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Cambodian Lutheran church ordains bishop
Monday, May 17, 2010
SIHANOUKVILLE, CAMBODIA – The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cambodia (ELCC) ordained its first bishop during a service in the town of Sihanoukville, Friday, May 14.
Dr. Leonard Harms, LCC volunteer missionary representing Rev. Robert Bugbee, president of Lutheran Church–Canada, ordained Rev. Vanarith Chhin during a service in this small coastal town, located halfway between Thailand and Vietnam.
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New pastors and vicars receive cross-Canada placements
Saturday, May 8, 2010
In two special gatherings Friday, May 7 and Saturday May 8, Lutheran Church–Canada’s two seminaries sent nine pastors and seven vicars into the field to serve congregations from Vancouver Island to downtown Toronto and beyond to the U.S.
Almost 250 family, friends, faculty and staff attended the Sacred Convocation of Concordia Lutheran Seminary, Edmonton, Friday evening, May 7. More than 100 viewers joined them on line. The evening event at Concordia University College’s Tegler Student Centre began with a rhythmic rendition of Holy, Holy, Holy, sung in Portuguese and English by members of the Concordia Community Chorus under the direction of the seminary’s music director David Mitchell.
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More earthquake relief supplies arrive in Haiti
Thursday, May 6, 2010
GONAIVES, HAITI — About 3,000 more Haitians who are recovering from a January 12 earthquake have clothes, shoes and sleeping mats thanks to a recent shipment from the Haiti Lutheran Mission Society (HLMS).
Rev. Revenel Benoit, president of Lutheran Church of Haiti (LCH), said a 12-metre-long container full of donated goods has arrived in Haiti. The container was sent by the HLMS, based out of St. Catharines, Ont., and was the group’s most-recent relief effort.
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