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All About Relationship
For most of my time in ordained ministry, I have been privileged to participate in efforts to build and nurture our Full Communion relationship with the Anglican Church of Canada. Through this work I have been blessed beyond measure! During my term as co-chair of the Anglican Lutheran International Coordinating...Read More -
Rev. Dr. Mark Harris to serve as a Congregational Redevelopment Advisor
Photo by Mirko Petricevic, Martin Luther University College Dear Friends, I am delighted to inform you that the Eastern Synod welcomes the Rev. Dr. Mark Harris to serve as a Congregational Redevelopment Advisor starting on July 1, 2021. Congregational Redevelopment Services is one of the ways the Eastern Synod supports...Read More -
A Renewed Call To Reconciliation
Content warning: abuse, trauma, tragic loss of children, genocide A Renewed Call To Reconciliation - 2021Download https://youtu.be/syRKJAZ-Hxo DOWNLOAD VIDEO We encourage you to use this prayer in your mediated worship, congregational mailings and across your social media channels.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 -
Building a Better Budget
Every three years, several hundred rostered ministers, lay delegates and visitors, representing congregations across the territory of the Eastern Synod, gather over several days for inspiring worship, stimulating educational experiences, highly valued fellowship and to conduct the Synod’s business. One of the important business matters that delegates to this year’s...Read More -
Germania Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran Church
By Andrew HindMUSKOKA LIFE magazine, April 2021Used with permission. l- Henry Gilbert donated land for the church, which was ready for services by the summer of 1876.r- Germania Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran Church is one of the most unique churches in Muskoka. It's one of very few log construstion churches without...Read More -
Centre for Spirituality and Media
Martin Luther University College (Luther) and the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) are pleased to announce the launch of the Centre for Spirituality and Media. The joint project is being led by founding director Sherry Coman, associate professional faculty at Luther and the Eastern Synod’s deacon for spirituality and internet outreach. Rev. Dr. Kristine Lund, Luther’s principal-dean, said the...Read More -
OK…What’s Next?
REGISTER NOW OK…What’s Next? Many of us are asking this question right now, whether we are Lay or Rostered Leaders engaged in worship in the Eastern Synod. In anticipating a move to hybrid worship-presenting, both online and in-person church gatherings, the Eastern Synod and the Centre for Spirituality and Media at Martin Luther University College invite you to...Read More -
Bill C-15
Dear Friends, On May 4, 2021, the Canadian Council of Churches hosted a panel discussion with Truth and Reconciliation Commissioners, Dr. Marie Wilson, the Honourable Murray Sinclair and Chief Wilton Littlechild. The Commissioners were addressing Bill C-15 which received second reading in the Senate on April 11, 2021. Bill C-15 is...Read More
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