Category: Mission News

March 14, 2014

LCC to host intercultural mission conference in June

EDMONTON – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) will hold its fourth Intercultural Mission and Ministry Conference June 26-28 at Concordia Lutheran Church in Edmonton, Alberta. The conference is designed to allow LCC members the opportunity to discuss opportunities and strategies for intercultural outreach. This year’s conference theme…

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March 4, 2014

Ukraine’s bishop reports on Crimean crisis, asks for prayer

UKRAINE – The situation in Ukraine continues to be tense, following the occupation of the Crimean peninsula by Russian military and pro-Russian militia. And things are only getting worse, according to Bishop Viktor Gräfenstein of the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches of Ukraine (SELCU). “The…

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March 3, 2014

New LWMLC seminar encourages daily use of Lutheran Service Book

CANADA – Lutheran Women’s Missionary League–Canada (LWMLC) has released a new seminar, Heart Melody, to help Lutherans explore the Lutheran Service Book. The hymnal is a wonderful resource for daily life, LWMLC notes in a release. Not only is it used for worship in our…

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February 28, 2014

President Bugbee calls for prayer for Ukraine

UKRAINE – Conflict in Ukraine is ongoing, with recent news noting an escalation in tensions in the Crimea region. Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) partner church in Ukraine, the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches of Ukraine (SELCU), has congregations in that region. What follows is a letter…

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February 26, 2014

French and English Lenten devotions now available

ONLINE – Members of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) have long been familiar with the Lenten devotions produced by Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM), thanks to the work of Lutheran Laymen’s League of Canada in making copies of the publication available across the country. But this year, LCC…

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February 21, 2014

Lutheran Braille Workers-Canada winds down operations

CANADA – After 40 years of providing free Christian reading material for the visually impaired, Lutheran Braille Workers-Canada (LBW-C) is ceasing operations. The ministry in Canada first began at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Elmira, Ontario in 1974 in conjunction with the US-based Lutheran Braille…

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