Tuesday evening, July 16, 2024, Martin Luther Church suffered considerable flood damage in the church basement and at the 5 Superior Ave building. It will still take some days to get a full understanding of the true extent of the damage –especially in financial terms– but it is evident that significant repair and remediation work, as well as comprehensive disinfecting are necessary before the basement will be fully safe and usable again –especially for the children that attend Martin Luther Child Care, which was in the middle of summer programming and just opened a new preschool room on July 2 ..read more

Congratulations! A new life is in process. Pastor Annika Klappert will be starting her maternity/parental leave on August 1, 2024 and we look forward to her return one year from now in August 2025. Best wishes and God bless! Ahead of her leave and vacation the last 2 weeks of July, all are welcome to attend a special Sunday service on July 21, 2024 to send off Pastor Annika, which will be accompanied by our church choir and musician Magnus Hjerpe. You can send well wishes to office@martinluther.ca. Council has made the following arrangements for Pastor Annika’s coverage: We are blessed that V ..read more

at 11:00 am. Come for a Outdoor Family Worship Service at Amos Waites Park, 2441 Lake Shore Blvd W, Etobicoke, ON M8V 1C5 We will meet on the grass under the trees. Parking is available there, or we will walk there as a group from the church starting at 10:45 am. It’s only a 5 minute walk. You can also park on Superior Ave. Please bring your own picnic lunch, blanket/chair/tablecloth and dishes. SERMON TOPIC: Sacred Teaching of the week- wisdom (beaver). See blog posting Learn about the Seven Sacred Teachings of the Anishinaabe Rain Location: Our Church, 2379 Lake Shore Blvd West The post Chu ..read more

in the Group Stage on the big screen at Martin Luther Church! A fundraiser for our church! All fans and aficionados of real football (soccer) can share the excitement of watching the matches of the German DFB* eleven’s Group Stage in the UEFA EURO 2024 Championship (hosted by Germany) together on a big screen at Martin Luther Church while enjoying snacks and light fare! *Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB) = German Football Association. The DFB Team is also nicknamed Nationalelf = National Eleven 1.In the opening match Germany hosts Scotland on Friday, 14th June. Kick-off is 3:00 pm Doors open: 2:30 ..read more

We invite you to learn about the Seven Sacred Teachings as they will be the topic of the sermons at our Sunday worship services and our weekly German radio devotions from Sunday May 26 to Sunday July 7, 2024, as well as Dinner Church on Wednesday June 26, 2024 at 7 pm. Drawing from resources of the Eastern Synod’s Circle for Reconciliation and Justice (CRJ) and a 2023 art exhibit called “A Visual Reconciliation”, Pastor Annika Klappert and Lay Preacher Iris Schweiger will engage us with wisdom of the Seven Sacred Teachings of the Anishinaabe, also known as the Seven Grandmothers or the Seven G ..read more

Pentecost, on Sunday May 19, 2024 at 11:00 am our bilingual German-English Worship Service with Holy Communion and Church Choir we will be celebrating Confirmands and Affirmation of Faith! We will also welcome new members. Pentecost is the birthday of the church and we invite you to celebrate with us! On this Sunday we will bless all members who are confirmed, as well as those of you who want to affirm their faith or become new members of our congregation. Afterwards we invite you to a light lunch and reception! RSVP with your Confirmation year and to help with hospitality. Please bring a sala ..read more

Wednesday April 24, 2024 at 7 pm  Dinner Church with guest speaker Katja Brittain on topic of acts of kindness and gratitude  Dinner Church by the Lake involves a simple meal and a short devotion based on the community meals of the early Christians. Held once a month – midweek – usually on a Wednesday at 7:00 pm, between Maundy Thursday to November. Volunteer helpers are welcome for setting up and taking down tables and chairs, putting place settings on tables, and bringing food. Sometimes we have guest speakers from the community. If no one is available, then our pastor or vicar/in ..read more

Last updated on April 20th, 2024 We will celebrate our traditional German service for Ascension Day at 11:00 am Thursday May 9th, this year at Martin Luther Church. We welcome all German-speaking ecumenical congregations in the GTA. We will gather in the church to sing and pray together and reflect upon the meaning of this special day, when Jesus finally said goodbye to his friends and left this earth to be with his father in eternity. Afterwards we will meet for lunch, coffee and cake – cake donations are welcome!   “The Ascension of Jesus is the Christian belief, reflected in the major ..read more

Our Martin Luther Church will once again be having a cash-only Mother’s Day Bake Sale on Sunday, May 12, 2024 – after the 11:00 am Bilingual Worship Service – to celebrate all the mothers (and grandmothers) in our lives. This year we’re opening it up to all kinds of goodies! Not just baked goods, for example canned goods. Whether it’s cookies and squares, jams and jellies, or granola bars and protein bites, the only requirements are that donations are homemade, shelf-stable, and pre-packaged. Funds raised will go towards repairs for our church organ, so our organist Linda Marcinkus can continu ..read more

We will celebrate our traditional German service for Ascension Day, this year at Martin Luther Church. We welcome all German-speaking ecumenical congregations in the GTA. We will gather in the church to sing and pray together and reflect upon the meaning of this special day, when Jesus finally said goodbye to his friends and left this earth to be with his father in eternity. Afterwards we will meet for lunch, coffee and cake in the basement – cake donations are welcome! “The Ascension of Jesus is the Christian belief, reflected in the major Christian creeds and confessional statements, that J ..read more