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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 -
Checklist for the Safe Resumption of In-Person Worship
Dear Siblings in Christ, In his letter to Eastern Synod congregations and partners dated June 8, Bishop Michael committed to providing a number of resources to aid congregations in the necessary preparations for the resumption of in-person worship. Today, we are absolutely delighted to share the second resource in this...Read More -
A Web of Pandemic Prayer
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Halifax, Nova Scotia has been praying! And what a web of prayers it has become! Started by Rev. Dr. Kimber McNabb, the community has quickly joined in! She writes, "The tags have names on them for people,...Read More -
Youth And Young Adult Update
My name is Kristina Kuhnert. Emily Savage and I are young, Canadian, Eastern Synod Lutherans doing synod-wide and synod-supported Youth and Young Adult Ministry on the internet (for now!). You may have seen us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram (@ELCICyoungadults), on YouTube (on the “Young Canadian Lutheran” channel) or perhaps...Read More -
Preaching About Racism
For clergy/deacons/and other preachers: Thursdays in August, beginning on the 6th, at 2pm. “Preaching about Racism” by Carolyn Helsel (book study and discussion) This moderated group discussion will focus specifically on the task of preaching about racism by using Carolyn Helsel’s book and other resources shared by the group. There...Read More -
Season of Creation 2020
National Bishop Susan Johnson, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), and leaders from the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC), The Episcopal Church (TEC), and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have prepared a series of devotions to observe the Season of Creation 2020, Sept. 1–Oct. 4. The season, which begins...Read More -
Preliminary Considerations for the Resumption of In-Person Worship
Grace and peace to you, Since our appointment, the Task Force on the Resumption of In-Person Worship has been reviewing a wide range of resources prepared by other synods, our ecumenical siblings, as well as Public Health advisories from across the territory of the Eastern Synod. There is deep wisdom,...Read More -
National Indigenous Peoples Day
Dear People of God, We are all created in the image of God. When we can recognize our equal humanity and worth our attitudes and behaviours are motivated by compassion and the common good. The disheartening aspect of recent reports of police violence against Indigenous Peoples is that it is...Read More
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