Category: Mission News
CLWR on the move
WINNIPEG – Canadian Lutheran World Relief’s (CLWR) head office has moved locations in Winnipeg. Effective May 1, 2013, CLWR’s office address will change to: Canadian Lutheran World Relief 600-177 Lombard Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3B 0W5 CLWR’s Winnipeg warehouse (549 King Edward Street, Winnipeg, MB, R39…
Former BC Mission Boat Executive Director called home
PARKSVILLE, B.C. – Kathy Bender, former Executive Director and Missionary with the BC Mission Boat Society (BCMBS) passed away April 18 after a five year struggle with cancer. In an announcement on its Facebook page, the BC Mission Boat Society called Kathy “a great friend.” “We…
New preaching station in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX – St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Halifax has announced they are starting a new preaching station in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. The first service is scheduled for May 1 at 7:00 p.m., and will be held at St. Mark’s Chapel, the Protestant…
Stewardship in Southeast Asia: Abundance in the Lord’s storehouse
by Leonardo Neitzel The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cambodia (ELCC) is aware of local financial challenges which might arise if it continues to rely solely on external funding for its mission and ministry. ELCC’s President, Rev. Vannarith Chhim, and several of the church’s pastors and…
LCC hosts CLWR board meeting
WINNIPEG – Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) met March 14-16 at Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) office in Winnipeg for the biannual meeting of its Board of Directors. “Canadian Lutheran World Relief does important work in relief and development around the world,” said LCC’s President Robert Bugbee….
Lutheran Presence and Witness in Cambodia: Lord, let thy kingdom come
by Leonardo Neitzel The official language of Cambodia is Khmer; its religion, Buddhism. The country is still in recovery, in some ways, from Pol Pot’s massive killings of his own people in the 1970s. Today, the economy is in steady progress, and people seem very…
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