LCC Seminaries Hold Joint Board of Regents Meeting
EDMONTON – The Boards of Regents of Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) in St. Catharines, Ontario, and Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) in Edmonton met jointly February 2-3, 2016 at CLS’ campus in Edmonton.
Significant time was devoted each day to board development (urged by the Association of Theological Schools) with In Trust consultant Dr. Rebekah Basinger. The focus of these governance development steps was on how the board structure and action must align with synodical goals for theological education. Each board is to provide policy and governance direction so that its seminary …
Pastor’s Desk Diary now available
CANADA – Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines, Ontario) is again pleased to offer to the church the annual Pastor’s Desk Diary. It contains readings from the three-year and one-year lectionaries, including variants for the major Lutheran churches in Canada (Lutheran Church–Canada, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, and Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod). The original work of Thrivent Financial in the United States has been adapted to the Canadian calendar.
Although the seminary can no longer offer the diary for free, the cost has been kept to $19 (plus shipping and GST) …
Preparations underway for 2016 National Youth Gathering
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Get ready… the National Youth Gathering (NYG) is coming soon!
Under the diligent leadership of Tony Marchand, the NYG planning committee met for the first time and is looking forward to encouraging the youth of LCC in 2016. The upcoming gathering is set for July 8-12, 2016 and will be held at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario.
The location for this event has provided many amazing opportunities, both in terms of fellowship as well as theme development. “We are delighted to be able to partner with so …
Videos, mp3s posted online from Militant Secularism conference
ONLINE – If you missed the Militant Secularism conference at Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS – St. Catharines, Ontario) a few weeks ago, you can catch up online by watching videos or downloading mp3s of the major presentations.
The symposium preceded regular meetings between the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC), and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). The event presentations by both Lutheran and Anglican theologians, including Rev. Dr. John Stephenson (LCC), Bishop Donald Harvey (ACNA), Rev. Dr. Joel Lehenbauer (LCMS) and Rev. Dr. Jonathan Riches (ACNA). Seminary students, …
LCC seminaries call faculty members
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries are each calling a new full-time faculty member.
Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines, Ontario) is seeking a Professor of Theology, to take office in July 2015. The preferred candidate will have a specialty in Dogmatics or Old Testament. View the complete call for applications here.
Concordia Lutheran Seminary (Edmonton) is seeking a faculty member specializing in Systematic Theology, but able to teach in other disciplines as well. A call will be issued in May 2015, with the successful candidate to begin service at the seminary …
Seminaries welcome new students as 2014-2015 school year begins
CANADA – September marked the beginning of a new school year for both of Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) seminaries. The seminaries’ shared theme for this academic year comes from the writings of St. Paul: “Train yourself for godliness” (1 Timothy 4:7).
Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) was first to hold its opening service, doing so during regular chapel on September 2. CLS President James Gimbel preached at the event, which marked the beginning of the 31st academic year at CLS. Among the guests were members of the Stony Plain Circuit, who were meeting …
John Kleinig to speak at CLTS retreat
NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO – Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) is inviting members of the wider church to participate in the seminary’s opening retreat of the 2014-2015 academic year.
The retreat will take places August 28-29, 2014 at the Mount Carmel Spiritual Centre in Niagara Falls. The featured speaker for this year’s event will be Rev. Dr. John Kleinig of Australia. His topic will be “The Spiritual Disciplines,” which is geared toward pastoral development but also highly relevant to lay people. The retreat includes a series of reflective prayer services, including late …
Watch LCC’s seminaries’ convocation services live online
ONLINE – As Lutheran Church-Canada’s (LCC) seminaries prepare for this year’s sacred convocation ceremonies, they want LCC members to know that if they cannot attend in person they can still take part online.
Concordia Lutheran Seminary (Edmonton) will hold its Sacred Convocation service May 30 at 7:00 p.m. in the Tegler Centre of Concordia University College of Alberta. Those wishing to follow along online should visit http://www.concordiasem.ab.ca/CLSTV.php.
Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines, Ontario) will hold its annual Call Service May 31 at 4:00 p.m. at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (St. Catharines). …
LCC seminaries prepare for convocation services, announce award recipients
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) seminaries are preparing for this year’s sacred convocation ceremonies.
Concordia Lutheran Seminary (Edmonton) will hold its Sacred Convocation service May 30 at 7:00 p.m. in the Tegler Centre of Concordia University College of Alberta. The seminary will celebrate the program completion of colloquy candidate, Rev. Alvin Oberhammer; announce the vicarage assignments for three students; award the Doctor of Divinity degree, honoris causa, to Bishop Hans-Jörg Voigt of Germany’s Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church; and present the Doulos dia Iesoun (Servant for Jesus’ sake) award to Rev. Larry …
Seminaries Sunday resources now available (LCC)
CANADA – Resources for Seminaries Sunday are now available for Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) congregations to download.
LCC no longer designates a specific day of the year as “Seminaries Sunday,” but encourages congregations to select a Sunday in which to remember the two seminaries with prayers and offerings. The church encourages the use of the Propers appointed for the day, but congregations may wish to also make use of the seminaries’ joint theme verse for the year:
“So, then, you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow-citizens with the saints …
New volume of Lutheran Theological Review released
CANADA – Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines, Ontario) and Concordia Lutheran Seminary (Edmonton) have released a new volume of Lutheran Theological Review.
Lutheran Theological Review is an annual journal co-published by Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) two seminaries. It provides a forum for professors and pastors to publish their research, and for the seminaries to provide resources to stimulate the minds of LCC’s pastorate and laity.
Free copies are sent to every pastor in LCC, and paid subscriptions are available. As a public service to the church, Lutheran Theological Review is also provided …
“Here am I. Send me!”
ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – President Robert Bugbee of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) was present for Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary’s Call Service this year, serving as guest preacher. His text was Isaiah 6:1-8, and he urged the students to answer as the prophet did, with a solemn “Here am I. Send me!”
The video of that sermon is now available online.
Seminaries to stream convocation services online
ONLINE – Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries have announced they will both be live-streaming this year’s convocation services. During the ceremonies, pastoral candidates will receive their first calls and vicars will receive their year-term placements.
On Friday, May 24, Concordia Lutheran Seminary (Edmonton) will be holding its Sacred Convocation in the Robert Tegler Student Centre at Concordia University College of Alberta. The event will be broadcast live, beginning at 7:00 p.m. (MST). Visit http://www.concordiasem.ab.ca/CLSTV.php to watch online.
On Saturday, May 25, Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines, Ontario) will hold its Call Service …
Supporting CLTS through Amazon shopping
ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS) is encouraging Lutheran Church-Canada (LCC) members to support it through online shopping at Amazon.
As students increasingly choose to shop online for textbooks, the seminary’s bookstore is not seeing as much traffic as it used to. As a result, the bookstore plans to hold mainly hard-to-get textbooks as well as second-hand books in the future. But there is also a way for the seminary to benefit from the modern online shopping trend. CLTS has created a virtual shop for both Amazon Canada and Amazon USA. When …