Welcome to Christ Risen Lutheran Church!

Christ Risen Lutheran Church worship service videos

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Welcome to Christ Risen Lutheran Church! Divine Service is every Sunday @ 10:30 am. We are a confessional Lutheran congregation serving the communities of Kanata and Stittsville in Ottawa’s West End. We believe the Bible is the Word of God. We confess The Three Ecumenical Creeds: The Apostles’ Creed, Nicene Creed, and Athanasian Creed. We subscribe to the Book of Concord (1580). Christ Risen Lutheran Church is a member congregation of Lutheran Church—Canada. If you are visiting from a sister congregation and wish to receive communion, we ask that you kindly reach out beforehand to speak with our pastor. Guests may come for a blessing. For our first time visitors, our worship service follows an order of service laid out in our hymnal, the Lutheran Service Book. All are welcome.

Please join us for the worship services listed below.

Sunday worship with Pastor Lam (with Holy Communion) Divine Service Setting Three	November 15th. Bible study at 9:30 am. Service at 10:30 am.
Sunday worship with Pastor Lam (with Holy Communion)	November 22nd. Bible study at 9:30 am. Service at 10:30 am.
Sunday worship with Pastor Lam (with Holy Communion)	November 29th. Bible study at 9:30 am. Service at 10:30 am.
Sunday worship with Pastor Lam (with Holy Communion)	December 6th. Bible study at 9:30 am. Service at 10:30 am.
Sunday worship with Pastor Lam (with Holy Communion)	December 13th. Bible study at 9:30 am. Service at 10:30 am.
Sunday worship with Pastor Lam (with Holy Communion)	December 20th. Bible study at 9:30 am. Service at 10:30 am.

What’s new at Christ Risen Lutheran Church

Please join us for Sunday morning Bible study. Bible study begins at 9:30 am. Anyone interested in attending a mid-week Bible study is asked to contact Pastor Lam. Choir practice has resumed on Tuesday evenings at 6:50 pm. New singers are welcome!

The next meeting of Council is scheduled for Wednesday, November 18th at 7:00 pm.

The Canadian Lutheran featured a tribute to Christ Risen's long-time organist and choir director, Eloise Schaan, who was called to glory on August 25th, 2026. Also mentioned is Eloise's history as a church musician prior to moving to Kanata and her many contributions to the Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML).

Rev. Larry Beane, Pastor of Salem Lutheran Church (LCMS) in Gretna, Louisiana, visited Christ Risen in June and wrote a brief account for his blog at Gottesdienst: The Journal of Lutheran Liturgy.

For anyone desiring prayer or visitation, please call or text Pastor Lam at 514-979-1383. For a biography of Christ Risen's pastor, Rev. Milton Lam, click here.

The Church commemorates …

Justinian on November 14th. The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod document of Commemoration Biographies describes Justinian as follows: Justinian was emperor of the East from A.D. 527 to 565 when the Roman Empire was in decline. With his beautiful and capable wife, Theodora, he restored splendor and majesty to the Byzantine court. During his reign the Empire experienced a renaissance, due in large part to his ambition, intelligence, and strong religious convictions. Justinian also attempted to bring unity to a divided church. He was a champion of orthodox Christianity and sought agreement among the parties in the Christological controversies of the day who were disputing the relation between the divine and human natures in the Person of Christ. The Fifth Ecumenical Council in Constantinople in A.D. 533 was held during his reign and addressed this dispute. Justinian died in his eighties, not accomplishing his desire for an empire that was firmly Christian and orthodox.