Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kelowna (ELCIC)

06/05/2026

Read about the ELCIC Day of Action wrap-up, learn more about the recent Conversations Across the Church event and join in prayer with National Bishop Larry Kochendorfer for the four young students detained in Birzeit.

Read all that and much more below:

https://mailchi.mp/elcic/elcic-news732fgasd8g127-4751615?e=7d185dec88

06/05/2026

Voices from the Communion

Ayantu Abdissa from Ethiopia shares her journey combining healthcare studies with a growing desire to put faith into action to serve women and girls struggling with the trauma of conflict and gender-based violence



Read more: https://lutheranworld.org/news/ethiopia-public-healthcare-peacebuilding-and-advocacy-women-and-girls

06/05/2026

06/03/2026

National Bishop Larry Kochendorfer is inviting the church to join in prayer and advocacy following an urgent request from Bishop Dr. Imad Haddad of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL), an ELCIC partner church.  In a June 3 letter to the church, Bishop Kochendorfer s...

06/03/2026

From neighbourhood clean-ups and community barbecues to fundraisers, food donations and acts of service, congregations across the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) came together on May 31 for the first ever ELCIC Day of Action. The new initiative encouraged congregations to step outside....

05/28/2026

“We are role models in the community. I want my sisters to rise the way I have and do even better,” says Glenda, LWF staff member in Panyagor, South Sudan.

Your support, together with funding from the Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada, is helping women and girls in South Sudan access counselling, safer water, dignity kits and support as they rebuild their lives.

Read about the transformational work happening in South Sudan: https://www.clwr.org/news-events/how-canadian-lutherans-are-supporting-women-in-south-sudan?utm_source=meta&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SouthSudan

Implemented together with The Lutheran World Federation.

05/28/2026

Share your stories! Congregations across the church are celebrating the ELCIC Day of Action this Sunday, May 31.

On Sunday, be sure to tag the ELCIC in your photos online and officially submit your content through the submissions Jotform found here: https://form.jotform.com/ELCIC/elcic-day-of-action---our-stories