Category: Mission News
Transition for LAMP missionary “a time for both joy and sadness”
WARMAN, Saskatchewan – A new chapter began with tears of both joy and sadness as the congregational leaders of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Warman, Saskatchewan blessed and sent their pastor of 18 years into the mission field. Rev. Randy Heide will serve with…
LLL-Canada elects new board members
CANADA – In early September, members of Lutheran Laymen’s League of Canada (LLL-C) elected board member Brian Wardle of Kitchener, Ontario to the Board of Directors. Re-elected members also included Gordon Schoepp of Onoway, Alberta and Stephen Braaten of Regina, Saskatchewan. New members serve a…
Donations to Wagner Hills, ministry for those facing addiction, benefit from matching grant
LANGLEY, B.C. – For the past five years, Wagner Hills Farm Society has been the beneficiary of a matching grant in the lead up to Christmas. This year, friends of Wagner Hills have put forward a matching grant of up to $525,000, giving the agency…
Support CLWR with Gifts from the Heart
CANADA – Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) has launched its annual Gifts from the Heart fundraiser, and Lutheran Church–Canada members are invited to give. “Your Gifts from the Heart share God’s love with the world and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives,” writes CLWR…
Lutherans in Ukraine hold convention, reelect Bishop Yurchenko
by Rev. Oleksiy Navrotskyy UKRAINE – From September 30-October 2, the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU) held its annual convention. A total of 15 congregations, five mission stations, four social ministries, and the Odessa Theological Seminary were represented by 12 pastors and…
The Value of the Kingdom of Heaven
by Brad Schollenberg The Kingdom of Heaven is priceless! Jesus says in Matthew 13 that it’s like treasure hidden in a field, so valuable that you buy the whole field—or like a fine pearl where you sell everything you own to buy it. Of course,…