PURPOSE OF THIS WEBSITE: The purpose of this website is to share with you information about Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church, Saint John, New Brunswick, and to invite you to worship with us whether you wish to do so as a visitor or as a prospective new member of our congregation.
This website was created as one of our methods of Christian outreach. Its form and content are approved by the Church Council.
LEGAL DISCLAIMER: Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church has taken all reasonable care in the design and preparation of this website to ensure that the information contained herein is accurate. Neither Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church nor the website designer accept any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential damages, however caused, resulting from the access to and use of this website and the information contained within it.
The guidelines on this page are presented solely for the information of our users and neither constitute nor represent a legally binding contract. Users with specific questions or concerns may prefer not to use this site until their concerns are resolved.
For the purposes of these guidelines our website is defined as any file/page having the base URL: http://www.hope.evangelical-lutheran.ca/
DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church is thus governed by the laws of the Province of New Brunswick and by Canadian federal law and regulations. Any dispute regarding this site and its content will be governed by the laws of Canada.
PRIVACY POLICY: Hope Lutheran adheres to the principles of fair information practice stated in the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act --
PIPEDA.
Hope Lutheran has no wish to collect personally identifiable information from the web. In general terms, unless you have sent us an e-mail we have no idea who you are. However, our website does count visits made to it and some of that information could, with effort, become identifiable -- no such effort will be made by Hope Lutheran.
The technology employed by our ISP may collect some personal information as a matter of its function -- should you have concerns regarding what the ISP might do with such information please
address them to the ISP for resolution.
If you send e-mail to Hope Lutheran we will not share its contents with any third party, accept as required by the laws of Canada, unless you have specifically asked us to do so.
Hope Lutheran will not subject you to unsolicited e-mail.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Textual material has been created and copyrighted by the creators and maintainers of these pages, unless otherwise noted. It may not be used without permission.
The graphics "hopstanc.gif", and "helcblu.gif" are copyright by Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church and may not used without explicit permission from church council. The graphic "jelling.jpg" is copyright by the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church.
All other graphics on this site are copyright by Kurt Hansen but may be used on any Christian website without further permission so long as attribution is given.
TRADE MARKS: Any corporate names and/or trade names or trademarks appearing on this website, whether or not appearing in large print or with the trademark symbol are licensed trade marks. The use of these trade marks requires permission of their owners.
EXTERNAL HYPERTEXT LINKS: The external hypertext links within this site lead to websites not under the control of Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church. The presence of an external hyperlink on this website is in no way an endorsement of a site nor a guarantee of the accuracy or quality of the information contained therein. Some or all of these external websites may employ technology that collects personal information as a matter of its function; concerns regarding what the owners of those websites might do with such information must be addressed to the owners for resolution.
The user assumes any and all liabilities connected with access to such sites and the appropriate use of their content.
LINKING and FRAMING: Unless otherwise noted, hyperlinks to this website may be made without seeking permission. However, it would be appreciated if our webmaster was given notification of such linking.
This website may not be framed or otherwise displayed in a manner as to disguise its true ownership.
WEB BROWSER: This website has been built to function properly with as many internet browsers as possible but is best viewed with Firefox or Mozilla.
HTML CODING: In order to enable the widest possible access to this website it was coded in static html, without the use of CGI, Java, or any other scripts; and without the use of CSS or animation. It is simple and is designed to be so.
A SPECIAL THANK-YOU to the late Helmer Biermann, our church's dedicated historian, for his invaluable input into the short history of Hope Lutheran shown on the "About Hope Lutheran" page of this website.
THANK YOU FOR VISITING US.