Links

Here are some of the agencies and organizations that relate to our church and its work. Click on the links and visit them as you have time and interest.

Lutheran Church--Canada (LCC), in Winnipeg, Manitoba, www.lutheranchurch.ca This website provides a general overview of the work of our national church body, which includes some 325 congregations from Nova Scotia to British Columbia. Once you are on this website, you can follow the links to the three districts of LCC working in various regions of the country, including the "East District," of which Holy Cross is a member.

Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary in St. Catharines, Ontario, www.concordia-seminary.ca Located on the campus of Brock University, Concordia (CLTS) is the Lutheran Church--Canada's training school for pastors in eastern Canada, and also serves many international students and some who commute to the Seminary from western New York state.

Concordia Lutheran Seminary in Edmonton, Alberta, www.concordiasem.ab.ca Concordia (CLS) is situated directly nextdoor to Concordia University College of Alberta. As another training school for future pastors and missionaries, it serves primarily the western districts of the Lutheran Church--Canada.

Concordia University College of Alberta, also in Edmonton, www.concordia.ab.ca is a degree-granting institution in existence since the 1920's. Not only does Concordia prepare students for full-time work in the church, but provides many programs to train young men and women to be productive members of society in a Christian environment.

Concordia Lutheran Mission Society (CLMS) www.concordiamissions.org is an "auxiliary" of the Lutheran Church--Canada. In other words, this agency is not governed by LCC nor does it rely on LCC for its funding, but it exists to expand LCC's foreign mission program in places like Thailand, Nicaragua and Ukraine.

Lutheran Laymen's League--Canada (LLL) in Kitchener, Ontario www.lll.ca is another "auxiliary" of LCC. This organization produces television and radio programs, daily devotions, a family activity site, and more.

Concordia Publishing House (CPH) in St. Louis, Missouri www.cph.org is the publishing arm of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and provides many resources for the work we do in our Lutheran Church--Canada. You can explore this website to see CPH's vast offering of books, CD's, theological documents, church supplies, etc., on line. Ordering information is provided, too.

Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche (SELK) www.selk.de This is the website of our partners, the "Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany" and provides information on their activities and individual websites of congregations. Although primarily aimed at German speakers, there is an English section to click on as well.

Lutheran Service Book (LSB) lsb.cph.org This site is devoted to the new hymnal which Holy Cross Church introduced in 2007. It includes a full description of the various editions of the hymnal now available, as well as ordering information if people want their own copies for use at home or as a gift.

The Cyber Hymnal www.cyberhymnal.org provides texts, music and information about the authors and composers of over 6000 hymns. With your computer speakers you can hear the tunes played so you know how they sound even if you don't handle piano or organ on your own.