnessed yet another senseless murder of a black man in the United States. We again see tears and anguish pounding through each...Read More -
George Floyd Response from the Eastern Synod Racial Justice Advisory Committee
Dear Siblings in Christ, If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it. (1 Corinthians 12:26) With the death of George Floyd, we witnessed yet another senseless murder of a black man in the United States. We again see tears...Read More
Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
Member church of the Lutheran World Federation