Category: Mission News
Manitoba government supports Lutheran relief work in Kenya
Registering at the Dadaab relief camp A $100,000 grant from the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation will help Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) provide increased support to people in the largest refugee camp in the world. Dadaab, in south-eastern Kenya, hosts 465,000 refugees,…
Theology students are eager to learn
Students taking the theological education courses in Chinandega, Nicaragua are finishing their second week of classes. Thirteen men and 22 women first studied an “Introduction to the New Testament” taught by Rev. Kurt Reinhardt (Trinity, Kurtzville, Ont.). The course began with a brief look at…
Thanksgiving video from Ukraine
LCC Missionary Alexey Navrotsky and the video team at Alpha & Omega Student Society produced a 12-minute Thanksgiving video for Lutheran Church-Canada. The video includes highlights from the visit of a team from Grace Lutheran Church in Drumheller, A&O summer camps, the opening of the seminary in Odessa in August…
Students prepare to serve Nicaraguan church
Future church workers in Iglesia Luterana Sínodo de Nicaragua participated in the final stage of their preparation for theological education last week. The class of 15 pastoral students and 21 diaconate program students gathered at the Mission Centre in Chinandega September 7 to meet with ILSN President Luis Turcios and several…
Language classes teach Bible stories
by James Morgan We often hear about churches using English as a Second Language (ESL) classes to reach out to new immigrants in their community. But there is also a strong demand for English among people living in non-English speaking countries. As a result, last…
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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