The seminary community warmly invites you to our service of Advent Lessons and Carols. This treasured annual event takes place this year on the Second Sunday in Advent, 8 December 2019, at 4.00pm. The seminary faculty, staff, students, and Seminary Chorus will be joined by singers from Resurrection Lutheran Church, with music of handbells, violin, … Continue reading Advent Lessons and Carols Service 2019
Linda Ann Lantz Funeral Service Audio (podcast)
Linda Ann Lantz received Christian burial through a service of Resurrection Lutheran Church, held at Grace Ev. Lutheran Church, St. Catharines, on 19 November 2019.
Linda Ann Lantz, Obituary
Our Saviour Jesus Christ has destroyed death and brings life and immortality to light though the gospel. Let us remember with thanksgiving what God has done through Linda. Linda Ann Storer was born in Kitchener on June 1, 1971, to Alfred and Muriel Storer. She was reborn as a child of God in the waters … Continue reading Linda Ann Lantz, Obituary
Sermon: Funeral of Linda Lantz, 2019-11-19
The following sermon was preached by Rev. Dr Thomas Winger at Grace Ev. Lutheran Church, St. Catharines, for the funeral service of Linda Ann Lantz. The order of service may be downloaded here. Dear brothers and sisters of our Lord Jesus Christ, especially Kurt, Daniel, Ben, Nathaniel, Rachel, and mother Muriel: For me to tell … Continue reading Sermon: Funeral of Linda Lantz, 2019-11-19
Two Week Course Looks at Christianity in Art and Film
Popular Canadian Lutheran and Issues, Etc. movie reviewer, Pastor Ted Giese (Mount Olive, Regina), will be teaching a short-term course for two weeks at the beginning of January here at Concordia, St. Catharines. The course is titled, Christianity, Fine Art, and the Movies: A Lutheran Approach to Media Consumption, and promises to be an engaging … Continue reading Two Week Course Looks at Christianity in Art and Film
Sermon: St James of Jerusalem
The following sermon was preached by Dr Thomas Winger in the seminary's Martin Luther Chapel for the divine service on the occasion of the Festival of St James of Jerusalem, Brother of Jesus and Martyr, 23 October 2019. The text is Acts 15:1-22a. Dear brothers and sisters of our Lord Jesus Christ: A search of … Continue reading Sermon: St James of Jerusalem
Liturgical Calendar 2020
For more than a decade CLTS, St. Catharines (lately in co-operation with CLS, Edmonton), has provided all LCC congregations with a wall calendar primarily meant for use by altar guilds. The calendar contained the liturgical festivals of the three-year and one-year lectionary series, together with their parament/vestment colours and space to write notes. In recent … Continue reading Liturgical Calendar 2020
Harvest Day 2019
The great theme of Thanksgiving resounded loud and clear in the seminary chapel throughout the Harvest Day kept under beautiful autumn weather this past Saturday, 19 October 2019. In Dr Winger’s absence—the seminary president was in the midst of a mammoth 34-hour return journey from the Philippines—Dr Stephenson welcomed all who had journeyed to Harvest Day … Continue reading Harvest Day 2019
Sermon for St Luke, Evangelist
The following sermon was preached by Dr Harold Ristau in the seminary's Martin Luther Chapel on 18 October 2019 for the Feast of St Luke, Evangelist. The text is Luke 10:1-9. The words of our Gospel are more than guidelines on how missionaries and pastors are to begin and conduct their ministries. They offer both … Continue reading Sermon for St Luke, Evangelist
Thanks-giving for Your Pastor
At Thanksgiving we not only give thanks to God for the blessings of our country and its rich harvest, but we remember His grace shown to us in Jesus Christ, our Saviour. That message is the focus of the Holy Ministry that Jesus instituted to preach the Gospel to all the world. This Thanksgiving please … Continue reading Thanks-giving for Your Pastor
Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary 