2010

Worship services were hosted at St. Basil Catholic School from January to May. However, the services had to be discontinued because the space we were using was not consistently available.

The Building Committee continues to make progress on the building concept. Working with the architect, a floor plan and exterior design were created and was the basis of a cost estimate provided by the construction manager, Genesis Construction. This cost estimate was within the target that the congregation had approved and will allow the committee to keep proceeding forward. The committee will now be exploring the process of obtaining land use approval from the City.

2009

The Loving Saviour Fundraising Committee held a very successful fundraising campaign early in the year and has developed a funding model that will be utilized by the Building Committee to develop the mission site. The Building Committee has retained Woods Parker Architects and is working with them to develop a building concept that will suit the site and is also viable under the funding model. It is anticipated that the congregation will review the building concept and approve it by year end.

In the fall, we also secured space for worship in the gymnasium at St. Basil Catholic School. Our team started planning to relaunch worship services to begin early in 2010.

2008

The Loving Saviour Ministry plan is launched. The land agreement was approved by District and FLC; the Loving Saviour Building Committee and Fundraising Committees were established. Work is ongoing with respect to creating a viable facility and funding plan which would include a pre-school and fit for purpose space for church and community.

2007

The FLC congregation approved the name "Loving Saviour" for the mission site and ministry. A Loving Saviour Launch Team is organized to create a comprehensive ministry and re-launch plan and to oversee its implementation.

2006

Pastor Mike Kuhn is deployed to spend 80% of his time on mission work. FLC redirects their outreach efforts; by pulling back from worship in Bearspaw, and focusing on ministries and events hosted in and around Tuscany. FLC initiated negotiating a land agreement with District for the mission site.

2005

Carma successfully purchased the mission lands from District, leaving 7.7 acres for the mission project.

2004

Pastor Mike Kuhn accepted the call as Associate Pastor for FLC.

2003

Land surrounding mission property is nearing development completion with the building of many new homes.

2002

Pastor Gordon accepted a call to Kamloops. Land surrounding the mission property is rapidly being developed. Interest in the mission lands has heightened.

2001

A meeting was held to seek congregational commitment to building a church/school facility on the lands. The congregation approved this in principle.

2000

Various Ministry Plan action items were carried out, which included the initiation of worship services at the Bearspaw-Glendale Community Centre.

1999

Pastor Gordon Hesselton accepted the call as mission developer. A basic site development and a comprehensive Ministry Plan timeline were developed.

1998

Began work with a long list of potential land developers.

1997

A partnership document that formally established the FLC and District relationship in pursuing this mission project was approved.

The Genesis

In 1995 the Alberta-British Columbia District ("District") of Lutheran Church Canada approached Vic and Elfie Fisher with the idea of purchasing approximately 40 acres of land in the Tuscany area. Vic and Elfie, as longstanding members of Foothills Lutheran Church ("FLC"), thought that the idea was a good one. They were thinking about retirement and believed that the District vision of acquiring land for a future mission church site was inspired. In short order, the agreement was signed. What follows below is a brief overview of the subsequent years of activity.