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Rev. Kurt Reinhardt is a 1999 graduate of Concordia, St. Catharines. Thanks to the Canadian Lutheran for the story below. Feed: Canadian Lutheran Online Posted on: Sunday, 8 June 2014 2:00pm Author: canluth Subject: Convention Essayist Calls to Prayer VANCOUVER – Saturday saw Rev. Kurt Reinhardt take the stage for the first part of his … Continue reading CLTS Grad Serves as LCC Convention Essayist

Rev. Mark L. Smith is a 2009 graduate of Concordia, St. Catharines. Thanks to the Canadian Lutheran for the Story Below. Feed: Canadian Lutheran Online Posted on: Sunday, 8 June 2014 9:00am Author: canluth Subject: Convention Elects Synodical Vice Presidents   VANCOUVER - On Saturday, the National Convention in Vancouver elected the synodical Vice Presidents … Continue reading CLTS Grad Elected Synodical Vice-President

Today's devotional writing in the Treasury of Daily Prayer is particularly appropriate in this week after the call service, as our graduates are preparing to be ordained and enter into their first congregations. Martin Luther is commenting on John 3:34, "For He whom God has sent utters the Word of God":   John is speaking here … Continue reading He Whom God Has Sent …

Sometimes it is hard to remember that pastors are among the craziest people in the world. Thus observed Rev. Rolf Preus in his message to more than 200 guests in attendance, and especially to the six candidates for placement (including two of his sons), at the 2014 Call Service, held Saturday, 31 May, at Grace … Continue reading Celebrating Service

Candidate, Vicarage, and DPS Intern Placements 2014 (31/05/14) Candidate Placements (all from CLTS, St. Catharines) Basil Christorforidis - Peace/Duchess Lutheran, Taber/Duchess, AB Tyson Mastin - St. John’s Lutheran, Plato, MN John Nieminen - Zion/Trinity Lutheran, Melville/Neudorf, SK Andrew Preus - Trinity/St. Paul Lutheran, Guttenberg/McGregor, IA Paul Preus - Zion Lutheran, Ellendale, ND Jeremy Richert - … Continue reading Candidate, Vicar, and DPS Placements 2014

The seminary is hosting a number of lectures during the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences meetings being held at Brock University from May 25 - May 30 (http://brocku.ca/congress2014/). The meeting is the largest academic gathering of its kind in Canada. To celebrate this event, the seminary bookstore will be having a 50% … Continue reading “Congress” Special: 50% off at Seminary Bookstore

The seminary’s annual Call Service takes place on Saturday, 31 May 2014, 4:00pm, at Grace Lutheran Church, St. Catharines. We plan to broadcast the service live by webcam. If you would like to watch, follow the link below. http://new.livestream.com/accounts/771825/events/3016496 A recording will be available after the event until 18 June.

Offering God’s peace under enemy fire is just one of the important aspects of military chaplaincy, explained Rev. Alex Knowles to the 118 guests and members of the seminary community in the chapel on 26 April. And he should know. Major Knowles is a CLTS graduate and served as a first responder after the 9/11 … Continue reading Guild Day 2014

Waiting for a group of people you do not know to call you to serve them as pastor can be an agonizing wait. Certified candidates for the holy ministry do not see all the prayers, meetings, conversations, communications, consultations and paper work that go into formulating and then issuing a call. For various reasons not … Continue reading First Call for Sam Choi

The following sermon was preached in the seminary's Martin Luther Chapel for the divine service on the Festival of St Philip and St James, Apostles, by Rev. Dr Wilhelm Torgerson. St Mark 16:18 Just imagine it for a moment: Jesus rose from the dead—and nobody took notice. He lives—and people have no clue. He is … Continue reading Sermon (Mark 16:1-8)