There are a number of ways in which we might choose to answer this question depending on what kind of information a person was seeking.
Our core values [click to expand]
Please be patient as we gather material to place in this section following a recent overhaul of our website.
Our corporate body [click to expand]
A few notes from our congregational self study, priority setting, and goal planning that was completed in the summer of 2025 will elucidate what we strive for as a faith community:
Vision
As a growing church community, we teach the gospel of Jesus Christ through the Word and Sacraments; sharing our faith; caring for people, and in partnership with the larger Lutheran Community. this will result in All Saints Lutheran Church increasing in attendance continuously to fulfill its ultimate long-term vision of reaching (3) full services per Sunday. This will be accomplished by the church’s preaching of the true Word and growth in faithful membership by Outreach.
MISSION
We are vibrant in worship, a diverse body of believers teaching the Word together and with orders rooted in Christ. We are committed to reaching out to the world, sharing the love, gifts, and excitement of all saints in service with our neighbours, the city, and throughout our daily contacts.
Mission Action Areas
- Vibrant music supporting the preaching and teaching of the Word using the gifts of our members.
- Preserving and teaching of the true Word of God centered in Jesus Christ to all people through regular worship and Bible Study.
- Equipping Outreach, including a special emphasis on the youth, to enable approaching and inviting relatives, neighbours, and visitors.
- Identify the needs of the church and community in order to inform our outreach strategies.
- Intentional communication and collaborations with other Lutheran Church – Canada.
Our church’s history [click to expand]
Please be patient as we gather material to place in this section following a recent overhaul of our website.
Specifics of Lutheran confession [click to expand]
We’ve got a bit to offer in this section, though more is very likely coming soon.
- On-line version of Luther’s Small Catechism. It is very easy to miss the uniqueness of Lutheranism with a wide range of Christian denominations, many larger and louder than our own. We will typically use the Small Catechism to teach Lutheranism to confirmands (catechumens or students wishing to be educated in our faith) on the road to confirming their membership. Lutheranism, while accessible to all, maintains a pronounced and rich academic discipline.
- On-line version of the Lutheran Book of Concord. This book is a collection of works that cover Lutheran confessions in detail. It is more for those seeking an understanding from a deeper, more specific, and more academic perspective.
The Luther seal or Luther rose is a widely recognized symbol for Lutheranism. An interpretation of its meaning from Martin Luther himself in a letter to Lazarus Spengler on 8 July 1530…(click to read)
Grace and peace from the Lord. As you desire to know whether my painted seal, which you sent to me, has hit the mark, I shall answer most amiably and tell you my original thoughts and reason about why my seal is a symbol of my theology. The first should be a black cross in a heart, which retains its natural color, so that I myself would be reminded that faith in the Crucified saves us. “For one who believes from the heart will be justified” (Romans 10:10). Although it is indeed a black cross, which mortifies and which should also cause pain, it leaves the heart in its natural colour. It does not corrupt nature, that is, it does not kill but keeps alive. “The just shall live by faith” (Romans 1:17) but by faith in the crucified. Such a heart should stand in the middle of a white rose, to show that faith gives joy, comfort, and peace. In other words, it places the believer into a white, joyous rose, for this faith does not give peace and joy like the world gives (John 14:27). That is why the rose should be white and not red, for white is the color of the spirits and the angels (cf. Matthew 28:3; John 20:12). Such a rose should stand in a sky-blue field, symbolising that such joy in spirit and faith is a beginning of the heavenly future joy, which begins already, but is grasped in hope, not yet revealed. And around this field is a golden ring, symbolising that such blessedness in Heaven lasts forever and has no end. Such blessedness is exquisite, beyond all joy and goods, just as gold is the most valuable, most precious and best metal. This is my compendium theologiae. I have wanted to show it to you in good friendship, hoping for your appreciation. May Christ, our beloved Lord, be with your spirit until the life hereafter. Amen.
- After over 500 years of the reformation movement, Lutheranism remains at its nucleus with a message that remains quintessentially important: the three Solas – Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, Sola Scriptura. What do they mean? Linked is an article in the Canadian Lutheran that discusses these. Note: the original set of Solas included only three.