East Kootenay Lutheran Parish

The purpose of this society shall be seek the glory and honor of god to carry out his will to manifest the unity of our faith in jesus christ as saviour to spread the kingdom of god and to foster the christian fellowship and love by the preaching of the ward of god by the instruction of all its members according to the confessional standard of association of free lutheran congregations. The society shall be carried on without purpose of gain for its members and any profits or other accretions to this organization shall be used solely to promote this purpose. Maintain buildings for religious worship and provide spiritual guidance and instruction to congregation in the east kootenays. At year end dec 31 2023 eklp has two active congregation mt. Zion cranbrook and immanuel elkford. Holy cross closed and st peter's invermere transferred to lutheran church in golden and trinity fernie not active. Activities carried out are - weekly worship - ministries for men women and children- support for missions - pastoral care social outreach programs. Qualifying organizations we support - aflc general fund and mission food banks our daily bread ministries and community support organization of cranbrook. Eklp has the support of 8 directors and volunteers numbering in the 30's and other help in the services. Bibles study for women and men vacation bible school in the summer use right media for continued educations. At our agm march 1 2025 we approved the giving to qualified donees the amount of our disbursement quota shortfall line 870 and the amount on line 875. In 2024 our qualified donees totaled $16 103 and $1340 non qualified donnee