Mar 4, 2021 | Homepage Feature, News & Events
March 4, 2021 Dear members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, We write to you today out of ongoing concern for domestic violence in our country and within our church. Especially troubling is the recent rise in domestic violence. The realities of the...
Mar 4, 2021 | Grants, Homepage Feature, Ministry, News & Events
Last fall, Candace Kostna (Abundant Life, Winnipeg) received an ACTS of the MNO grant to take some courses through Vibrant Faith ministries addressing the impact of the pandemic on faith formation (Christian Education, Children/Youth ministry, Adult Education, etc)....
Feb 16, 2021 | Homepage Feature, News & Events
Looking for devotions and resources for the season of Lent? Here are a few options: Daily email from Pr. Bruce Ehlert (ELCIC pastor on-leave from call): Remember to pray each day during Lent. Get a prayer and a picture to ponder via email every morning. Subscribe...
Feb 2, 2021 | Homepage Feature, Ministry
From the ELCIC Worship Committee David Kaiser who is a retired ELCIC pastor began to write poems for each day in Lent while working at the Lutheran Seminary in Hong Kong in 2002. A few years later, he asked Frank Armistead, also an ELCIC pastor and an artist to create...
Feb 1, 2021 | Grants, Homepage Feature, Ministry, News & Events
submitted by Jett Isleifson and Rev. Tyler Gingrich “And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.” (Acts 2:2, NRSV) Well, the effect at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church was not...
Jan 7, 2021 | Grants, Homepage Feature, Ministry
Leaders from Messiah Lutheran Church, Winnipeg received an ACTS of MNO grant to strengthen connection and communication in new ways with their community through a set of resources for faith formation during the seasons of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. Originally...