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Entering The Amber Stage
Dear Colleagues and Partners in Ministry, Last night I participated in the final synod wide zoom meetings that have been convened over the past two weeks, bringing rostered and congregational leaders together to discuss preparing for a return to in-person worship. It has been a delight to speak with leaders...Read More -
A Person of Hope and Kindness
The time of COVID-19 has sped up what is a very fast-paced ministry on any given day, says Rev. Dan Bowyer, who serves as the chaplain at Trinity Village, Kitchener, a long-term care centre that is a ministry of the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, full-communion...Read More -
Filling a Fresh Produce Gap
Impacts of COVID-19 have been immense. On the top of the list for too many Canadians is greater food insecurity. We at St. Philip’s Lutheran Church noticed the needs for food growing in the neighbourhood around us. A nearby food bank had closed, the calls to the church for food...Read More -
Bethesda Sharecroppers
On July 8, a group of members from Bethesda Lutheran Church gathered at a distance at our Sharecropper Growing project to share a blessing for a good harvest. The crop, 50 acres of winter soft red wheat, will probably be harvested about two weeks on. The site is on the...Read More -
Confirmation in a Pandemic
July 12 2020 was a special day for the South Grey Bruce Lutheran parish of Mildmay, Normanby and Neustadt as the congregation witnessed 6 young people affirm their baptism promise. After studying for two years, these young people and their families were not going to let something like a pandemic...Read More -
Prayer in the time of COVID
This past fall, our church began a four year deep dive into some of our primary Christian faith practices. Our National Bishop invited us to join her in a new four-year emphasis on Living our Faith, as together we pray, read, worship and love. From September 2019 until September 2020, ELCIC members were...Read More -
Worship Resources for the Resumption of In-Person Worship
Worship Resource Dear friends, As congregations continue their preparations for an eventual return to gathering physically together, the Eastern Synod’s Task Force for the Resumption of In-Person Worship is pleased to share a new Worship Resource. This resource includes a number of liturgical suggestions, as well as a timely reflection...Read More -
Resumption of In-Person Worship Info Sessions
Dear Friends, A few days ago you should have received communication from the Task Force on the Resumption of In-Person Worship. This latest CHECKLIST is intended to gauge a congregation's readiness to move from the RED to the AMBER stage of our TRI-PHASED APPROACH to resuming in-person gatherings. Thank you for your positive feedback, and for your expressed...Read More -
United Nations International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Dear Friends, August 9, 2020 is the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, as declared by the United Nations. It also happens to fall on a Sunday this year. For those of you looking for resources to help augment your worship or your online presence in other ways, please...Read More
Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
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