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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 -
Prayer Service for Ukraine
Because of the recent aggression of Russia into Ukraine, Trinity Ayton held a prayer service on Wednesday, March 2, prior to the Ash Wednesday service at 7:00 p.m. This come and go service was open for the community to come to pray and light candles. Pastor Heather Spencer- Stoltz began...Read More -
The End of the Radio Golden Hour
ministry at St. MatthewsAs of January 1st, 2022, the 91-year Radio Golden Hour ministry at St. Matthews, Kitchener has regretfully come to a close. This difficult decision was made in large part due to Kitchener FaithFM 93.7 (our most recent radio partner) no longer being able to offer same-day broadcasts, and thus our contract...Read More -
What a journey we have been on!
St James Lutheran Church, Renfrew ON is a small congregation in the Upper Ottawa Valley. We have been watching our membership decline and our 60-year-old building age and need expensive repairs. Just the cost of heat and electricity was straining our budget. How do we keep going? Years ago, we...Read More
Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
Member church of the Lutheran World Federation