The Canadian Lutheran Posts

August 29, 2011

Ontario woman hits pavement for Lutheran mission to Nicaragua

by Keven Drews Liz Mellecke gets a little closer to Chinandega, Nicaragua every time she laces up her running shoes or takes her bike for a spin. A resident of Kincardine, Ont., Mellecke plans to teach English as a foreign language as part of a Lutheran…

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August 26, 2011

Rural and urban outreach in Nicaragua

A few kilometres north of the Nicaraguan city of Leon is the town of Telica. With a population of less than 20,000, Telica became the focus of outreach for LCC missionary Pastor Maximo Urroz in 2010. In a report to Lutheran Church–Canada in July the pastor noted…

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August 24, 2011

Video features LCC’s mission outreach

During Lutheran Church–Canada’s 2011 Convention in June, one of the breakout sessions featured an overview of mission activity in Canada and overseas. “We wanted to give delegates and those watching the webcast a complete picture of how LCC is sharing the Gospel in Canada and around…

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August 23, 2011

Stolen aid not whole story of disaster response

Media focuses on what goes wrong, but bigger story is many things go right by John Longhurst As I read the article about stolen aid Somalia in various media websites this week, I thought: “Yep—right on schedule.” And what schedule is that? Just as there…

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August 22, 2011

Goderich tornado passes north of Lutheran Church

Following a devastating tornado which hit Goderich, Ontario, Sunday afternoon, Pastor John Trembulak, pastor of Berea-by-the-Water Lutheran Church, reports “The church and our people appear fine, however, the heart of Goderich has been devastated. Many buildings and trees are down.” The pastor, currently on vacation,…

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August 19, 2011

Praise emerges from a hunk of wood

by James Morgan Wood is a material we often take for granted. Trees grow in our backyards and parks; wood products go into everything from furniture to the homes we live in. But what about turning an otherwise nondescript piece of wood into something symbolizing our…

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