National Bishop Susan Johnson, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), and leaders from the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC), The Episcopal Church (TEC), and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have prepared a series of devotions to observe the Season of Creation 2020, Sept. 1–Oct. 4.
A letter from Anglican, Lutheran leaders for National Indigenous Peoples Day – June 21, 2020
In a letter from Indigenous Archbishop Mark MacDonald, Anglican Church of Canada, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, Anglican Church of Canada, and National Bishop Susan Johnson, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the three leaders lift up National Indigenous Peoples Day.
2020 Companions of the Worship Arts Recipients Announced
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) and Anglican Church of Canada (ACC) are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 Companion of the Worship Arts (CWA).
Summer Sermon Series 2020
ELCIC Bishops and Assistants to the Bishops are preparing sermons for congregational use throughout the summer from June 14 to September 13. The sermons will be provided in both PDF and video format.
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National, Synod Bishops acknowledge racisim "within us and within our communities"
In a letter to the church, ELCIC National and Synod Bishops acknowledge that, “racism is within us and within our communties.” The leaders call on all congregations and members to commit to doing the hard work and change our ways of thinking and our actions that demean and hurt, “We need to listen, learn, hear the stories, stand alongside of, speak up, speak out, and stand up against injustice.”
Church leaders acknowledge the racism in their midst
In response to the demonstrations across the United States and Canada in the wake of the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the Anglican Church of Canada, and The United Church of Canada have issued a joint letter.