February 1, 2007 Old tunes, new words

Organizers of a hymn-writing contest have settled on the tunes; now they are looking for new words. The Joint Anglican-Lutheran Commission, which monitors and carries forward the work of the Full Communion agreement between the...

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February 1, 2007 Lutheran bishop to retire

Raymond L. Schultz, national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), has announced that he will retire as of Sept. 1, 2007 following the election of a successor at the church’s National Convention in June....

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January 1, 2007 Unity service hits snag

For a second year in a row, Anglicans, Lutherans and Roman Catholics will not gather to renew their baptismal vows during this month’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity; differences over the thorny issue of homosexuality were...

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January 1, 2007 Five-year anniversary

With picturesque church buildings behind them, members of the Joint Anglican-Lutheran Commission met recently in Mahone Bay, N.S., to mark five years of full communion between the Anglican and Lutheran churches in Canada.

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January 1, 2007 Lutheran synod accepts same-sex ruling

The Eastern Synod Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) has accepted “with deep regret” the ruling by its National Church Council that its synod’s approval of a resolution allowing a local option on the...

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November 1, 2006 ELCIC overrules synod on blessings issue

The National Church Council (NCC) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) has told its Eastern Synod that it cannot allow individual congregations to decide whether same-sex unions may be blessed in their parishes.

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August 30, 2006 Five years of full communion

To celebrate their five years in full communion, the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) have issued a joint letter asking congregations to designate Sunday, Nov. 12, for special celebrations across the nation.

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August 30, 2006 Uncertainty in wake of ELCIC vote

Delegates of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada’s (ELCIC) Eastern Synod voted July 6 to allow congregations to decide whether same-sex unions may be blessed in their parishes.  However, a cloud of uncertainty remains...

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July 11, 2006 Lutherans ponder next step as synod votes for same-sex blessings

Note: This is an amended version of a July 11 story. Delegates of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada’s (ELCIC) Eastern Synod voted July 6 to allow individual congregations to decide whether same-sex unions may be blessed...

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June 1, 2006 Worship conference

The biennial Anglican Church of Canada-Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) conference on worship has been scheduled for July 12 to 15 in Regina. The conference, whose theme is Making All Things New, will explore...

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