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CRJ Book Study – Five Little Indians
Circle for Reconciliation and Justice - June book study The Circle for Reconciliation and Justice will coordinate a Synod-wide book study for the month of June, National Indigenous History Month. We have chosen the book Five Little Indians by Michelle Good. It can be bought in bookstores, ordered online in...Read More -
Wounded, Yet Resurrected
You will have received this issue of Canada Lutheran shortly after our celebration of Easter Sunday. This article, however, has been written in mid-February, one week prior to Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. Most of our congregations resumed in-person worship this past Sunday with a few to follow...Read More -
Red Dress Day – Resources & Ideas
May 5 marks Red Dress day in Canada, a day of remembrance for the 1200+ missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two spirit individuals across the country. Beginning over 12 years ago, the initiative was born out of Métis artist Jaime Black’s REDress art installation wherein hundreds of red...Read More -
Clergy Coaching Canada- Let’s talk to Rev Ilze Kuplens- Ewart
Who are you?Like you, I’m a rostered Eastern Synod pastor, but I’m recently retired,. Over the years I’ve been in parish ministry I’ve served small, large, and multiple site congregations. I have a family, and now grandchildren. I love the church, but at times it, and ministry, has driven me...Read More -
Wounded, Yet Resurrected
In his 2022 Easter Message, Bishop Michael Pryse reflects on the fact that the post-resurrected Christ still bore the marks of his crucifixion. Just as Jesus' wounds did not define the totality of his resurrected being, neither will our pandemic wounds define the totality of the church's post-pandemic experience. https://youtu.be/x6ZjekQD6Wc#Easter2022#myelcic...Read More -
Synod-Wide Palm Sunday Worship
This year, the Eastern Synod will be partnering with St. Peter's, Kitchener to provide a Palm Sunday worship opportunity. This televised service will be available to those who may choose to participate on Sunday morning via the live broadcast, as well as to those who may wish to view the...Read More -
Ash Wednesday
Psychologists tell us that in order to be healthy people we need to be able to mourn. It is healthy to give voice to our grief. It is healthy to acknowledge the frailty of our human condition. This is not news for Christians. In the beatitudes Jesus tells us that...Read More -
Lenten package available at Trinity
Again, material was collected for a Lenten package for children and adults which is available at church in March. The display board contains many of the activities: 3 pancake recipes for Shrove Tuesday, information about Lent and Ash Wednesday, a pictorial record of our Lenten journey, information about St....Read More -
Love messages from Trinity, Ayton
Messages of love (valentines) in all shapes and sizes were created by children and adults alike from our church and local community. Covid restrictions demanded thinking outside the box to involve children and adults in a way to create the messages and more importantly to send or deliver these messages...Read More