Concordia College - Corona Borealis Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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1619 1749 1772 1783 1853 1854 1861 1868 1872 1875 1876 1879 1879 1888 1889 1891 1892 1892 1893 1893 1894 1894 HIGHLIGHTS OF LUTHERAN HISTORY IN CANADA 20 First Lutheran pastor arrives in Canada and conducts first services here. (Rev. Rasmus Jensen accompanying Jens Munck expedition to Churchill, Manitoba. ) Arrival of German Lutherans in Halifax. Zion Lutheran Church at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia dedicated. Zion is the oldest continuing Lutheran congregation in Canada. First Lutheran congregations organized in Upper Canada, near Kingston, Ontario. Canada Conference of the Pittsburgh Synod organized (Vaughan Township of Ontario), the first Lutheran organization in Canada. First congregation of the Missouri Synod in Canada organized at Rhineland, Ontario. The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada organized (Vaughan Township of Ontario), successor to the Canada Conference of the Pittsburgh Synod. First Canadian Lutheran Church paper published, Kirchen-Blatt der Evangelische Lutherische Synode von Canada. First German Lutherans come to Western Canada. First Icelandic Lutheran services in Canada held at Gimli, Manitoba. First Norwegian Lutheran Church in Canada organized, in Compton County, Quebec. Canada District of the Missouri Synod formed. (Name changed to Ontario District in 1922. ) First Missouri Synod services conducted in Western Canada, at Berlin, now called Ossowo, near Winnipeg, by Rev. E. Rolf. Trinity Lutheran Church organized at Winnipeg, the oldest Lutheran congregation in Manitoba. First Swedish Lutheran congregation in Canada organized, at Stockholm, Saskatchewan. Rev. F. Pempeit, first Lutheran pastor in Alberta, begins his work there. First Inter-Lutheran Free Pastoral Conference with a view to closer fellowship. (Attended by Canada Synod and Missouri Synod pastors. ) Immanuel Lutheran Church organized at Winnipeg, the first Missouri Synod congregation in Western Canada. First Lutheran church in Saskatchewan dedicated, at Edenwold. First Finnish Lutheran congregation in Canada organized, at New Finland, Saskatchewan. Rev. F. Eggers arrives and conducts services in Edmonton and in the Stony Plain area, the first Missouri Synod pastor in Alberta. St. Matthew ' s Lutheran Church organized at Stony Plain, the first Missouri Synod congregation west of Manitoba, the mother church of the Missouri Synod in Western Canada. Rev. E. Eberhardt, pastor.