Ways to Give to Grace from our Treasurer
To all members of the Grace community Although we are apart, we need to continually support our community. If you have the ability, please donate by: 1. Dropping off or mailing a cheque to the church. Grace Lutheran Church 136 Margaret…
Extra Lutheran Content Added
Take a look at the “Lutheran Content Online!” post at the top of this home page that has been updated to include links to Lutheran Church-Canada’s website including home devotional resources, written sermons by pastors from LC-C, video sermons from…
Portals of Prayer Available Upon Request
Dear Members of Grace, Many of you were able to get a copy of the latest edition of Portals of Prayer, our Lutheran devotional booklet, before the church closed in March. But if you were not able to get a…
Christian Spirituality Lecture by Rev. Dr. John Kleinig, Lecture 4
Dear Reader, Back in the winter of 2003, I was blessed to take a course at Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary, in St. Catharines, Ontario, with Rev. Dr. John Kleinig, who was in St. Catharines on faculty exchange from the Lutheran…
Christian Spirituality Lecture by Rev. Dr. John Kleinig, Lecture 3
Dear Reader, Back in the winter of 2003, I was blessed to take a course at Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary, in St. Catharines, Ontario, with Rev. Dr. John Kleinig, who was in St. Catharines on faculty exchange from the Lutheran…
Christian Spirituality Lecture by Rev. Dr. John Kleinig, Lecture 2
Dear Reader, Back in the winter of 2003, I was blessed to take a course at Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary, in St. Catharines, Ontario, with Rev. Dr. John Kleinig, who was in St. Catharines on faculty exchange from the Lutheran…
Lutheran Content Online!
Dear members of Grace, The following are a set of links to a great deal of Lutheran Church-Canada content as well as links to other Lutheran websites that offer Lutheran audio/video content or books: Lutheran Church-Canada’s website has all kinds…
Christian Spirituality Lecture by Rev. Dr. John Kleinig, Lecture 1
Dear Reader, Back in the winter of 2003, I was blessed to take a course at Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary, in St. Catharines, Ontario, with Rev. Dr. John Kleinig, who was in St. Catharines on faculty exchange from the Lutheran…
Pastoral Letter from Pastor Korsch
Dear members of Grace, Grace and mercy to you all from God our Father and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! The purpose of this letter is to describe to you how the Emergency Declaration by the Region of Waterloo…
Pastoral Letter from President Teuscher
Dear Members of Grace, Synodical President Teuscher has written a pastoral letter on the topic of the coronavirus to all the members and congregations of synod. To read it click on the link below. -Pastor Korsch https://www.canadianlutheran.ca/concerning-covid-19-statement-from-lcc-president/
Home Worship Resources
Dear Members of Grace, With many Lutheran Church-Canada congregations closed as we are, the synod has put out information that will help your family have devotions at home. You will find the information and other related news in the link…
Waterloo Region Declares Closure of all Churches
Dear Members of Grace, The Region of Waterloo has used its emergency powers to declare the closure of all churches in the Region as of today, March 25, 2020. This is an open-ended declaration so we do not know when…
A Sermon on the Coronavirus: Christ is our Hope and our Life!
Dear members of Grace: May the Lord bless you with His peace and grace during these challenging days of the coronavirus pandemic. The following is my sermon for you which I preached on Sunday, March 15, 2020. If any of…
Creation Ministry Event at Grace January 19, 2020 at 12:45PM
Dear Friends, Please join us in the lower auditorium of Grace Lutheran Church (136 Margaret Avenue, Kitchener, ON) on Sunday, January 19, 2020, at 12:45 PM, as we welcome Mr. Matt Bondy of Creation Ministries International to deliver a lecture…
Christmas Worship Services and Times
Please join us for worship this Advent and Christmas season! Our worship services and times this year are as follows: Sunday, December 22 9:30am Sunday School, High School Bible Study and Adult Bible Study 10:45am The Divine Service…
Christmas “Sing-Noel” Cantata at Centre In The Square December 8 and 9
On Sunday, December 8 at 7:30 p.m. and Monday, December 9 at 7:30 p.m, Mr. Ray Nikyuluw is directing a Cantata called “Sing-Noel”. You are invited! The cantata is an uplifting music celebration, a collection of contemporary material and carols…
Grace’s 75th Anniversary Service on November 17th
All are welcome to join us for a special 75th anniversary worship service on Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 3PM. Regional Pastor Marvin Bublitz will be our guest preacher. Guests, visitors and former members of Grace are all invited. Please…
How to get to Grace from UW, WLU and Conestoga College on Grand River Transit
Dear university and college students, If you are new to town and post-secondary education I hope you had a great frosh week (do they still call it that?) and a great first day of classes. We had a new Conestoga…
Starting This Sunday Worship returns to 10:45AM
Beginning this Sunday, September 8, our regular worship time returns to 10:45AM. Sunday school, High school Bible study and Adult Bible study begin at 9:30AM.
What is the purpose of getting an education?
Dear Reader, High school and university students often have a difficult time choosing a career path. It’s hard to know what you want to do when you don’t have any prior experience. So just what is the purpose of getting…
Welcome UW, WLU and Conestoga Students
Dear Students, If you are new to Kitchener-Waterloo, welcome to our beautiful twin city. I hope you have a great academic year and your classes go well. As a former UW grad I remember the nervousness of starting something as…
Easter Sunday at Grace
We invite you to join us on Easter Sunday morning for a beautiful breakfast from 8:30-9:30AM (free-will offering). Then at 10AM we will worship or resurrected Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in the Divine Service at 10AM. All are welcome!
Understanding the times
We live in confusing times, times that are very different from the days not that long ago of the late nineties and early 2000s. Back then everyone was positive, people were in a good mood, and little mistakes were overlooked…
We’re Back!
After switching internet service providers in 2014 and moving between two different WordPress pages for the site we are happy to be back. Feel free to look at some of the older content on this website that you may have…
The Grammar of Holiness: Part 2
You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean, and you are to teach the people of Israel all the statutes that the Lord has spoken to them by Moses. Leviticus 10:10-11…
The Grammar of Holiness: Part 1
Today the average person in the West is losing or has lost a sense for what is holy. While this certainly goes along with a decrease in worship attendance in all Western countries (North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand) this…
Dealing with Anger
As I was going through my seminary notes today in preparation for Sunday’s sermon looking for some of my notes on the gift of the Holy Spirit by Rev. Dr. John Kleinig (a retired Lutheran professor from Australia who taught…
A Pastoral Letter on Marriage for the Young
Dear Readers, The following is a beautiful pastoral letter on marriage meant for young adults from the bishop of our sister church in Germany, the Independent Evangelical Church in Germany. Bishop Hans-Jorg Voigt’s short letter (translated into English) is an encouragement for…
Tabernacle Tour in Cambridge
A full-scale model of the ancient tabernacle is coming to Cambridge for a limited time and you are invited to tour it with Grace Lutheran’s pastor, Rev. Rob Korsch, on Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at 1PM. Meet Pastor Korsch (who…
Pentecost: The Season of the Church
The Day of Pentecost marks the Sunday seven weeks (49 days) after Easter when the Holy Spirit was poured out on the church (Acts 2). On this day God gave the early Christians the gift of the Holy Spirit to…
