LWMLC reaches three-year mission grant goal

CANADA – Every three years, the women of Lutheran Women’s Missionary League–Canada (LWMLC) set a goal and select recipients for their mission giving over the following three years. At the end of the most recent triennium, all mission grant goals selected in 2021 were completed—a total of $248,000 to thirty-six recipients. The LWMLC gives praise and thanks to God who has richly blessed the league with opportunities and funds to do this work.

Mission grant recipients from the current triennium included several across Canada as well as grants supporting Lutheran Church–Canada’s international missions in Ukraine and Central America. For full details regarding these recipients, see LWMLC’s website.

In the thirty-one years since LWMLC became autonomous from LWML in the United States, such grants have been made and administered by both the national and district levels of the organization. Following changes to LWMLC’s administrative structure made at its 2021 national convention, this triennium has been a little different. Grant proposals selected at district conventions in 2022 as well as grant proposals selected at the national convention in 2021, were combined and administered by the Christian Mission Committee of the national board of directors. The committee is made up of a vice-president elected at convention and one member appointed from each district.

Mission grant proposals for LWMLC’s 2024 national convention have come from LWMLC groups across Canada and from Lutheran Church–Canada. Each proposal must meet established criteria: extend the ministry of the Word and God’s kingdom, communicate the Word of the Gospel, providing opportunities for nonbelievers to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ, and be in harmony with the mission plans and objectives of Lutheran Church–Canada. For information about these proposals, check out the video here. 

Groups receiving support from LWMLC’s Mission Grants 2022-2024

CANADA MINISTRY

– Recent Immigrants, Sudbury & Timmins, Ont., Outreach & Support

– Oromo Ministry & Outreach, Ont.

– South Sudanese Lutheran Mission, Ont.

– St. Andrews, Atlantic Canada Ministry Support

– Street Reach, Regina, Sask.

– Christian radio to South Asians in GTA & world via internet

– BC Mission Boat Society 

– Bethel Lutheran Sports Ministry, Alta. 

– Windsor Essex County (WELCO) outreach, downtown Windsor, Ont.

CENTRAL AMERICA

– Spanish hymnals for congregations in Nicaragua & Costa Rica

– Land purchase for church, Costa Rica

– Diaconal support, Nicaragua

SCHOOLS    

– Concordia Lutheran School, B.C.

– Beautiful Saviour Lutheran School, staff development

– Beautiful Saviour Lutheran School, education materials

– Seminary, Edmonton

– French Sunday School Materials 

– First Lutheran Christian Academy, Windsor, Ont., Bibles & hymnals

YOUTH 

– Youth Worker, B.C.

– National Youth Gathering

– Aurora Lutheran Camp

– Camp Lutherland

– Jackfish Lake Lutheran Camp

UKRAINE

– New mission, Lviv, Ukraine

MISSION OPPORTUNITY GRANT

– Bus Ministry Missisauga

– IT Equipment Osoyoos

– Hope Lutheran School Port Coquitlam, BC mission trip

-French Liturgy Workshop

– Moncton, NB Youth to Young Adult Event in Toronto

-LCC Central Regionl Pastors’ Wives Retreat

– Lutheran Hospital Ministries Southern Alberta Society

– Youth Director Richmond & Killarney, Vancouver, BC

– IT Equipment Moncton, NB

– Halifax (Laurentian District) Oaks of Righteousness Seminar

– Video Camera Trinity Lutheran Abbotsford, BC

– Alberta Youth Retreat

– LCC Missions

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