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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)

The following sermon was preached by Dr William Mundt in the seminary's Martin Luther Chapel for the divine service on 25 April 2014. But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil your ministry. I had to apologize to Tyson a couple months ago. When the Kentucky snake-handling … Continue reading The Festival of St Mark, Evangelist (2 Tim. 4:5-18)

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Doubtless, many pastors in Canada this year will draw a connection between the joy of Easter and the great relief of spring after a long, hard winter. Eggs and lilies picture for us the life of Christ that emerged from the death of His stone tomb. So also do … Continue reading Easter Letter 2014

The seminary's annual Call Service will take place at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 213 Linwell Rd, St. Catharines, on Saturday, 31 May 2014, 4:00pm. We heartily invite members of LCC, and especially friends and family of the graduates, to attend this festive event. As many as eight graduating pastoral students will receive their placements in … Continue reading Call Service 2014

Leading Australian theologian Dr John Kleinig is a familiar and beloved figure in LCC in general and at CLTS in particular. In October of 2013 he received a Festschrift in his honour, edited by Drs Winger and Stephenson. We are glad to announce that Dr Kleinig, accompanied by his wife, Claire, will be paying us … Continue reading Dr John Kleinig to Speak at Seminary Retreat