Category: Mission News
Ukrainian seminarians celebrate graduation
UKRAINE – On July 21, Concordia Lutheran Seminary (Odessa) held its graduation ceremony. Six students graduated from their three-year education program. They will now begin their two years vicarage in Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Ukraine (SELCU) congregations under the supervision of Ukrainian pastors….
Fred Jarvis re-elected President of Lutheran Laymen’s League of Canada
KITCHENER, Ontario – The Lutheran Laymen’s League of Canada (LLL-C) has announced that Fred Jarvis has been re-elected President in its 2013 election. The ballot also saw the election of Directors for the organization. Ronald Fischer, Calvin Ulmer, and Keith Bohlken were all re-elected as…
Encountering Peru
by James Morgan “It was a wonderful experience,” is how one participant in Canadian Lutheran World Relief’s (CLWR) first Young Adult Global Encounter trip described the recent visit to Peru. From May 10- 21, 20 people aged 18 to 35 and three CLWR staff members…
25 Years for Lutheran Church-Canada: “We are to celebrate to the Lord” (Exodus 10:9)
by Leonardo Neitzel The relationship of our Lord God with His people in the Old and New Testaments is one of celebration. Through all ages, even amidst trials and suffering of all sorts, God strengthened His people to rejoice and celebrate. When Pharaoh was determined…
Huguenots: An outreach story
by Jim Chimirri-Russell In the days of the Reformation, Protestant preaching—because it was such an important message—spilled past the borders of Germany, the Netherlands, and even England (nations we generally think of as “Protestant”) and into Catholic nations which remained resistant to Protestantism. So what…
Lutheran military chaplains gather for retreat
by Vic Morris Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) Military Chaplains gathered at the Canadian Forces Chaplain Branch annual retreat May 26-31 in Cornwall, Ontario. The theme of the retreat was spiritual resiliency, with guest speakers and presenters focusing on different aspects of resilience training, sustainment, and renewal….
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