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  We’re waving what on Palm Sunday?   Peace, friends. Every year on Palm Sunday, many faith communities will gather Palm Branches and wave them in remembrance of Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. On Sunday March 29, in place of palm branches, we will use some urgently needed items identified by our neighbours at Marillac Plac...

        National and Synodical Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) have written a letter to the church on non-binary safety. In the letter, dated February 11, 2025, the leaders ask all to join in praying, learning, speaking out, advocating for 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, and provding safe spaces and opportunities...

      In one of my university classes, we explored and examined systems of power. Hierarchies…in the world, in the church, in communities…systems of power and control…systems of othering people…and as I read about this stuff, it strikes a chord, and it’s way worse than anything that happens in a crowded pa...

The Record, APRIL 09, 2021  TERRY PENDER   KITCHENER — Amid shiny new condo towers in the city core, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church on Queen Street North is moving ahead with plans to provide affordable apartments.   The congregation recently voted to partner with a Hamilton-based developer to build 40 one-bedroom units with...

      Canada Lutheran   Fall 2019     Television is more than a communication medium. It’s about hope and heart and story. “And wow…does our church have a great story to tell(!) and so television becomes tell-a-vision: not only the vision of ministry, but the vision of God’s purpose to l...