The Companion of the Worship Arts is an honour conferred in recognition of signficant contribution at the national, synodical and congregational level of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, and the national level of The Anglican Church of Canada.
A letter to the church in advance of Canada Day 2021 encouraging reflection
In a letter to the church in advance of Canada Day 2021, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada National Bishop Susan C. Johnson invites ELCIC members to join her in reflection, “on how we got here as a country and what we need to do to move towards reconciliation.”
Supporting Bill C-15, a critical step toward reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada National Bishop Susan Johnson writes to the church to ask members to lend their voice to support Bill C-15, an Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
A Renewed Call to Reconciliation
Content warning: abuse, trauma, tragic loss of children, genocide
Supporting our partners in Jerusalem and the Holy Land; a letter from Anglican, Lutheran leaders
In a letter to their churches, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada National Bishop Susan Johnson and Anglican Church of Canada Archbishop Linda Nicholls share their deep concern for the escalating violence in Gaza and central Isreal.
2021 Summer Sermon Series
For the second summer in a row, ELCIC Bishops and Assistant to the Bishops are coming together to provide a series of sermons available for congregations to use from May 23 to September 12, 2021.
Emergency Appeal to assist with the COVID-19 crisis in India
India’s total number of COVID-19 cases has dramatically risen to over 18 million as of April 29, with more than 300,000 cases reported for seven straight days and with no immediate signs of slowing down — and medical experts believe that the numbers are even higher with many cases not reported from rural areas.
A joint Earth Day message from Lutheran, Anglican leaders
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada National Bishop Susan Johnson, Anglican Church of Canada Archbishop Linda Nicholls and Anglican Church of Canada National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop Mark MacDonald share a joint Earth Day message with their two churches.
An Open Letter to Members of the Senate on Ending Modern Slavery
ELCIC National Bishop Susan Johnson joins with Archbishop Linda Nicholls, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, Rev. Dr. Karin Achtelsetter, Executive Director of Canadian Lutheran World Relief, and Will Postma, Executive Director of Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund in writing to express support for Bill-S-216 and ending modern slavery.
Statement for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
ELCIC National Bishop Susan Johnson joins with leaders of the Anglican Church of Canada, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and The Episcopal Church in a statement for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Descrimination, March 21, 2021
