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The congregation at St. John celebrates a gift to Seminary This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Eastern Synod of the ELCIC–our larger Lutheran family from Sault Saint Marie to Halifax. It is also St John’s 115th anniversary and Waterloo Lutheran Seminary’s 100th anniversary. A few years ago St John gave Waterloo Lutheran . . . → Read More: A gift to Waterloo Seminary 2010 Joint Christmas video from National Bishop Susan Johnson, ELCIC, and Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada . . . → Read More: A Christmas Message for Anglicans and Lutherans Alike
Pastor Lukas and the German School in St. John, 1902. . . . → Read More: A Christmas from Yesteryear Meet our Choir and music director, Michael Fry. Put pictures, possibly music clip here . . . → Read More: Music [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="375" caption="Pastor Joel"]
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A pastor’s kid from Lunenburg, N.S., Joel Crouse received his ordination in 1997 after graduating with his master’s degree in theology from Waterloo Lutheran Seminary. He was called to Zion Lutheran Church in Pembroke, where he served for four years before accepting a call to St. John Lutheran Church in Ottawa. In addition to his social justice focus, he has served on the award-winning Interfaith Ottawa, Christian Council for the Capital Area as well as several joint Anglican-Lutheran initiatives. For the last two years, he has been contributing to the life of the larger church as the director of youth. Joel is married to Erin Anderssen and has two sons, Noah and Samson. His role models are his parents, Rev. Keith and Grethe Crouse, now retired after 45 years of ministry, who continue to teach him about compassion and faith. . . . → Read More: Our Pastor: Joel Crouse In 1894 a small group of Lutherans, under the leadership of Mr. August Boehmer, broke away from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church to organize the first German Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Ottawa. The services of the Canada Synod were requested by this group. . . . → Read More: Our Church: 1895:1920 The year 1995 was a special one for the people of St. John. This was the 100th anniversary of the church founding. One of the activities from that year was the production a book to commemorate this history, “Come Celebrate With Us”. This book is not just about the history of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church . . . → Read More: 100 years: A history of St. John We, the people of St. John, celebrate the diversity in our Christian fellowship, work to foster love and justice in our community and wider society, and strive to follow these guiding principles: Jesus is Lord |
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